Rutoma climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Rutoma?

Rutoma has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 1,513 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Rutoma between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 32.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Rutoma?

The coldest day measured in Rutoma between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 9.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Rutoma?

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

Q: Has the climate of Rutoma warmed?

Yes: Rutoma warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Rutoma?

The wettest day measured in Rutoma between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1987, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Rutoma?

The windiest day measured in Rutoma between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1988, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Rutoma?

The warmest month in Rutoma is February (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is November (18.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Rutoma?

Rutoma receives on average 1,513 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 220 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Rutoma?

Rutoma gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Rutoma (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 1,513 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 (19.9 °C on average) and the coldest is November (18.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Rutoma averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 220 rainy days per year.

Rutoma has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.25 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.3 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 9.8 °C (on 18 September 1965).

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

RutomaWestern Region

coords: -0.57°, 30.38°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.3°C

Average daily high

24.6°C

Average daily low

14.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,513mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

11.6km/h

Seasonal range

1.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

220 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

26.2 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

30.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

32.3 °C

23 February 2005

Coldest day

9.8 °C

18 September 1965

Wettest day

73 mm

8 April 1987

Windiest day

23.2 km/h

27 June 1988

Strongest gust

55.4 km/h

7 September 1967

Hottest feels-like

34.1 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

7.8 °C

11 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.6 °C27 February 2025	12.2 °C31 July 2025	20.7 °C	1,146 mm	7
2024	30.0 °C18 March 2024	13.9 °C26 June 2024	21.3 °C	1,227 mm	1
2023	30.9 °C7 March 2023	13.3 °C18 July 2023	20.9 °C	1,336 mm	4
2022	30.1 °C5 March 2022	12.8 °C4 July 2022	20.4 °C	1,447 mm	1
2021	30.2 °C1 February 2021	12.9 °C24 June 2021	20.7 °C	996 mm	2
2020	29.5 °C9 February 2020	13.9 °C28 August 2020	20.6 °C	1,373 mm	0
2019	30.7 °C13 February 2019	13.2 °C1 November 2019	20.7 °C	1,294 mm	6
2018	30.5 °C16 February 2018	12.2 °C7 July 2018	20.2 °C	1,454 mm	4
2017	30.9 °C17 January 2017	13.7 °C10 July 2017	20.6 °C	1,231 mm	4
2016	30.1 °C15 March 2016	12.5 °C28 June 2016	20.9 °C	937 mm	1
2015	30.4 °C7 February 2015	12.0 °C6 July 2015	20.4 °C	1,161 mm	2
2014	30.0 °C4 March 2014	13.4 °C17 February 2014	20.3 °C	1,190 mm	1
2013	30.9 °C28 February 2013	12.6 °C4 September 2013	20.2 °C	1,298 mm	1
2012	32.0 °C9 February 2012	13.1 °C4 July 2012	20.0 °C	1,371 mm	11
2011	30.6 °C11 February 2011	13.0 °C8 July 2011	19.8 °C	1,574 mm	3
2010	30.3 °C1 February 2010	12.7 °C25 September 2010	20.2 °C	1,405 mm	2
2009	30.0 °C27 March 2009	11.9 °C7 July 2009	20.0 °C	1,166 mm	1
2008	29.6 °C23 December 2008	10.9 °C9 July 2008	19.5 °C	1,117 mm	0
2007	29.8 °C7 March 2007	12.3 °C9 November 2007	19.7 °C	1,315 mm	0
2006	30.6 °C28 January 2006	12.0 °C6 September 2006	20.0 °C	1,318 mm	1
2005	32.3 °C23 February 2005	11.0 °C8 July 2005	20.2 °C	1,194 mm	10
2004	29.7 °C14 February 2004	12.5 °C5 July 2004	20.2 °C	1,046 mm	0
