Pallisa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Pallisa?

Pallisa has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 2,940 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pallisa?

The hottest day measured in Pallisa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2015, reaching 36.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Pallisa?

The coldest day measured in Pallisa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1966, at 12.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Pallisa?

Almost never: Pallisa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Pallisa warmed?

Yes: Pallisa warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Pallisa?

The wettest day measured in Pallisa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2015, with 262 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Pallisa?

The windiest day measured in Pallisa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1943, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Pallisa?

The warmest month in Pallisa is February (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Pallisa?

Pallisa receives on average 2,940 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 289 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Pallisa?

Pallisa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Pallisa (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 2,940 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is February (23.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Pallisa averages 0 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 289 rainy days per year.

Pallisa has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.9 °C (on 11 March 2015) and the coldest 12.3 °C (on 24 December 1966).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

PallisaEastern Region

coords: 1.15°, 33.71°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJanuary

Mean daily temperature

22.3°C

Average daily high

27.7°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

2,940mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

10.7km/h

Seasonal range

2.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

45 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

289 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

31.6 °C

Average feels-like low

20.2 °C

Average peak gust

25.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

33 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.78 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

36.9 °C

11 March 2015

Coldest day

12.3 °C

24 December 1966

Wettest day

262 mm

7 May 2015

Windiest day

27.7 km/h

24 February 1943

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

14 February 1984

Hottest feels-like

39.7 °C

13 March 1998

Coldest feels-like

10.5 °C

24 December 1966

Sunniest day

12.0 h

7 February 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.3 °C27 February 2025	15.5 °C23 November 2025	23.7 °C	1,899 mm	118
2024	34.9 °C19 March 2024	16.5 °C29 December 2024	24.0 °C	2,126 mm	104
2023	35.8 °C8 March 2023	16.0 °C15 January 2023	23.9 °C	2,592 mm	114
2022	36.2 °C6 March 2022	16.2 °C3 August 2022	23.5 °C	2,129 mm	86
2021	34.4 °C2 March 2021	16.1 °C1 February 2021	23.3 °C	1,880 mm	70
2020	32.1 °C23 February 2020	17.1 °C27 July 2020	23.0 °C	2,591 mm	50
2019	35.7 °C24 March 2019	15.8 °C20 December 2019	23.3 °C	3,120 mm	78
2018	35.4 °C3 February 2018	16.3 °C7 July 2018	23.2 °C	2,541 mm	65
2017	35.6 °C25 January 2017	16.1 °C5 January 2017	23.7 °C	2,328 mm	114
2016	35.5 °C16 March 2016	15.9 °C6 December 2016	23.9 °C	1,721 mm	118
2015	36.9 °C11 March 2015	14.8 °C3 January 2015	23.5 °C	2,775 mm	102
2014	35.3 °C23 February 2014	15.8 °C15 January 2014	23.2 °C	2,525 mm	80
2013	34.5 °C2 March 2013	16.0 °C26 August 2013	22.9 °C	2,509 mm	60
2012	35.8 °C15 February 2012	14.6 °C4 January 2012	23.1 °C	2,821 mm	89
2011	35.0 °C1 March 2011	12.9 °C27 January 2011	22.8 °C	3,061 mm	61
2010	35.8 °C2 February 2010	16.0 °C17 December 2010	23.0 °C	2,805 mm	58
2009	34.0 °C18 January 2009	14.4 °C11 January 2009	23.2 °C	2,380 mm	82
2008	33.4 °C19 February 2008	15.7 °C14 December 2008	22.8 °C	2,668 mm	84
2007	34.0 °C7 March 2007	15.6 °C21 June 2007	22.8 °C	2,793 mm	56
2006	35.8 °C28 January 2006	16.1 °C23 January 2006	22.9 °C	3,336 mm	55
2005	36.8 °C25 February 2005	14.7 °C4 January 2005	23.3 °C	2,423 mm	108
2004	34.2 °C5 March 2004	16.7 °C4 July 2004	23.0 °C	2,722 mm	67
