Nansana climate

Name: Nansana
Address: UG

Nansana is warmest in February, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 16 °C. April is the wettest month (216 mm) and July the driest (84 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Nansana averages 1,669 mm of rain and 138 days above 25 °C.

Uganda · population 532,800 · 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 16 °C
Driest month July 84 mm
Wettest month April 216 mm
Least cloud January 64 % cloud
Hottest on record January 33 °C
Coldest on record July 12 °C

What to expectNansana through the year

Nansana changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 24 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, 138 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 216 mm against 84 mm in July — 2.6 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.7 °C	105 mm	64 %
February	26.4 °C	96 mm	65 %
March	25.7 °C	158 mm	73 %
April	24.3 °C	216 mm	85 %
May	24.0 °C	188 mm	77 %
June	24.0 °C	116 mm	71 %
July	24.0 °C	84 mm	68 %
August	24.3 °C	113 mm	68 %
September	24.8 °C	122 mm	72 %
October	24.5 °C	158 mm	83 %
November	24.2 °C	181 mm	82 %
December	24.7 °C	133 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	25.7 °C	17.0 °C	21.1 °C	32.7 °C	13.3 °C	20	1
February	26.4 °C	17.6 °C	21.7 °C	31.5 °C	14.1 °C	22	1
March	25.7 °C	17.9 °C	21.5 °C	31.5 °C	15.6 °C	20	0
April	24.3 °C	17.8 °C	20.8 °C	30.3 °C	15.6 °C	8	0
May	24.0 °C	17.3 °C	20.4 °C	27.0 °C	14.6 °C	5	0
June	24.0 °C	16.5 °C	20.0 °C	26.5 °C	13.4 °C	4	0
July	24.0 °C	16.1 °C	19.7 °C	27.5 °C	12.1 °C	4	0
August	24.3 °C	16.3 °C	19.9 °C	28.5 °C	13.5 °C	8	0
September	24.8 °C	16.7 °C	20.3 °C	29.2 °C	14.0 °C	13	0
October	24.5 °C	17.1 °C	20.3 °C	28.5 °C	14.8 °C	11	0
November	24.2 °C	17.0 °C	20.2 °C	27.6 °C	14.3 °C	9	0
December	24.7 °C	16.8 °C	20.5 °C	28.8 °C	13.0 °C	13	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	105 mm	19	12 h/day	64 %	81 %	12 km/h
February	96 mm	17	12 h/day	65 %	80 %	13 km/h
March	158 mm	24	12 h/day	73 %	84 %	13 km/h
April	216 mm	27	12 h/day	85 %	88 %	13 km/h
May	188 mm	28	12 h/day	77 %	89 %	13 km/h
June	116 mm	22	12 h/day	71 %	86 %	13 km/h
July	84 mm	17	12 h/day	68 %	83 %	14 km/h
August	113 mm	22	12 h/day	68 %	86 %	14 km/h
September	122 mm	25	12 h/day	72 %	87 %	13 km/h
October	158 mm	28	12 h/day	83 %	89 %	12 km/h
November	181 mm	27	12 h/day	82 %	90 %	11 km/h
December	133 mm	23	12 h/day	70 %	86 %	11 km/h

How Nansana 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
Nansana	26 °C	16 °C	1,669 mm	138
Kampala · Uganda	26 °C	17 °C	1,725 mm	87
Kasangati · Uganda	27 °C	16 °C	1,763 mm	151
Kira · Uganda	27 °C	16 °C	1,974 mm	154
Bunamwaya · Uganda	26 °C	17 °C	1,663 mm	90
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 Nansana.

QuestionsCommon questions about Nansana’s climate

When is the best time to visit Nansana?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, August, November 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 Nansana get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °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 Nansana?

April, averaging 216 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is July with 84 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,669 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 Nansana 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: 0.364°, 32.529° (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.