Busolwe weather in September

In September, Busolwe sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 132 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in September, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Busolwe's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Busolwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 132 mm; 22.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:38 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 4th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Busolwe is place in Eastern Uganda, Uganda.

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical September day in Busolwe reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Busolwe weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 5th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 18°	63	9.6	12	5.2
Feb	31° / 19°	61	9.2	12	4.6
Mar	30° / 19°	152	17.1	12	4.2
Apr	28° / 19°	253	25.6	12	3.7
May	28° / 18°	242	27.4	12	3.8
Jun	27° / 18°	159	22.5	12	4.4
Jul	27° / 18°	119	19.7	12	4.9
Aug	28° / 18°	142	22.5	12	4.6
Sep	28° / 18°	132	22.2	12	4.2
Oct	28° / 18°	168	23.5	12	4.1
Nov	28° / 18°	170	19.8	12	4.7
Dec	28° / 18°	95	13.5	12	5.3

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	44	45	45	46	46	46	46	47	46	47	47	48	47	47	46	46	45	44	43	43	41	41	39	38	37	35	35	34	34	33
Cloudier (%)	56	55	55	54	54	54	54	53	54	53	53	52	53	53	54	54	55	56	57	57	59	59	61	62	63	65	65	66	66	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	33	67

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Busolwe gets around 132 mm of rain over 22.2 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 74% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	74	74	73	72	72	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	73	73	74	74	75

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

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the humid band about 66% 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
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	71	70	70	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	63	62	61	60	59
Muggy (%)	28	29	29	30	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	38	39	40	41

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	71	28
2	1	70	29
3	1	70	29
4	1	69	30
5	1	68	31
6	1	68	31
7	0	68	32
8	0	68	32
9	0	68	32
10	0	68	32
11	0	68	32
12	0	68	32
13	0	68	32
14	0	68	32
15	0	67	33
16	0	67	33
17	0	67	33
18	0	67	33
19	0	67	33
20	0	67	33
21	0	66	34
22	0	66	34
23	0	65	35
24	0	65	35
25	0	64	36
26	0	63	37
27	0	62	38
28	0	61	39
29	0	60	40
30	0	59	41

Wind in September

Winds average 4 km/h in September.

Across September, 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.

	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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	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 6:44 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:33 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)	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:44	6:44
2	12.0	6:43	6:44
3	12.0	6:43	6:44
4	12.0	6:43	6:43
5	12.0	6:42	6:43
6	12.0	6:42	6:43
7	12.0	6:42	6:42
8	12.0	6:41	6:42
9	12.0	6:41	6:42
10	12.0	6:41	6:41
11	12.0	6:40	6:41
12	12.0	6:40	6:40
13	12.0	6:40	6:40
14	12.0	6:39	6:40
15	12.0	6:39	6:39
16	12.0	6:38	6:39
17	12.0	6:38	6:38
18	12.0	6:38	6:38
19	12.0	6:37	6:38
20	12.0	6:37	6:37
21	12.0	6:37	6:37
22	12.0	6:36	6:36
23	12.0	6:36	6:36
24	12.0	6:36	6:36
25	12.0	6:35	6:35
26	12.0	6:35	6:35
27	12.0	6:35	6:34
28	12.0	6:34	6:34
29	12.0	6:34	6:34
30	12.0	6:34	6:33

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in February across the year — September's 5.61 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)	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	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	5.6	5.6
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	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
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23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Is September a good time to visit Busolwe?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Busolwe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Busolwe in September

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

In September, Busolwe sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Busolwe in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Busolwe peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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)	14	14	15	14	12	10	11	12	12	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Busolwe 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 Busolwe is worst in January — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	60	54	45	38	41	48	52	47	43	45	50	54
Level	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	60	Unhealthy
Feb	54	Poor
Mar	45	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	41	Poor
Jun	48	Poor
Jul	52	Poor
Aug	47	Poor
Sep	43	Poor
Oct	45	Poor
Nov	50	Poor
Dec	54	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Busolwe?

Busolwe sits at 0.9°N, 33.9°E, 1,085 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Butaleja, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Busolwe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Busolwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 1,082 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,261 m.

The land around Busolwe is covered by cropland (38%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (29%), cropland (26%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

62 m

cropland 38%

16 km

115 m

cropland 39%

80 km

3,261 m

shrubs 29%

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

September weather nearby: Butaleja 7.0 km · Budaka 17 km · Namutumba 27 km · Tororo 33 km · Busembatia 35 km · Bugiri 37 km · Mbale 38 km · Manafwa 40 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 Busolwe (0.8501°, 33.9262°, elevation 1,085 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	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	28	18
7	28	18
8	28	18
9	28	18
10	28	18
11	28	18
12	28	18
13	28	18
14	28	18
15	28	18
16	28	18
17	28	18
18	28	18
19	28	18
20	28	18
21	28	18
22	28	18
23	28	18
24	28	18
25	28	18
26	28	18
27	28	18
28	28	18
29	28	18
30	28	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	33	67

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	71	28
2	1	70	29
3	1	70	29
4	1	69	30
5	1	68	31
6	1	68	31
7	0	68	32
8	0	68	32
9	0	68	32
10	0	68	32
11	0	68	32
12	0	68	32
13	0	68	32
14	0	68	32
15	0	67	33
16	0	67	33
17	0	67	33
18	0	67	33
19	0	67	33
20	0	67	33
21	0	66	34
22	0	66	34
23	0	65	35
24	0	65	35
25	0	64	36
26	0	63	37
27	0	62	38
28	0	61	39
29	0	60	40
30	0	59	41

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	33	67

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	71	28
2	1	70	29
3	1	70	29
4	1	69	30
5	1	68	31
6	1	68	31
7	0	68	32
8	0	68	32
9	0	68	32
10	0	68	32
11	0	68	32
12	0	68	32
13	0	68	32
14	0	68	32
15	0	67	33
16	0	67	33
17	0	67	33
18	0	67	33
19	0	67	33
20	0	67	33
21	0	66	34
22	0	66	34
23	0	65	35
24	0	65	35
25	0	64	36
26	0	63	37
27	0	62	38
28	0	61	39
29	0	60	40
30	0	59	41

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	45	55
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	47	53
9	46	54
10	47	53
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	47	53
14	47	53
15	46	54
16	46	54
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	41	59
22	41	59
23	39	61
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	34	66
29	34	66
30	33	67

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	1	71	28
2	1	70	29
3	1	70	29
4	1	69	30
5	1	68	31
6	1	68	31
7	0	68	32
8	0	68	32
9	0	68	32
10	0	68	32
11	0	68	32
12	0	68	32
13	0	68	32
14	0	68	32
15	0	67	33
16	0	67	33
17	0	67	33
18	0	67	33
19	0	67	33
20	0	67	33
21	0	66	34
22	0	66	34
23	0	65	35
24	0	65	35
25	0	64	36
26	0	63	37
27	0	62	38
28	0	61	39
29	0	60	40
30	0	59	41