2003	34.8 °C6 March 2003	14.8 °C28 December 2003	23.0 °C	2,428 mm	81
2002	34.7 °C27 February 2002	16.5 °C16 January 2002	22.9 °C	2,600 mm	47
2001	33.6 °C28 February 2001	15.1 °C3 March 2001	22.5 °C	2,874 mm	33
2000	34.3 °C24 February 2000	14.0 °C27 January 2000	22.7 °C	2,496 mm	60
1999	35.2 °C26 February 1999	16.2 °C1 February 1999	22.5 °C	2,709 mm	52
1998	33.6 °C13 March 1998	16.2 °C3 December 1998	23.1 °C	2,237 mm	78
1997	35.5 °C13 March 1997	16.2 °C20 January 1997	23.1 °C	2,907 mm	84
1996	32.4 °C29 December 1996	16.4 °C30 January 1996	22.7 °C	2,770 mm	32
1995	33.1 °C22 February 1995	15.3 °C20 January 1995	22.9 °C	3,035 mm	44
1994	33.7 °C1 February 1994	16.4 °C21 January 1994	22.7 °C	3,229 mm	56
1993	32.4 °C16 March 1993	16.2 °C5 March 1993	22.8 °C	2,494 mm	31
1992	33.7 °C11 March 1992	16.1 °C1 September 1992	22.5 °C	2,790 mm	40
1991	32.7 °C21 January 1991	15.1 °C31 December 1991	22.4 °C	3,296 mm	39
1990	31.9 °C28 January 1990	14.8 °C9 January 1990	22.4 °C	3,211 mm	28
1989	33.4 °C26 February 1989	15.2 °C19 January 1989	22.2 °C	2,945 mm	29
1988	34.4 °C1 March 1988	15.2 °C6 December 1988	22.4 °C	2,909 mm	33
1987	33.6 °C29 December 1987	16.0 °C2 February 1987	22.8 °C	2,866 mm	34
1986	32.4 °C26 January 1986	16.0 °C27 January 1986	22.1 °C	3,189 mm	17
1985	35.4 °C16 March 1985	14.8 °C19 February 1985	22.0 °C	3,125 mm	38
1984	33.8 °C21 February 1984	14.4 °C19 December 1984	22.1 °C	2,820 mm	43
1983	33.5 °C14 February 1983	15.0 °C17 December 1983	22.5 °C	3,407 mm	41
1982	33.7 °C24 March 1982	15.1 °C30 December 1982	22.1 °C	3,389 mm	30
1981	35.1 °C1 March 1981	15.2 °C2 December 1981	22.3 °C	3,060 mm	48
1980	34.2 °C26 February 1980	15.5 °C4 January 1980	22.3 °C	2,708 mm	39
1979	31.7 °C1 March 1979	15.4 °C3 March 1979	22.2 °C	3,143 mm	30
1978	34.0 °C7 February 1978	14.9 °C31 January 1978	22.0 °C	3,537 mm	23
1977	32.4 °C16 February 1977	15.0 °C14 July 1977	22.1 °C	3,382 mm	26
1976	33.3 °C30 January 1976	13.5 °C16 January 1976	21.8 °C	3,202 mm	31
1975	34.0 °C25 March 1975	14.2 °C22 December 1975	21.7 °C	3,392 mm	42
1974	34.5 °C24 February 1974	15.6 °C28 July 1974	21.9 °C	3,072 mm	41
1973	33.3 °C5 February 1973	15.2 °C11 July 1973	22.3 °C	2,984 mm	61
1972	31.7 °C15 January 1972	15.7 °C29 June 1972	21.7 °C	3,766 mm	17
1971	35.2 °C7 March 1971	14.8 °C30 January 1971	21.6 °C	3,132 mm	44
1970	33.0 °C2 January 1970	15.5 °C25 July 1970	21.8 °C	3,138 mm	13
1969	31.4 °C12 December 1969	15.7 °C1 January 1969	22.0 °C	2,705 mm	18
1968	32.8 °C21 January 1968	13.9 °C14 January 1968	21.6 °C	3,315 mm	26
1967	33.9 °C27 February 1967	14.0 °C9 December 1967	21.7 °C	3,686 mm	47
1966	32.0 °C26 December 1966	12.3 °C24 December 1966	22.0 °C	3,783 mm	14
1965	33.9 °C11 March 1965	14.7 °C14 January 1965	21.9 °C	3,448 mm	28
1964	31.4 °C6 March 1964	14.0 °C9 December 1964	21.5 °C	3,336 mm	10
1963	31.5 °C24 March 1963	15.1 °C30 July 1963	21.4 °C	3,684 mm	4
1962	32.1 °C15 February 1962	14.6 °C1 February 1962	21.1 °C	3,692 mm	15
1961	34.3 °C21 January 1961	14.1 °C3 January 1961	22.1 °C	4,180 mm	44
1960	32.9 °C11 February 1960	15.2 °C26 July 1960	22.1 °C	3,762 mm	28
1959	33.2 °C4 February 1959	15.3 °C31 August 1959	22.3 °C	3,808 mm	43
1958	34.0 °C25 February 1958	15.1 °C28 June 1958	22.3 °C	3,033 mm	53
1957	32.4 °C18 January 1957	13.3 °C5 February 1957	22.0 °C	3,377 mm	23
1956	32.2 °C11 March 1956	15.0 °C12 January 1956	21.1 °C	2,879 mm	5
1955	30.6 °C2 March 1955	15.2 °C1 February 1955	21.2 °C	2,821 mm	2
1954	30.5 °C2 February 1954	13.9 °C3 July 1954	21.3 °C	2,512 mm	1
1953	29.9 °C16 February 1953	14.3 °C13 August 1953	21.0 °C	4,953 mm	0
1952	30.6 °C28 January 1952	16.0 °C6 October 1952	21.3 °C	3,475 mm	3
1951	29.8 °C1 March 1951	15.7 °C19 July 1951	21.2 °C	3,887 mm	0
1950	30.8 °C26 January 1950	15.3 °C19 July 1950	20.9 °C	3,365 mm	1
1949	31.4 °C5 March 1949	15.2 °C1 August 1949	21.4 °C	2,893 mm	2
1948	30.3 °C23 March 1948	15.3 °C2 January 1948	21.4 °C	3,772 mm	1
1947	29.8 °C28 October 1947	13.1 °C26 July 1947	21.3 °C	2,889 mm	0
1946	35.9 °C30 March 1946	15.3 °C15 January 1946	22.1 °C	2,764 mm	73
1945	32.1 °C22 February 1945	14.3 °C26 December 1945	21.8 °C	2,017 mm	21
1944	34.2 °C25 March 1944	14.5 °C10 January 1944	22.4 °C	1,969 mm	68
1943	34.6 °C20 February 1943	13.9 °C27 July 1943	22.2 °C	1,716 mm	73
1942	33.9 °C8 February 1942	15.0 °C3 January 1942	21.9 °C	1,869 mm	44
1941	33.7 °C7 February 1941	14.4 °C11 December 1941	21.8 °C	2,224 mm	29
1940	29.7 °C26 December 1940	14.7 °C30 December 1940	21.0 °C	3,026 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

