Buhimba weather in September

In September, Buhimba sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 136 mm of rain across 22 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in September, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Buhimba's 9th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Buhimba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 136 mm; 22 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:49 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical September day in Buhimba reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17

Buhimba weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 9th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 18°	36	7.3	11.9	5.8
Feb	30° / 18°	45	7.9	12	4.9
Mar	29° / 19°	108	15	12	4.6
Apr	28° / 18°	123	20.6	12	4.4
May	27° / 18°	93	18.8	12.1	5.0
Jun	27° / 17°	59	11.6	12.1	6.0
Jul	27° / 17°	60	10.7	12.1	6.2
Aug	27° / 17°	119	18.4	12	5.1
Sep	27° / 17°	136	22	12	4.5
Oct	27° / 18°	179	26.2	12	4.0
Nov	26° / 18°	150	21.9	11.9	4.5
Dec	27° / 17°	84	12.8	11.9	5.9

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	30	30	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	27	27	26	24	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	18	17	17	17	15
Cloudier (%)	70	70	71	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	73	73	74	76	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	82	83	83	83	85

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	15	85

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Buhimba gets around 136 mm of rain over 22 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 73% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	69	70	71	72	72	73	73	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	77	78	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	70
3	71
4	72
5	72
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	74
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	79

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the muggy band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 52% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Comfortable (%)	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	60	60	59	58	57	57	55	54	53	52	51	49	48	47	47	46	45	44	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	37	36	35	34	33
Muggy (%)	36	36	38	39	40	41	43	44	46	47	48	49	51	52	52	53	54	55	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	60	36
2	4	60	36
3	3	59	38
4	3	58	39
5	3	57	40
6	2	57	41
7	2	55	43
8	2	54	44
9	1	53	46
10	1	52	47
11	1	51	48
12	1	49	49
13	1	48	51
14	1	47	52
15	1	47	52
16	1	46	53
17	1	45	54
18	1	44	55
19	1	44	55
20	1	43	56
21	1	42	57
22	1	41	58
23	1	40	59
24	1	39	60
25	1	38	61
26	1	37	62
27	1	36	63
28	1	35	64
29	1	34	65
30	1	33	66

Wind in September

Winds average 5 km/h in September.

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

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:54 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:44 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44
Sunset (PM)	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:54	6:55
2	12.0	6:53	6:55
3	12.0	6:53	6:55
4	12.0	6:53	6:54
5	12.0	6:52	6:54
6	12.0	6:52	6:53
7	12.0	6:52	6:53
8	12.0	6:52	6:53
9	12.0	6:51	6:52
10	12.0	6:51	6:52
11	12.0	6:51	6:51
12	12.0	6:50	6:51
13	12.0	6:50	6:51
14	12.0	6:50	6:50
15	12.0	6:49	6:50
16	12.0	6:49	6:49
17	12.0	6:49	6:49
18	12.0	6:48	6:48
19	12.0	6:48	6:48
20	12.0	6:48	6:48
21	12.0	6:47	6:47
22	12.0	6:47	6:47
23	12.0	6:47	6:46
24	12.0	6:46	6:46
25	12.0	6:46	6:46
26	12.0	6:46	6:45
27	12.0	6:45	6:45
28	12.0	6:45	6:45
29	12.0	6:45	6:44
30	12.0	6:44	6:44

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.1 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in February across the year — September's 5.65 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Buhimba?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Buhimba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Buhimba in September

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

In September, Buhimba sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Buhimba in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September 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 Buhimba peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 at about 10 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	14	15	14	12	10	10	12	13	14	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Buhimba in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Buhimba is worst in January — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (April, 16 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	46	45	24	16	17	24	27	23	19	18	21	32
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	45	Poor
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	17	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	23	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Buhimba?

Buhimba sits at 1.3°N, 31.3°E, 1,153 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kikube, 10 km away.

Topography around Buhimba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Buhimba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 1,135 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 374 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,508 m.

The land around Buhimba is covered by trees (50%) and grassland (34%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (39%) within 16 km, and trees (32%), grassland (29%) and water (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

104 m

trees 50%

16 km

374 m

trees 47%

80 km

1,508 m

trees 32%

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← August Buhimba year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Kikube 10 km · Hoima 11 km · Lwakyomba 28 km · Butemba 40 km · Masindi 58 km · Kyangwali Refugee Camp 61 km · Kakumiro 63 km · Kiboga 71 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

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 Buhimba (1.3472°, 31.3081°, elevation 1,153 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	70
3	71
4	72
5	72
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	74
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	79

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	60	36
2	4	60	36
3	3	59	38
4	3	58	39
5	3	57	40
6	2	57	41
7	2	55	43
8	2	54	44
9	1	53	46
10	1	52	47
11	1	51	48
12	1	49	49
13	1	48	51
14	1	47	52
15	1	47	52
16	1	46	53
17	1	45	54
18	1	44	55
19	1	44	55
20	1	43	56
21	1	42	57
22	1	41	58
23	1	40	59
24	1	39	60
25	1	38	61
26	1	37	62
27	1	36	63
28	1	35	64
29	1	34	65
30	1	33	66

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	70
3	71
4	72
5	72
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	74
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	79

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	60	36
2	4	60	36
3	3	59	38
4	3	58	39
5	3	57	40
6	2	57	41
7	2	55	43
8	2	54	44
9	1	53	46
10	1	52	47
11	1	51	48
12	1	49	49
13	1	48	51
14	1	47	52
15	1	47	52
16	1	46	53
17	1	45	54
18	1	44	55
19	1	44	55
20	1	43	56
21	1	42	57
22	1	41	58
23	1	40	59
24	1	39	60
25	1	38	61
26	1	37	62
27	1	36	63
28	1	35	64
29	1	34	65
30	1	33	66

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	30	70
2	30	70
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	30	70
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	27	73
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	19	81
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	70
3	71
4	72
5	72
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	72
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	72
17	72
18	72
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	74
24	74
25	75
26	76
27	77
28	77
29	78
30	79

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	60	36
2	4	60	36
3	3	59	38
4	3	58	39
5	3	57	40
6	2	57	41
7	2	55	43
8	2	54	44
9	1	53	46
10	1	52	47
11	1	51	48
12	1	49	49
13	1	48	51
14	1	47	52
15	1	47	52
16	1	46	53
17	1	45	54
18	1	44	55
19	1	44	55
20	1	43	56
21	1	42	57
22	1	41	58
23	1	40	59
24	1	39	60
25	1	38	61
26	1	37	62
27	1	36	63
28	1	35	64
29	1	34	65
30	1	33	66