Rwamwanja Refugee Camp climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,250 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The hottest day measured in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The coldest day measured in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1951, at 11.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

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

Q: Has the climate of Rwamwanja Refugee Camp warmed?

Yes: Rwamwanja Refugee Camp warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The wettest day measured in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2020, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The windiest day measured in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1988, with winds reaching 23.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The warmest month in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp is February (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp receives on average 1,250 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 220 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

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

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp (Uganda) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,250 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is November (20.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp averages 0 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 220 rainy days per year.

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp has warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.28 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 11.3 °C (on 4 July 1951).

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

Rwamwanja Refugee CampWestern Region

coords: 0.35°, 30.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthNovemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.9°C

Average daily high

26.7°C

Average daily low

16.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,250mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

76%

Average peak wind

11.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

220 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.0 °C

Average feels-like low

17.4 °C

Average peak gust

28.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.4 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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

36.0 °C

23 February 2005

Coldest day

11.3 °C

4 July 1951

Wettest day

109 mm

2 May 2020

Windiest day

23.1 km/h

27 June 1988

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

8 September 1945

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

9.8 °C

4 July 1951

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.3 °C27 February 2025	13.8 °C21 September 2025	22.7 °C	979 mm	84
2024	33.1 °C17 March 2024	14.9 °C8 December 2024	23.2 °C	1,000 mm	110
2023	33.3 °C16 August 2023	15.0 °C13 January 2023	22.5 °C	1,198 mm	72
2022	32.7 °C5 March 2022	15.1 °C18 June 2022	22.0 °C	1,118 mm	47
2021	34.0 °C1 February 2021	15.0 °C25 August 2021	22.6 °C	1,012 mm	84
2020	33.0 °C9 February 2020	15.0 °C26 November 2020	22.3 °C	1,282 mm	61
2019	34.4 °C3 February 2019	14.6 °C21 December 2019	22.5 °C	1,040 mm	89
2018	34.9 °C8 February 2018	14.9 °C20 October 2018	22.0 °C	1,073 mm	44
2017	34.4 °C17 January 2017	15.4 °C10 July 2017	22.6 °C	991 mm	85
2016	34.4 °C6 March 2016	14.9 °C19 August 2016	22.8 °C	915 mm	114
2015	34.8 °C9 March 2015	14.5 °C13 July 2015	22.4 °C	982 mm	93
2014	32.8 °C3 March 2014	14.8 °C8 September 2014	22.2 °C	959 mm	72
2013	34.0 °C28 February 2013	14.2 °C4 September 2013	21.8 °C	1,103 mm	58
2012	35.0 °C15 March 2012	13.7 °C1 February 2012	21.7 °C	1,266 mm	54
2011	33.7 °C26 February 2011	14.6 °C24 December 2011	21.4 °C	1,183 mm	45
2010	33.3 °C1 February 2010	14.9 °C7 February 2010	21.7 °C	1,273 mm	29
2009	33.1 °C28 March 2009	14.1 °C6 June 2009	22.0 °C	1,035 mm	73
2008	32.0 °C23 December 2008	13.6 °C9 July 2008	21.2 °C	1,014 mm	21
2007	33.6 °C7 March 2007	13.3 °C25 August 2007	21.4 °C	1,023 mm	29
2006	33.1 °C10 February 2006	13.9 °C24 April 2006	21.6 °C	1,114 mm	51
2005	36.0 °C23 February 2005	13.3 °C14 July 2005	22.0 °C	1,048 mm	64
2004	33.3 °C24 March 2004	14.4 °C8 October 2004	22.0 °C	931 mm	43
2003	33.4 °C8 March 2003	14.3 °C26 September 2003	21.6 °C	966 mm	49