118 d/yr

+73

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1899 mm

-1041 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.6 °C	+1.6 °C	34 mm	-71 mm
Feb	33.5 °C	+3.9 °C	15 mm	-114 mm
Mar	30.9 °C	+2.1 °C	198 mm	-65 mm
Apr	28.7 °C	+1.3 °C	268 mm	-66 mm
May	28.3 °C	+1.4 °C	217 mm	-114 mm
Jun	27.8 °C	+0.9 °C	107 mm	-125 mm
Jul	27.7 °C	+1.1 °C	196 mm	-26 mm
Aug	27.5 °C	+0.5 °C	212 mm	-48 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+2.0 °C	183 mm	-89 mm
Oct	28.2 °C	+0.8 °C	265 mm	-62 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+2.1 °C	96 mm	-203 mm
Dec	29.3 °C	+1.5 °C	110 mm	-57 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.3 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.5 °C

23 Nov 2025

Wettest day

40.3 mm

8 Nov 2025

Windiest day

22.1 km/h

25 Feb 2025

Strongest gust

47.2 km/h

3 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.0 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.3 °C

23 Nov 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

31 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Pallisa?

Pallisa has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.3 °C and it receives 2,940 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Pallisa?

The hottest day measured in Pallisa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 2015, reaching 36.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Pallisa?

The coldest day measured in Pallisa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 December 1966, at 12.3 °C.

Does it snow in Pallisa?

Almost never: Pallisa sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Pallisa warmed?

Yes: Pallisa warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Pallisa?

The wettest day measured in Pallisa between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2015, with 262 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Pallisa?

The windiest day measured in Pallisa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 February 1943, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Pallisa?

The warmest month in Pallisa is February (23.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Pallisa?

Pallisa receives on average 2,940 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 289 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Pallisa?

Pallisa gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Pallisa?

Yes: Pallisa has on average 33 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Pallisa?

In Pallisa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.7 °C on 13 March 1998, and the lowest was 10.5 °C on 24 December 1966.

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