Wakiso climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Wakiso?

Wakiso has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,950 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Wakiso between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2025, reaching 33.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Wakiso?

The coldest day measured in Wakiso between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2005, at 11.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Wakiso?

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

Q: Has the climate of Wakiso warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Wakiso?

The wettest day measured in Wakiso between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1975, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Wakiso?

The windiest day measured in Wakiso between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1986, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Wakiso?

The warmest month in Wakiso is February (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Wakiso?

Wakiso receives on average 1,950 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 299 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Wakiso?

Wakiso gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Wakiso (Uganda) has a tropical rainforest climate (Af) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,950 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 (21.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Wakiso averages 0 frost days, 4 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 299 rainy days per year.

Wakiso has warmed by +2.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.4 °C (on 27 February 2025) and the coldest 11.0 °C (on 14 July 2005).

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

WakisoCentral Region

coords: 0.40°, 32.46°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AfTropical rainforestWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

25.6°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,950mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

88%

Average peak wind

9.4km/h

Seasonal range

1.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

4 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

299 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.6 °C

Average feels-like low

18.2 °C

Average peak gust

25.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.1 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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

33.4 °C

27 February 2025

Coldest day

11.0 °C

14 July 2005

Wettest day

66 mm

5 April 1975

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

20 July 1986

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

20 June 1955

Hottest feels-like

39.2 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

10.4 °C

27 July 1943

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.4 °C27 February 2025	13.4 °C21 September 2025	21.9 °C	1,322 mm	23
2024	31.3 °C16 September 2024	15.1 °C8 December 2024	22.5 °C	1,434 mm	13
2023	31.8 °C13 February 2023	15.0 °C6 January 2023	22.1 °C	1,670 mm	17
2022	31.1 °C27 January 2022	14.5 °C7 July 2022	21.7 °C	1,385 mm	9
2021	30.3 °C12 March 2021	13.4 °C23 July 2021	21.5 °C	1,364 mm	2
2020	30.1 °C11 February 2020	14.5 °C14 December 2020	21.5 °C	1,862 mm	2
2019	31.1 °C14 February 2019	15.1 °C21 December 2019	21.5 °C	1,838 mm	10
2018	31.3 °C15 February 2018	13.7 °C14 August 2018	21.4 °C	1,723 mm	12
2017	32.2 °C25 January 2017	14.2 °C5 January 2017	21.7 °C	1,482 mm	20
2016	31.9 °C27 March 2016	13.3 °C19 August 2016	22.1 °C	1,208 mm	32
2015	33.3 °C9 March 2015	13.6 °C4 January 2015	21.5 °C	1,687 mm	42
2014	32.1 °C18 February 2014	14.6 °C15 January 2014	21.2 °C	1,570 mm	20
2013	30.9 °C26 February 2013	13.8 °C15 July 2013	21.1 °C	1,599 mm	6
2012	32.8 °C9 February 2012	13.5 °C4 January 2012	21.1 °C	1,811 mm	20
2011	30.7 °C11 February 2011	13.4 °C27 January 2011	21.0 °C	1,833 mm	4
2010	31.5 °C2 February 2010	14.0 °C20 July 2010	21.2 °C	1,954 mm	6
2009	31.0 °C10 March 2009	13.3 °C11 January 2009	21.2 °C	1,625 mm	6
2008	29.9 °C5 January 2008	14.1 °C8 July 2008	20.8 °C	1,668 mm	0
2007	30.6 °C7 March 2007	12.8 °C18 December 2007	21.0 °C	1,638 mm	4
2006	31.6 °C12 February 2006	13.0 °C5 September 2006	21.0 °C	1,873 mm	12
2005	32.9 °C25 February 2005	11.0 °C14 July 2005	21.3 °C	1,579 mm	14