2003	29.8 °C8 March 2003	12.7 °C29 August 2003	19.9 °C	863 mm	0
2002	28.7 °C11 July 2002	12.5 °C8 July 2002	19.5 °C	1,118 mm	0
2001	28.3 °C3 March 2001	12.2 °C3 August 2001	19.1 °C	1,249 mm	0
2000	28.5 °C22 February 2000	12.5 °C1 July 2000	19.2 °C	1,059 mm	0
1999	29.2 °C16 February 1999	11.8 °C7 July 1999	19.1 °C	1,156 mm	0
1998	28.3 °C15 March 1998	13.3 °C30 June 1998	19.7 °C	1,321 mm	0
1997	29.5 °C6 March 1997	11.8 °C21 May 1997	19.6 °C	1,373 mm	0
1996	27.8 °C11 March 1996	12.0 °C24 June 1996	19.3 °C	1,464 mm	0
1995	28.6 °C28 August 1995	12.2 °C25 August 1995	19.5 °C	1,292 mm	0
1994	27.6 °C23 April 1994	12.3 °C30 July 1994	19.3 °C	1,405 mm	0
1993	27.8 °C16 March 1993	12.6 °C19 July 1993	19.4 °C	1,225 mm	0
1992	29.3 °C16 March 1992	11.9 °C19 July 1992	19.4 °C	1,220 mm	0
1991	27.8 °C22 January 1991	12.0 °C22 July 1991	19.3 °C	1,622 mm	0
1990	28.2 °C29 January 1990	11.9 °C27 July 1990	19.5 °C	1,484 mm	0
1989	28.1 °C26 February 1989	11.3 °C23 January 1989	19.4 °C	1,299 mm	0
1988	30.0 °C2 March 1988	12.1 °C24 June 1988	19.5 °C	1,625 mm	1
1987	30.6 °C30 December 1987	12.5 °C9 July 1987	19.9 °C	1,579 mm	1
1986	28.9 °C24 February 1986	11.5 °C21 July 1986	19.2 °C	1,691 mm	0
1985	29.3 °C17 March 1985	12.1 °C7 August 1985	18.9 °C	1,595 mm	0
1984	28.0 °C21 February 1984	12.3 °C8 February 1984	18.9 °C	1,391 mm	0
1983	29.5 °C27 February 1983	12.2 °C6 July 1983	19.7 °C	1,408 mm	0
1982	29.6 °C26 March 1982	11.9 °C27 June 1982	19.5 °C	1,326 mm	0
1981	29.8 °C23 February 1981	12.4 °C4 September 1981	19.4 °C	1,545 mm	0
1980	29.1 °C24 February 1980	12.1 °C27 July 1980	19.3 °C	1,182 mm	0
1979	27.5 °C25 August 1979	12.1 °C11 July 1979	19.1 °C	1,502 mm	0
1978	29.7 °C7 February 1978	11.1 °C18 July 1978	19.1 °C	1,821 mm	0
1977	27.7 °C21 August 1977	11.0 °C4 June 1977	19.0 °C	1,769 mm	0
1976	27.8 °C16 March 1976	11.3 °C25 June 1976	18.6 °C	1,895 mm	0
1975	29.0 °C22 February 1975	10.3 °C30 July 1975	18.6 °C	2,096 mm	0
1974	28.8 °C25 February 1974	11.6 °C12 January 1974	18.5 °C	1,867 mm	0
1973	28.6 °C25 February 1973	11.5 °C2 July 1973	19.1 °C	1,676 mm	0
1972	27.7 °C31 March 1972	11.0 °C1 July 1972	18.5 °C	2,346 mm	0
1971	29.4 °C5 March 1971	11.3 °C25 June 1971	18.4 °C	2,004 mm	0
1970	27.5 °C8 February 1970	10.6 °C26 July 1970	18.7 °C	1,898 mm	0
1969	27.6 °C8 September 1969	11.2 °C23 June 1969	19.0 °C	1,578 mm	0
1968	27.3 °C15 January 1968	11.2 °C30 June 1968	18.6 °C	1,966 mm	0
1967	27.5 °C28 February 1967	11.2 °C3 August 1967	18.7 °C	1,757 mm	0
1966	26.8 °C16 August 1966	10.9 °C28 June 1966	18.8 °C	1,774 mm	0
1965	27.8 °C14 February 1965	9.8 °C18 September 1965	18.6 °C	1,635 mm	0
1964	27.7 °C11 March 1964	11.0 °C10 December 1964	18.4 °C	2,023 mm	0
1963	27.6 °C8 August 1963	11.3 °C17 June 1963	18.3 °C	2,136 mm	0
1962	26.0 °C1 February 1962	11.0 °C9 July 1962	18.1 °C	2,294 mm	0
1961	28.1 °C10 March 1961	10.6 °C3 January 1961	18.6 °C	1,921 mm	0
1960	28.3 °C15 August 1960	10.7 °C28 January 1960	18.8 °C	1,721 mm	0
1959	29.3 °C17 March 1959	10.0 °C11 July 1959	19.0 °C	1,885 mm	0
1958	28.5 °C16 January 1958	10.8 °C2 October 1958	19.3 °C	1,735 mm	0
1957	28.0 °C4 October 1957	10.8 °C24 September 1957	19.0 °C	1,715 mm	0
1956	26.6 °C2 March 1956	11.1 °C16 June 1956	18.1 °C	1,914 mm	0
1955	25.8 °C21 August 1955	11.3 °C14 June 1955	18.2 °C	1,914 mm	0
1954	26.3 °C11 August 1954	11.7 °C26 June 1954	18.4 °C	1,611 mm	0
1953	27.4 °C11 September 1953	10.3 °C23 July 1953	18.2 °C	2,351 mm	0
1952	27.1 °C18 August 1952	12.0 °C2 July 1952	18.6 °C	1,969 mm	0
1951	27.3 °C6 August 1951	10.3 °C4 July 1951	18.5 °C	2,156 mm	0
1950	26.8 °C5 March 1950	11.4 °C4 June 1950	18.5 °C	1,798 mm	0
1949	29.4 °C22 August 1949	11.2 °C28 July 1949	18.8 °C	1,441 mm	0
1948	27.4 °C17 July 1948	11.9 °C6 July 1948	18.8 °C	1,640 mm	0
1947	29.0 °C21 September 1947	11.6 °C18 June 1947	18.8 °C	1,488 mm	0
1946	30.3 °C25 February 1946	11.6 °C15 July 1946	19.2 °C	1,437 mm	2
1945	29.0 °C22 February 1945	11.0 °C8 June 1945	19.1 °C	1,068 mm	0
1944	29.6 °C21 September 1944	11.1 °C6 July 1944	19.5 °C	1,033 mm	0
1943	29.7 °C20 February 1943	11.6 °C10 October 1943	19.2 °C	1,082 mm	0
1942	29.1 °C7 February 1942	11.3 °C26 July 1942	19.0 °C	930 mm	0
1941	29.2 °C7 February 1941	11.6 °C28 December 1941	19.1 °C	1,341 mm	0
1940	27.2 °C21 August 1940	12.1 °C5 February 1940	18.4 °C	1,839 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

