Mukono climate

Name: Mukono
Address: UG

Mukono is warmest in February, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 16 °C. April is the wettest month (238 mm) and February the driest (110 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mukono averages 1,894 mm of rain and 168 days above 25 °C.

Uganda · population 191,300 · 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 July 16 °C
Driest month February 110 mm
Wettest month April 238 mm
Least cloud January 64 % cloud
Hottest on record January 32 °C
Coldest on record July 13 °C

What to expectMukono through the year

Mukono 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, 168 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in January.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 238 mm against 110 mm in February — 2.2 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.0 °C	119 mm	64 %
February	26.6 °C	110 mm	64 %
March	25.9 °C	176 mm	72 %
April	24.6 °C	238 mm	86 %
May	24.3 °C	204 mm	77 %
June	24.3 °C	141 mm	72 %
July	24.2 °C	116 mm	69 %
August	24.6 °C	134 mm	69 %
September	25.1 °C	140 mm	72 %
October	24.8 °C	170 mm	83 %
November	24.5 °C	197 mm	82 %
December	25.0 °C	150 mm	70 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.0 °C	17.6 °C	21.6 °C	32.4 °C	14.1 °C	22	1
February	26.6 °C	18.1 °C	22.2 °C	32.0 °C	14.6 °C	23	1
March	25.9 °C	18.4 °C	21.9 °C	31.5 °C	15.9 °C	22	0
April	24.6 °C	18.3 °C	21.2 °C	30.1 °C	16.1 °C	11	0
May	24.3 °C	17.8 °C	20.8 °C	27.4 °C	15.3 °C	9	0
June	24.3 °C	17.0 °C	20.4 °C	27.0 °C	14.2 °C	7	0
July	24.2 °C	16.4 °C	20.1 °C	27.0 °C	13.1 °C	6	0
August	24.6 °C	16.6 °C	20.2 °C	27.8 °C	14.2 °C	11	0
September	25.1 °C	17.0 °C	20.6 °C	28.5 °C	14.1 °C	16	0
October	24.8 °C	17.5 °C	20.7 °C	28.0 °C	15.5 °C	13	0
November	24.5 °C	17.5 °C	20.6 °C	27.8 °C	15.2 °C	12	0
December	25.0 °C	17.4 °C	21.0 °C	29.4 °C	14.2 °C	16	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	119 mm	20	12 h/day	64 %	82 %	12 km/h
February	110 mm	19	12 h/day	64 %	81 %	13 km/h
March	176 mm	25	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	14 km/h
April	238 mm	28	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	13 km/h
May	204 mm	28	12 h/day	77 %	88 %	13 km/h
June	141 mm	24	12 h/day	72 %	87 %	13 km/h
July	116 mm	21	12 h/day	69 %	85 %	14 km/h
August	134 mm	24	12 h/day	69 %	86 %	14 km/h
September	140 mm	26	12 h/day	72 %	87 %	13 km/h
October	170 mm	28	12 h/day	83 %	89 %	12 km/h
November	197 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	89 %	11 km/h
December	150 mm	24	12 h/day	70 %	86 %	11 km/h

How Mukono 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
Mukono	27 °C	16 °C	1,894 mm	168
Kira · Uganda	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
Bunamwaya · Uganda	26 °C	17 °C	1,663 mm	90
Nansana · Uganda	26 °C	16 °C	1,669 mm	138
Njeru · Uganda	27 °C	18 °C	1,969 mm	185

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mukono’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mukono?

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 Mukono 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 32 °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 Mukono?

April, averaging 238 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 110 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,894 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 Mukono 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: 0.353°, 32.755° (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.