Kira climate

Name: Kira
Address: UG

Kira is warmest in February, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 16 °C. April is the wettest month (229 mm) and February the driest (101 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kira averages 1,974 mm of rain and 154 days above 25 °C.

Uganda · population 462,900 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month July 16 °C
Driest month February 101 mm
Wettest month April 229 mm
Least cloud January 64 % cloud
Hottest on record January 33 °C
Coldest on record July 13 °C

What to expectKira through the year

Kira changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 24 and 27 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 154 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 229 mm against 101 mm in February — 2.3 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.9 °C	105 mm	64 %
February	26.6 °C	101 mm	65 %
March	25.8 °C	165 mm	73 %
April	24.5 °C	229 mm	86 %
May	24.2 °C	205 mm	79 %
June	24.2 °C	150 mm	74 %
July	24.2 °C	130 mm	72 %
August	24.5 °C	163 mm	72 %
September	25.0 °C	172 mm	75 %
October	24.7 °C	206 mm	84 %
November	24.4 °C	207 mm	84 %
December	24.9 °C	140 mm	71 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.9 °C	17.4 °C	21.4 °C	33.1 °C	13.6 °C	21	1
February	26.6 °C	18.0 °C	22.1 °C	31.6 °C	14.6 °C	22	1
March	25.8 °C	18.3 °C	21.8 °C	31.4 °C	16.0 °C	20	0
April	24.5 °C	18.2 °C	21.1 °C	30.7 °C	16.1 °C	9	0
May	24.2 °C	17.7 °C	20.8 °C	27.2 °C	14.6 °C	7	0
June	24.2 °C	16.9 °C	20.3 °C	26.8 °C	13.8 °C	6	0
July	24.2 °C	16.4 °C	20.1 °C	27.5 °C	12.5 °C	6	0
August	24.5 °C	16.7 °C	20.2 °C	28.1 °C	13.8 °C	10	0
September	25.0 °C	17.0 °C	20.6 °C	28.6 °C	14.3 °C	15	0
October	24.7 °C	17.5 °C	20.6 °C	28.2 °C	15.3 °C	12	0
November	24.4 °C	17.4 °C	20.6 °C	28.0 °C	15.1 °C	11	0
December	24.9 °C	17.2 °C	20.8 °C	29.0 °C	13.4 °C	15	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	105 mm	18	12 h/day	64 %	82 %	9.9 km/h
February	101 mm	18	12 h/day	65 %	80 %	11 km/h
March	165 mm	25	12 h/day	73 %	84 %	11 km/h
April	229 mm	28	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	10 km/h
May	205 mm	28	12 h/day	79 %	89 %	10.0 km/h
June	150 mm	24	12 h/day	74 %	86 %	10 km/h
July	130 mm	22	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	11 km/h
August	163 mm	25	12 h/day	72 %	86 %	10 km/h
September	172 mm	27	12 h/day	75 %	87 %	9.6 km/h
October	206 mm	28	12 h/day	84 %	89 %	9.0 km/h
November	207 mm	27	12 h/day	84 %	89 %	8.3 km/h
December	140 mm	23	12 h/day	71 %	86 %	8.6 km/h

How Kira 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
Kira	27 °C	16 °C	1,974 mm	154
Kasangati · Uganda	27 °C	16 °C	1,763 mm	151
Kampala · Uganda	26 °C	17 °C	1,725 mm	87
Nansana · Uganda	26 °C	16 °C	1,669 mm	138
Mukono · Uganda	27 °C	16 °C	1,894 mm	168
Bunamwaya · Uganda	26 °C	17 °C	1,663 mm	90
Njeru · Uganda	27 °C	18 °C	1,969 mm	185

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kira’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kira?

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 February the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kira get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 2 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 16 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kira?

April, averaging 229 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 101 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,974 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 Kira 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
Data point: 0.400°, 32.633° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
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.