2004	31.1 °C14 February 2004	13.8 °C29 August 2004	21.1 °C	1,573 mm	6
2003	31.8 °C21 February 2003	13.7 °C28 December 2003	21.0 °C	1,562 mm	11
2002	30.8 °C23 February 2002	13.5 °C9 July 2002	20.9 °C	1,729 mm	2
2001	30.1 °C2 February 2001	13.8 °C28 January 2001	20.5 °C	1,881 mm	1
2000	30.3 °C23 February 2000	12.8 °C6 August 2000	20.6 °C	1,671 mm	4
1999	31.2 °C19 February 1999	13.4 °C7 July 1999	20.5 °C	1,906 mm	13
1998	30.3 °C13 March 1998	14.3 °C16 September 1998	21.3 °C	1,751 mm	2
1997	30.5 °C15 February 1997	13.7 °C19 July 1997	21.1 °C	1,939 mm	2
1996	30.0 °C4 January 1996	14.3 °C1 July 1996	20.7 °C	1,971 mm	1
1995	29.9 °C4 January 1995	13.6 °C20 January 1995	21.0 °C	1,915 mm	0
1994	30.4 °C16 February 1994	13.8 °C1 September 1994	20.8 °C	2,134 mm	3
1993	29.4 °C10 April 1993	13.1 °C22 January 1993	20.7 °C	1,898 mm	0
1992	30.9 °C29 February 1992	13.7 °C15 July 1992	20.7 °C	1,893 mm	3
1991	29.9 °C20 February 1991	14.5 °C9 July 1991	20.7 °C	2,114 mm	0
1990	28.9 °C29 January 1990	13.8 °C30 July 1990	20.7 °C	2,096 mm	0
1989	30.5 °C3 March 1989	13.4 °C22 June 1989	20.5 °C	2,003 mm	3
1988	30.7 °C2 March 1988	14.1 °C5 December 1988	20.7 °C	2,143 mm	2
1987	30.4 °C30 December 1987	14.2 °C14 July 1987	21.0 °C	2,193 mm	1
1986	29.4 °C17 January 1986	12.9 °C5 August 1986	20.5 °C	2,294 mm	0
1985	31.6 °C16 March 1985	12.3 °C7 August 1985	20.2 °C	2,239 mm	3
1984	29.9 °C21 February 1984	13.6 °C28 June 1984	20.2 °C	2,078 mm	0
1983	31.6 °C14 February 1983	13.8 °C6 July 1983	20.8 °C	1,926 mm	4
1982	30.0 °C29 January 1982	12.7 °C2 July 1982	20.4 °C	1,950 mm	1
1981	29.9 °C23 February 1981	13.0 °C15 June 1981	20.5 °C	2,032 mm	0
1980	30.8 °C18 March 1980	12.8 °C17 July 1980	20.5 °C	1,863 mm	3
1979	29.9 °C2 March 1979	13.0 °C23 July 1979	20.5 °C	2,217 mm	0
1978	31.0 °C7 February 1978	11.7 °C18 July 1978	20.4 °C	2,130 mm	2
1977	29.7 °C9 February 1977	11.7 °C11 August 1977	20.4 °C	2,122 mm	0
1976	30.3 °C16 March 1976	12.2 °C25 July 1976	20.1 °C	2,214 mm	1
1975	29.8 °C28 January 1975	13.4 °C30 July 1975	20.1 °C	2,314 mm	0
1974	29.5 °C10 February 1974	13.3 °C21 July 1974	20.0 °C	2,352 mm	0
1973	30.4 °C9 March 1973	12.9 °C30 June 1973	20.4 °C	2,209 mm	2
1972	28.8 °C31 March 1972	13.7 °C17 September 1972	20.1 °C	2,419 mm	0
1971	29.3 °C4 March 1971	13.2 °C29 January 1971	19.8 °C	2,251 mm	0
1970	29.6 °C8 February 1970	12.2 °C26 July 1970	20.1 °C	2,054 mm	0
1969	29.6 °C3 April 1969	12.0 °C12 August 1969	20.2 °C	2,077 mm	0
1968	28.8 °C3 September 1968	13.0 °C20 July 1968	20.0 °C	2,492 mm	0
1967	29.9 °C20 February 1967	12.5 °C11 December 1967	20.0 °C	2,387 mm	0
1966	29.4 °C29 January 1966	12.1 °C24 December 1966	20.4 °C	2,154 mm	0
1965	30.8 °C14 February 1965	12.5 °C18 September 1965	20.2 °C	2,201 mm	1
1964	29.1 °C10 March 1964	12.5 °C22 June 1964	20.0 °C	2,215 mm	0
1963	29.0 °C23 March 1963	12.3 °C8 August 1963	19.8 °C	2,436 mm	0
1962	28.8 °C4 February 1962	13.9 °C2 September 1962	19.6 °C	2,388 mm	0
1961	31.8 °C21 January 1961	12.3 °C3 January 1961	20.4 °C	2,513 mm	4
1960	29.6 °C31 December 1960	12.8 °C30 December 1960	20.4 °C	2,457 mm	0
1959	30.5 °C18 March 1959	12.2 °C14 July 1959	20.7 °C	2,279 mm	5
1958	30.5 °C25 February 1958	12.9 °C28 June 1958	20.7 °C	1,963 mm	4
1957	29.2 °C13 February 1957	12.1 °C19 August 1957	20.5 °C	2,127 mm	0
1956	27.5 °C2 March 1956	13.7 °C20 January 1956	19.5 °C	2,090 mm	0
1955	27.1 °C3 March 1955	13.4 °C18 June 1955	19.7 °C	1,910 mm	0
1954	27.4 °C11 January 1954	13.2 °C3 July 1954	19.7 °C	1,752 mm	0
1953	27.4 °C16 February 1953	12.4 °C12 August 1953	19.6 °C	2,733 mm	0
1952	28.0 °C23 January 1952	14.0 °C2 July 1952	19.8 °C	2,284 mm	0
1951	27.5 °C1 March 1951	12.2 °C4 July 1951	19.7 °C	2,442 mm	0
1950	28.0 °C5 March 1950	12.9 °C30 July 1950	19.5 °C	2,146 mm	0
1949	27.7 °C23 March 1949	12.5 °C31 July 1949	19.8 °C	1,878 mm	0
1948	26.7 °C22 March 1948	12.9 °C13 June 1948	19.8 °C	1,913 mm	0
1947	27.2 °C4 January 1947	11.4 °C25 July 1947	19.7 °C	2,078 mm	0
1946	31.0 °C25 February 1946	13.3 °C15 July 1946	20.0 °C	1,658 mm	5
1945	28.2 °C22 February 1945	12.4 °C9 June 1945	19.8 °C	1,570 mm	0
1944	30.2 °C5 March 1944	11.7 °C7 July 1944	20.2 °C	1,488 mm	2
1943	29.7 °C15 January 1943	11.5 °C27 July 1943	20.0 °C	1,455 mm	0
1942	29.6 °C8 February 1942	12.8 °C2 August 1942	19.8 °C	1,493 mm	0
1941	30.5 °C27 March 1941	13.0 °C5 February 1941	19.9 °C	1,911 mm	1
1940	27.2 °C4 March 1940	13.0 °C29 December 1940	19.4 °C	2,049 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