2002	32.3 °C23 February 2002	14.6 °C18 September 2002	21.2 °C	1,084 mm	27
2001	32.9 °C3 March 2001	14.4 °C28 January 2001	20.8 °C	1,048 mm	12
2000	30.9 °C29 March 2000	13.9 °C27 January 2000	20.9 °C	797 mm	10
1999	32.3 °C19 February 1999	13.2 °C15 September 1999	20.6 °C	1,164 mm	20
1998	30.7 °C15 March 1998	14.3 °C24 November 1998	21.3 °C	1,088 mm	3
1997	32.7 °C6 March 1997	13.0 °C21 May 1997	21.2 °C	1,156 mm	28
1996	31.2 °C5 August 1996	14.2 °C30 November 1996	20.9 °C	1,213 mm	7
1995	31.3 °C3 February 1995	14.2 °C25 August 1995	21.2 °C	1,167 mm	3
1994	31.2 °C19 February 1994	13.5 °C1 September 1994	21.0 °C	1,208 mm	10
1993	31.5 °C16 March 1993	14.1 °C21 September 1993	21.1 °C	1,053 mm	3
1992	32.3 °C10 March 1992	14.0 °C19 July 1992	21.0 °C	1,031 mm	18
1991	30.5 °C22 January 1991	14.0 °C21 July 1991	20.8 °C	1,374 mm	4
1990	30.6 °C29 January 1990	13.4 °C27 July 1990	21.0 °C	1,330 mm	3
1989	31.7 °C3 March 1989	13.3 °C23 June 1989	21.0 °C	1,282 mm	10
1988	31.4 °C6 February 1988	13.8 °C14 September 1988	21.0 °C	1,384 mm	4
1987	33.1 °C30 December 1987	14.3 °C9 July 1987	21.4 °C	1,253 mm	7
1986	32.4 °C24 February 1986	12.7 °C5 August 1986	20.7 °C	1,413 mm	2
1985	31.7 °C17 March 1985	12.3 °C8 July 1985	20.3 °C	1,329 mm	16
1984	32.0 °C21 February 1984	13.9 °C7 December 1984	20.5 °C	1,246 mm	6
1983	32.7 °C15 February 1983	13.6 °C5 December 1983	21.3 °C	1,222 mm	27
1982	32.0 °C26 March 1982	14.0 °C3 July 1982	21.0 °C	1,105 mm	14
1981	33.7 °C23 February 1981	13.4 °C4 December 1981	21.0 °C	1,428 mm	23
1980	33.0 °C24 February 1980	13.2 °C17 August 1980	21.0 °C	1,113 mm	16
1979	30.0 °C5 August 1979	13.5 °C11 July 1979	20.7 °C	1,381 mm	2
1978	32.6 °C7 February 1978	13.3 °C20 July 1978	20.7 °C	1,476 mm	12
1977	29.7 °C16 February 1977	11.6 °C15 August 1977	20.6 °C	1,563 mm	0
1976	31.1 °C31 January 1976	12.4 °C25 June 1976	19.9 °C	1,627 mm	4
1975	32.8 °C22 February 1975	12.0 °C30 July 1975	20.2 °C	1,614 mm	9
1974	32.3 °C25 February 1974	13.1 °C6 September 1974	20.1 °C	1,500 mm	10
1973	30.9 °C2 February 1973	13.2 °C17 December 1973	20.5 °C	1,429 mm	6
1972	29.2 °C31 March 1972	13.0 °C29 June 1972	20.0 °C	1,814 mm	0
1971	33.1 °C5 March 1971	13.1 °C24 June 1971	20.0 °C	1,562 mm	14
1970	30.4 °C8 February 1970	12.3 °C26 July 1970	20.2 °C	1,465 mm	4
1969	29.6 °C4 April 1969	12.6 °C3 November 1969	20.5 °C	1,237 mm	0
1968	29.8 °C8 February 1968	13.4 °C30 June 1968	20.1 °C	1,487 mm	0
1967	30.6 °C3 March 1967	12.5 °C5 October 1967	20.2 °C	1,389 mm	4
1966	30.8 °C16 August 1966	12.5 °C1 July 1966	20.4 °C	1,396 mm	3
1965	31.1 °C14 February 1965	11.3 °C18 September 1965	20.2 °C	1,400 mm	2
1964	29.3 °C31 January 1964	11.9 °C10 December 1964	19.7 °C	1,479 mm	0
1963	29.7 °C8 August 1963	11.8 °C29 July 1963	19.6 °C	1,802 mm	0
1962	29.7 °C5 February 1962	12.6 °C9 July 1962	19.6 °C	1,755 mm	0
1961	32.3 °C12 March 1961	12.3 °C3 January 1961	20.2 °C	1,472 mm	12
1960	30.2 °C15 August 1960	12.2 °C28 January 1960	20.3 °C	1,550 mm	2
1959	32.4 °C17 March 1959	12.0 °C14 July 1959	20.6 °C	1,342 mm	9
1958	31.8 °C25 February 1958	13.2 °C16 February 1958	20.9 °C	1,440 mm	14
1957	30.8 °C16 February 1957	13.1 °C24 September 1957	20.6 °C	1,320 mm	6
1956	28.8 °C2 March 1956	13.0 °C20 June 1956	19.6 °C	1,447 mm	0
1955	28.1 °C18 August 1955	13.2 °C13 June 1955	19.7 °C	1,448 mm	0
1954	28.6 °C11 August 1954	12.3 °C3 July 1954	19.8 °C	1,308 mm	0
1953	28.5 °C11 September 1953	11.7 °C23 July 1953	19.6 °C	1,876 mm	0
1952	28.7 °C17 July 1952	12.7 °C2 July 1952	20.0 °C	1,609 mm	0
1951	29.7 °C6 August 1951	11.3 °C4 July 1951	19.9 °C	1,689 mm	0
1950	29.7 °C4 March 1950	12.7 °C19 July 1950	19.9 °C	1,389 mm	0
1949	31.3 °C17 August 1949	12.9 °C28 July 1949	20.1 °C	1,337 mm	6
1948	29.7 °C20 July 1948	13.0 °C2 January 1948	20.1 °C	1,298 mm	0
1947	30.7 °C21 September 1947	13.1 °C18 June 1947	20.1 °C	1,360 mm	2
1946	34.3 °C13 February 1946	13.3 °C23 December 1946	21.0 °C	1,008 mm	65
1945	32.7 °C23 February 1945	11.9 °C9 June 1945	20.9 °C	799 mm	17
1944	32.9 °C14 February 1944	13.2 °C10 January 1944	21.3 °C	929 mm	48
1943	32.7 °C8 February 1943	13.0 °C14 October 1943	21.1 °C	737 mm	30
1942	32.5 °C7 February 1942	13.1 °C14 December 1942	20.8 °C	714 mm	22
1941	32.2 °C7 February 1941	13.0 °C4 July 1941	20.9 °C	959 mm	17
1940	28.5 °C23 February 1940	12.7 °C30 November 1940	19.9 °C	1,137 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

