Adjumani weather in October

In October, Adjumani sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 164 mm of rain across 20.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Adjumani's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Adjumani's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
164 mm
20.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:40 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
70%
11th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Adjumani is place in Northern Region of Uganda, Uganda.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical October day in Adjumani reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Adjumani

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 4 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
4
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Adjumani weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°81.811.84.4
Feb34° / 24°102.811.93.7
Mar33° / 24°589.4123.3
Apr31° / 23°13818.312.13.4
May30° / 23°12819.212.23.9
Jun29° / 22°9717.412.24.4
Jul29° / 21°12420.812.24.3
Aug29° / 21°14823.212.14.0
Sep29° / 22°12318.5124.2
Oct30° / 22°16420.511.93.9
Nov30° / 22°10814.611.84.2
Dec32° / 23°224.211.84.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 66%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33763
43763
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63664
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113466
123466
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Adjumani gets around 164 mm of rain over 20.5 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 66% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
160
260
361
461
561
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2171
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3166

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
106337
206337
306337
406337
516237
616237
716237
816237
916237
1016237
1116237
1216237
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1416336
1516336
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2016534
2116534
2216633
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2717029
2817128
2917227
3007525
3107624

Wind in October

Winds average 4 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:43 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:33 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:436:41
212.06:426:41
312.06:426:40
412.06:426:40
512.06:426:39
612.06:426:39
712.06:416:39
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.21 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Adjumani?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.9
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Adjumani.

What to pack for Adjumani in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Adjumani sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Adjumani in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Adjumani peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Adjumani in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Adjumani is worst in January — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (April, 14 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateUnhealthyJan 13103 µg/m³Apr 2314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan107Unhealthy
Feb43Poor
Mar21Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec81Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Adjumani?

Adjumani sits at 3.4°N, 31.8°E, 816 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Moyo, 32 km away.

YumbeGuluAnakaKobokoPajokAruaPakwach

Topography around Adjumani

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Adjumani.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Adjumani has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 799 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 287 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,019 m.

The land around Adjumani is covered by grassland (50%) within 3 km, grassland (68%) within 16 km, and grassland (54%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
91 m
16 km
287 m
80 km
1,019 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
October weather nearby: Moyo 32 km · Yumbe 61 km · Gulu 88 km · Anaka 88 km · Koboko 92 km · Pajok 94 km · Arua 105 km · Pakwach 107 km

Uganda travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,206
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
18%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 518
Religion
Protestant 45%Roman Catholic 39%Muslim 14%other 2%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Adjumani (3.3779°, 31.7909°, elevation 816 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).