Bukuya weather in October

In October, Bukuya sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 160 mm of rain across 26.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-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 4% of the time in October, and the air most often feels humid.

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

Daytime high: 27°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 160 mm; 26.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:38 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 11th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical October day in Bukuya reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

	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	31
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	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
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	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	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

Bukuya weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 18°	39	8.8	12	5.6
Feb	30° / 18°	45	10.2	12	4.8
Mar	29° / 18°	104	19.5	12	4.3
Apr	27° / 18°	157	25.6	12	3.9
May	26° / 18°	144	25.4	12	4.3
Jun	26° / 17°	84	17.3	12	5.3
Jul	26° / 17°	65	14.4	12	5.8
Aug	27° / 17°	105	20	12	5.0
Sep	27° / 17°	119	22.7	12	4.4
Oct	27° / 17°	160	26.5	12	4.0
Nov	27° / 17°	130	22.4	12	4.4
Dec	27° / 17°	62	12.3	12	5.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	20	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Cloudier (%)	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Bukuya gets around 160 mm of rain over 26.5 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 85% and peaks near 89% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	78	78	79	80	80	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	88	88	88	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	83
10	83
11	84
12	84
13	85
14	85
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	89
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the humid band about 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 33% 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	31
Humid (%)	80	79	78	77	76	75	73	72	71	70	69	68	67	67	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	62	61	61	61	61	60	60	60	60	59
Muggy (%)	20	21	22	23	24	25	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	33	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	41

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	75	25
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	59	41

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:36 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	31
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	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:42	6:42
2	12.0	6:42	6:41
3	12.0	6:41	6:41
4	12.0	6:41	6:41
5	12.0	6:41	6:40
6	12.0	6:40	6:40
7	12.0	6:40	6:40
8	12.0	6:40	6:39
9	12.0	6:40	6:39
10	12.0	6:39	6:39
11	12.0	6:39	6:38
12	12.0	6:39	6:38
13	12.0	6:39	6:38
14	12.0	6:39	6:38
15	12.0	6:38	6:38
16	12.0	6:38	6:37
17	12.0	6:38	6:37
18	12.0	6:38	6:37
19	12.0	6:38	6:37
20	12.0	6:38	6:37
21	12.0	6:37	6:36
22	12.0	6:37	6:36
23	12.0	6:37	6:36
24	12.0	6:37	6:36
25	12.0	6:37	6:36
26	12.0	6:37	6:36
27	12.0	6:37	6:36
28	12.0	6:37	6:36
29	12.0	6:37	6:36
30	12.0	6:37	6:36
31	12.0	6:37	6:36

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.36 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Bukuya?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Bukuya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bukuya in October

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

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

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Bukuya in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bukuya peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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	11	12	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Bukuya 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 Bukuya is worst in January — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (May, 22 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)	44	41	27	22	22	28	32	29	27	26	28	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bukuya?

Bukuya sits at 0.7°N, 31.8°E, 1,164 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kasanda, 14 km away.

Topography around Bukuya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bukuya has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m around an average of 1,177 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 487 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 562 m.

The land around Bukuya is covered by trees (44%) and shrubs (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and shrubs (30%), trees (29%) and grassland (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

276 m

trees 44%

16 km

487 m

shrubs 40%

80 km

562 m

shrubs 30%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← September Bukuya year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Kasanda 14 km · Bukomero 23 km · Kiboga 27 km · Mityana 37 km · Mubende 49 km · Namayumba 51 km · Kakumiro 56 km · Butemba 58 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 Bukuya (0.6786°, 31.8197°, elevation 1,164 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	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	83
10	83
11	84
12	84
13	85
14	85
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	89
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	75	25
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	59	41

	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	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	83
10	83
11	84
12	84
13	85
14	85
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	89
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	75	25
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	59	41

	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	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	83
10	83
11	84
12	84
13	85
14	85
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	87
20	87
21	87
22	88
23	88
24	88
25	88
26	88
27	89
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	80	20
2	79	21
3	78	22
4	77	23
5	76	24
6	75	25
7	73	27
8	72	28
9	71	29
10	70	30
11	69	31
12	68	32
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	66	34
16	65	35
17	65	35
18	64	36
19	63	37
20	63	37
21	62	38
22	62	38
23	61	39
24	61	39
25	61	39
26	61	39
27	60	40
28	60	40
29	60	40
30	60	40
31	59	41