25.7 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

7 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1146 mm

-367 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.9 °C	+2.1 °C	52 mm	-50 mm
Feb	28.2 °C	+2.8 °C	27 mm	-84 mm
Mar	26.6 °C	+1.5 °C	121 mm	-39 mm
Apr	25.3 °C	+0.8 °C	182 mm	+3 mm
May	25.1 °C	+0.9 °C	125 mm	-19 mm
Jun	25.2 °C	+0.6 °C	56 mm	+4 mm
Jul	25.7 °C	+0.7 °C	29 mm	-8 mm
Aug	25.0 °C	0.0 °C	116 mm	+28 mm
Sep	26.4 °C	+1.6 °C	62 mm	-72 mm
Oct	24.7 °C	+0.3 °C	207 mm	+36 mm
Nov	25.0 °C	+1.3 °C	76 mm	-115 mm
Dec	24.6 °C	+0.7 °C	93 mm	-50 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.6 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

12.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

26.0 mm

3 Oct 2025

Windiest day

19.9 km/h

17 May 2025

Strongest gust

45.7 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

32.2 °C

30 Sep 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.5 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Rutoma?

Rutoma has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.3 °C and it receives 1,513 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rutoma?

The hottest day measured in Rutoma between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 32.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Rutoma?

The coldest day measured in Rutoma between 1940 and 2025 was 18 September 1965, at 9.8 °C.

Does it snow in Rutoma?

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

Has the climate of Rutoma warmed?

Yes: Rutoma warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Rutoma?

The wettest day measured in Rutoma between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 1987, with 73 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Rutoma?

The windiest day measured in Rutoma between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1988, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Rutoma?

The warmest month in Rutoma is February (19.9 °C on average); the coldest is November (18.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Rutoma?

Rutoma receives on average 1,513 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 220 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Rutoma?

Rutoma gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Rutoma?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Rutoma.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rutoma?

In Rutoma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.1 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 7.8 °C on 11 July 1944.

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