Best time to visit Uganda

Uganda is represented here by Kampala (0.3°, 32.6°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split, 1397 mm of rain a year, and a 2.9°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Uganda falls in a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Climate in Kampala

Kampala is hottest in February (average 24.9°C) and coolest in May (22.0°C). The monsoon runs September–December.

Open the Kampala page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Kampala: typical hottest-month average 24.9°C and about 1397 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Kampala (June, July, and August).

Kampala in Uganda

Kampala sits at 0.32°, 32.58°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. February is the warmest month at 24.9°C (high 30.5°C); May is the coolest at 22.0°C (low 18.5°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 2.9°C.

The monsoon runs from September to December. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are June, July, and August. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 1,680,600. The wettest month is April (194 mm, 26 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is July (57 mm).