Kampala climate

Name: Kampala
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Kampala is warmest in February, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. April is the wettest month (223 mm) and July the driest (88 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kampala averages 1,725 mm of rain and 87 days above 25 °C.

Uganda · population 1,680,600 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month February 26 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month July 88 mm
Wettest month April 223 mm
Least cloud January 64 % cloud
Hottest on record January 31 °C
Coldest on record July 14 °C

What to expectKampala through the year

Kampala changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 23 and 26 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 87 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 223 mm against 88 mm in July — 2.5 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.1 °C	108 mm	64 %
February	25.7 °C	99 mm	65 %
March	25.0 °C	164 mm	73 %
April	23.9 °C	223 mm	85 %
May	23.6 °C	195 mm	77 %
June	23.6 °C	119 mm	71 %
July	23.5 °C	88 mm	68 %
August	23.9 °C	117 mm	68 %
September	24.3 °C	126 mm	72 %
October	24.1 °C	163 mm	83 %
November	23.8 °C	185 mm	82 %
December	24.2 °C	138 mm	70 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	25.1 °C	18.2 °C	21.6 °C	30.9 °C	14.1 °C	15
February	25.7 °C	18.8 °C	22.2 °C	30.2 °C	15.5 °C	17
March	25.0 °C	18.9 °C	21.9 °C	29.9 °C	16.5 °C	14
April	23.9 °C	18.8 °C	21.2 °C	29.5 °C	16.4 °C	4
May	23.6 °C	18.3 °C	21.0 °C	26.5 °C	15.1 °C	2
June	23.6 °C	17.7 °C	20.6 °C	26.3 °C	14.6 °C	2
July	23.5 °C	17.3 °C	20.3 °C	27.4 °C	14.0 °C	2
August	23.9 °C	17.4 °C	20.4 °C	28.0 °C	14.8 °C	4
September	24.3 °C	17.8 °C	20.8 °C	28.4 °C	15.3 °C	8
October	24.1 °C	18.1 °C	20.8 °C	28.2 °C	15.7 °C	6
November	23.8 °C	17.9 °C	20.7 °C	27.7 °C	14.7 °C	5
December	24.2 °C	17.9 °C	21.0 °C	28.0 °C	14.5 °C	8

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	108 mm	19	12 h/day	64 %	80 %	12 km/h
February	99 mm	18	12 h/day	65 %	79 %	13 km/h
March	164 mm	25	12 h/day	73 %	82 %	13 km/h
April	223 mm	28	12 h/day	85 %	86 %	13 km/h
May	195 mm	27	12 h/day	77 %	86 %	13 km/h
June	119 mm	22	12 h/day	71 %	83 %	13 km/h
July	88 mm	17	12 h/day	68 %	81 %	14 km/h
August	117 mm	22	12 h/day	68 %	84 %	14 km/h
September	126 mm	25	12 h/day	72 %	85 %	13 km/h
October	163 mm	27	12 h/day	83 %	87 %	12 km/h
November	185 mm	26	12 h/day	82 %	87 %	11 km/h
December	138 mm	23	12 h/day	70 %	84 %	11 km/h

How Kampala compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kampala	26 °C	17 °C	1,725 mm	87
Bunamwaya · Uganda	26 °C	17 °C	1,663 mm	90
Nansana · Uganda	26 °C	16 °C	1,669 mm	138
Kira · Uganda	27 °C	16 °C	1,974 mm	154
Kasangati · Uganda	27 °C	16 °C	1,763 mm	151
Mukono · Uganda	27 °C	16 °C	1,894 mm	168
Njeru · Uganda	27 °C	18 °C	1,969 mm	185

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kampala.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kampala’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kampala?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, February is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kampala get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 31 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kampala?

April, averaging 223 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is July with 88 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,725 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kampala rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.