28.3 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

+60

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

979 mm

-271 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.4 °C	+3.0 °C	5 mm	-46 mm
Feb	31.8 °C	+3.6 °C	7 mm	-64 mm
Mar	29.4 °C	+1.9 °C	115 mm	-18 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	+0.5 °C	157 mm	+2 mm
May	27.5 °C	+1.4 °C	81 mm	-43 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+1.7 °C	40 mm	-8 mm
Jul	29.0 °C	+1.9 °C	32 mm	-0 mm
Aug	27.2 °C	+0.2 °C	106 mm	+29 mm
Sep	29.0 °C	+2.3 °C	82 mm	-37 mm
Oct	26.6 °C	+0.4 °C	181 mm	+17 mm
Nov	27.2 °C	+1.7 °C	96 mm	-84 mm
Dec	26.7 °C	+0.6 °C	79 mm	-20 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.3 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.8 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

22.4 mm

9 Aug 2025

Windiest day

19.9 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

43.9 km/h

22 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.5 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

14.1 °C

21 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

4 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.9 °C and it receives 1,250 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The hottest day measured in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The coldest day measured in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 4 July 1951, at 11.3 °C.

Does it snow in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

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

Has the climate of Rwamwanja Refugee Camp warmed?

Yes: Rwamwanja Refugee Camp warmed by +2.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The wettest day measured in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 2 May 2020, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The windiest day measured in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1988, with winds reaching 23.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

The warmest month in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp is February (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is November (20.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp receives on average 1,250 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 220 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

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

Are there tropical nights in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

Yes: Rwamwanja Refugee Camp has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

In Rwamwanja Refugee Camp, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 9.8 °C on 4 July 1951.

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