27.2 °C

+1.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

23 d/yr

+19

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1322 mm

-628 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.3 °C	+1.8 °C	56 mm	-50 mm
Feb	30.1 °C	+3.2 °C	37 mm	-87 mm
Mar	28.1 °C	+1.7 °C	169 mm	-16 mm
Apr	26.5 °C	+1.2 °C	162 mm	-62 mm
May	26.2 °C	+1.2 °C	168 mm	-42 mm
Jun	25.9 °C	+0.8 °C	90 mm	-39 mm
Jul	26.1 °C	+1.1 °C	97 mm	-6 mm
Aug	26.0 °C	+0.7 °C	140 mm	-6 mm
Sep	27.5 °C	+1.8 °C	91 mm	-83 mm
Oct	26.7 °C	+1.2 °C	155 mm	-51 mm
Nov	27.4 °C	+2.3 °C	65 mm	-137 mm
Dec	27.3 °C	+1.7 °C	93 mm	-48 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.4 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.4 °C

21 Sep 2025

Wettest day

20.6 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

20.6 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

46.1 km/h

29 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.3 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.8 °C

21 Sep 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

12 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Wakiso?

Wakiso has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,950 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Wakiso?

The hottest day measured in Wakiso between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2025, reaching 33.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Wakiso?

The coldest day measured in Wakiso between 1940 and 2025 was 14 July 2005, at 11.0 °C.

Does it snow in Wakiso?

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

Has the climate of Wakiso warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Wakiso?

The wettest day measured in Wakiso between 1940 and 2025 was 5 April 1975, with 66 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Wakiso?

The windiest day measured in Wakiso between 1940 and 2025 was 20 July 1986, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Wakiso?

The warmest month in Wakiso is February (21.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Wakiso?

Wakiso receives on average 1,950 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 299 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Wakiso?

Wakiso gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Wakiso?

Yes: Wakiso has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Wakiso?

In Wakiso, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.2 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 10.4 °C on 27 July 1943.

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