Mbarara climate

Name: Mbarara
Address: UG

Mbarara is warmest in February, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in November, when nights average 15 °C. November is the wettest month (105 mm) and July the driest (13 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mbarara averages 717 mm of rain and 257 days above 25 °C.

Uganda · population 221,300 · 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 November 15 °C
Driest month July 13 mm
Wettest month November 105 mm
Least cloud July 65 % cloud
Hottest on record February 35 °C
Coldest on record October 13 °C

What to expectMbarara through the year

Mbarara changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 25 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, 257 days a year reach 25 °C, 4 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 105 mm against 13 mm in July — 8.1 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.3 °C	36 mm	69 %
February	27.4 °C	39 mm	70 %
March	26.7 °C	67 mm	74 %
April	25.5 °C	86 mm	80 %
May	25.2 °C	64 mm	71 %
June	25.8 °C	26 mm	67 %
July	26.4 °C	13 mm	65 %
August	26.2 °C	47 mm	66 %
September	26.0 °C	69 mm	68 %
October	25.4 °C	100 mm	79 %
November	24.8 °C	105 mm	80 %
December	25.2 °C	64 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	26.3 °C	16.1 °C	21.2 °C	32.0 °C	13.7 °C	24	1
February	27.4 °C	16.7 °C	21.9 °C	34.6 °C	13.5 °C	26	2
March	26.7 °C	16.7 °C	21.5 °C	32.0 °C	13.8 °C	26	1
April	25.5 °C	16.2 °C	20.6 °C	30.2 °C	13.9 °C	20	0
May	25.2 °C	15.9 °C	20.4 °C	30.4 °C	13.1 °C	18	0
June	25.8 °C	15.8 °C	20.6 °C	30.2 °C	13.1 °C	21	0
July	26.4 °C	15.8 °C	20.9 °C	30.3 °C	12.9 °C	25	0
August	26.2 °C	16.0 °C	20.7 °C	30.8 °C	13.4 °C	24	0
September	26.0 °C	15.5 °C	20.5 °C	31.1 °C	12.8 °C	23	0
October	25.4 °C	15.6 °C	20.2 °C	28.9 °C	12.5 °C	20	0
November	24.8 °C	15.4 °C	19.8 °C	27.9 °C	13.1 °C	14	0
December	25.2 °C	15.5 °C	20.2 °C	29.8 °C	13.3 °C	17	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	36 mm	9	12 h/day	69 %	70 %	11 km/h
February	39 mm	9	12 h/day	70 %	67 %	12 km/h
March	67 mm	15	12 h/day	74 %	72 %	11 km/h
April	86 mm	19	12 h/day	80 %	78 %	12 km/h
May	64 mm	15	12 h/day	71 %	77 %	13 km/h
June	26 mm	6	12 h/day	67 %	68 %	14 km/h
July	13 mm	3	12 h/day	65 %	61 %	15 km/h
August	47 mm	11	12 h/day	66 %	68 %	14 km/h
September	69 mm	16	12 h/day	68 %	74 %	13 km/h
October	100 mm	22	12 h/day	79 %	78 %	12 km/h
November	105 mm	22	12 h/day	80 %	81 %	11 km/h
December	64 mm	15	12 h/day	71 %	76 %	11 km/h

How Mbarara 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
Mbarara	27 °C	15 °C	717 mm	257
Musanze · Rwanda	24 °C	15 °C	1,637 mm	20
Kigali · Rwanda	26 °C	14 °C	888 mm	175
Butembo · Democratic Republic of the Congo	25 °C	14 °C	1,754 mm	32

Where Mbarara ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	49th of 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mbarara’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mbarara?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. October, November, December 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 Mbarara get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °C. About 4 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in November, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mbarara?

November, averaging 105 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is July with 13 mm. The year as a whole averages 717 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 Mbarara 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: -0.605°, 30.649° (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.