Njeru climate

Name: Njeru
Address: UG

Njeru is warmest in February, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 18 °C. April is the wettest month (241 mm) and February the driest (103 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Njeru averages 1,969 mm of rain and 185 days above 25 °C.

Uganda · population 178,800 · 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 27 °C
Coldest month July 18 °C
Driest month February 103 mm
Wettest month April 241 mm
Least cloud February 63 % cloud
Hottest on record February 32 °C
Coldest on record July 15 °C

What to expectNjeru through the year

Njeru 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, 185 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 241 mm against 103 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	116 mm	63 %
February	26.6 °C	103 mm	63 %
March	26.0 °C	175 mm	71 %
April	24.9 °C	241 mm	86 %
May	24.6 °C	214 mm	78 %
June	24.5 °C	145 mm	74 %
July	24.3 °C	122 mm	72 %
August	24.7 °C	144 mm	70 %
September	25.2 °C	154 mm	72 %
October	25.0 °C	194 mm	83 %
November	24.7 °C	205 mm	83 %
December	25.1 °C	155 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	25.9 °C	19.3 °C	22.5 °C	31.7 °C	15.1 °C	22	0
February	26.6 °C	19.8 °C	23.0 °C	32.2 °C	16.4 °C	23	1
March	26.0 °C	19.9 °C	22.8 °C	31.8 °C	16.6 °C	22	0
April	24.9 °C	19.6 °C	22.0 °C	30.4 °C	16.8 °C	14	0
May	24.6 °C	19.3 °C	21.8 °C	27.3 °C	16.5 °C	12	0
June	24.5 °C	18.7 °C	21.4 °C	27.0 °C	15.8 °C	9	0
July	24.3 °C	18.2 °C	21.0 °C	26.8 °C	14.7 °C	7	0
August	24.7 °C	18.4 °C	21.2 °C	27.6 °C	15.8 °C	11	0
September	25.2 °C	18.8 °C	21.7 °C	28.0 °C	16.3 °C	18	0
October	25.0 °C	19.1 °C	21.7 °C	28.5 °C	16.2 °C	16	0
November	24.7 °C	19.0 °C	21.6 °C	27.7 °C	15.8 °C	14	0
December	25.1 °C	19.0 °C	21.9 °C	28.9 °C	15.5 °C	17	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	116 mm	18	12 h/day	63 %	82 %	11 km/h
February	103 mm	17	12 h/day	63 %	81 %	12 km/h
March	175 mm	24	12 h/day	71 %	84 %	12 km/h
April	241 mm	28	12 h/day	86 %	88 %	11 km/h
May	214 mm	28	12 h/day	78 %	88 %	10 km/h
June	145 mm	24	12 h/day	74 %	86 %	10 km/h
July	122 mm	21	12 h/day	72 %	85 %	11 km/h
August	144 mm	22	12 h/day	70 %	86 %	11 km/h
September	154 mm	24	12 h/day	72 %	86 %	10 km/h
October	194 mm	27	12 h/day	83 %	88 %	9.9 km/h
November	205 mm	26	12 h/day	83 %	88 %	9.1 km/h
December	155 mm	22	12 h/day	70 %	86 %	9.2 km/h

How Njeru 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
Njeru	27 °C	18 °C	1,969 mm	185
Mukono · Uganda	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

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Njeru’s climate

When is the best time to visit Njeru?

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 Njeru 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 18 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Njeru?

April, averaging 241 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is February with 103 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,969 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 Njeru 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.