Butaleja weather in June

In June, Butaleja sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 111 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-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 8% of the time in June, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of June to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Butaleja's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Butaleja's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 111 mm; 17.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:43 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 8th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Butaleja is place in Eastern Uganda, Uganda.

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical June day in Butaleja reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

	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

Butaleja weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 18°	48	5.2	12	5.1
Feb	32° / 19°	37	5.3	12	4.5
Mar	31° / 19°	114	12	12	4.3
Apr	29° / 19°	208	21.1	12	4.0
May	28° / 19°	193	23.4	12	4.3
Jun	28° / 18°	111	17.5	12.1	5.1
Jul	28° / 18°	64	14.8	12	5.5
Aug	28° / 18°	82	17.8	12	4.8
Sep	29° / 18°	83	16.8	12	4.6
Oct	29° / 19°	120	19.4	12	4.2
Nov	28° / 18°	148	16.3	12	4.7
Dec	29° / 18°	84	8.5	11.9	5.4

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	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 (%)	39	39	39	38	38	38	36	35	35	34	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35
Cloudier (%)	61	61	61	62	62	62	64	65	65	66	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	66	66	66	65	65	65	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Butaleja gets around 111 mm of rain over 17.5 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 58% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	62	62	61	60	60	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	55	54	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	61
4	60
5	60
6	59
7	59
8	58
9	58
10	58
11	58
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	57
26	56
27	56
28	55
29	54
30	53

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the humid band about 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 48% 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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Humid (%)	34	36	37	39	40	42	43	44	46	47	48	49	49	50	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	56	58	59	60	62	63	65	67	68
Muggy (%)	66	64	63	61	60	58	57	56	54	53	52	51	50	49	48	47	47	46	45	44	43	43	41	40	39	37	36	34	32	30

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	34	66
2	0	36	64
3	0	37	63
4	0	39	61
5	0	40	60
6	0	42	58
7	0	43	57
8	0	44	56
9	0	46	54
10	0	47	53
11	0	48	52
12	0	49	51
13	1	49	50
14	1	50	49
15	1	51	48
16	1	52	47
17	1	52	47
18	1	53	46
19	1	54	45
20	1	55	44
21	1	56	43
22	1	56	43
23	1	58	41
24	1	59	40
25	1	60	39
26	1	62	37
27	1	63	36
28	1	65	34
29	1	67	32
30	2	68	30

Wind in June

Winds average 4 km/h in June.

Across June, 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)	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	4	4	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

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

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of June to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:49 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	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:40	6:43
2	12.0	6:40	6:43
3	12.0	6:41	6:44
4	12.0	6:41	6:44
5	12.1	6:41	6:44
6	12.1	6:41	6:44
7	12.1	6:41	6:44
8	12.1	6:41	6:44
9	12.1	6:42	6:45
10	12.1	6:42	6:45
11	12.1	6:42	6:45
12	12.1	6:42	6:45
13	12.1	6:42	6:45
14	12.1	6:42	6:46
15	12.1	6:43	6:46
16	12.1	6:43	6:46
17	12.1	6:43	6:46
18	12.1	6:43	6:46
19	12.1	6:43	6:47
20	12.1	6:44	6:47
21	12.1	6:44	6:47
22	12.1	6:44	6:47
23	12.1	6:44	6:47
24	12.1	6:45	6:48
25	12.1	6:45	6:48
26	12.1	6:45	6:48
27	12.1	6:45	6:48
28	12.1	6:45	6:49
29	12.1	6:46	6:49
30	12.1	6:46	6:49

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 4.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in February across the year — June's 4.59 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.6	Bright
14	4.6	Bright
15	4.6	Bright
16	4.6	Bright
17	4.6	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.5	Bright
20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Butaleja?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.4

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Butaleja for sightseeing.

What to pack for Butaleja in June

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

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

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Butaleja in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Butaleja 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 Butaleja in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Butaleja 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 Butaleja?

Butaleja sits at 0.9°N, 34.0°E, 1,067 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Busolwe, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Butaleja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Butaleja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 1,071 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 113 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,263 m.

The land around Butaleja is covered by grassland (28%), shrubs (27%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, cropland (37%), grassland (21%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (28%), cropland (27%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

53 m

grassland 28%

16 km

113 m

cropland 37%

80 km

3,263 m

shrubs 28%

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← May Butaleja year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Busolwe 7.0 km · Budaka 11 km · Namutumba 31 km · Mbale 31 km · Nakaloke 34 km · Tororo 35 km · Manafwa 36 km · Pallisa 37 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 Butaleja (0.9119°, 33.9511°, elevation 1,067 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	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	61
4	60
5	60
6	59
7	59
8	58
9	58
10	58
11	58
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	57
26	56
27	56
28	55
29	54
30	53

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	34	66
2	0	36	64
3	0	37	63
4	0	39	61
5	0	40	60
6	0	42	58
7	0	43	57
8	0	44	56
9	0	46	54
10	0	47	53
11	0	48	52
12	0	49	51
13	1	49	50
14	1	50	49
15	1	51	48
16	1	52	47
17	1	52	47
18	1	53	46
19	1	54	45
20	1	55	44
21	1	56	43
22	1	56	43
23	1	58	41
24	1	59	40
25	1	60	39
26	1	62	37
27	1	63	36
28	1	65	34
29	1	67	32
30	2	68	30

	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	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	61
4	60
5	60
6	59
7	59
8	58
9	58
10	58
11	58
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	57
26	56
27	56
28	55
29	54
30	53

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	34	66
2	0	36	64
3	0	37	63
4	0	39	61
5	0	40	60
6	0	42	58
7	0	43	57
8	0	44	56
9	0	46	54
10	0	47	53
11	0	48	52
12	0	49	51
13	1	49	50
14	1	50	49
15	1	51	48
16	1	52	47
17	1	52	47
18	1	53	46
19	1	54	45
20	1	55	44
21	1	56	43
22	1	56	43
23	1	58	41
24	1	59	40
25	1	60	39
26	1	62	37
27	1	63	36
28	1	65	34
29	1	67	32
30	2	68	30

	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	39	61
2	39	61
3	39	61
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	36	64
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	34	66
11	33	67
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	62
2	62
3	61
4	60
5	60
6	59
7	59
8	58
9	58
10	58
11	58
12	58
13	58
14	58
15	58
16	58
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	58
22	58
23	58
24	57
25	57
26	56
27	56
28	55
29	54
30	53

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	34	66
2	0	36	64
3	0	37	63
4	0	39	61
5	0	40	60
6	0	42	58
7	0	43	57
8	0	44	56
9	0	46	54
10	0	47	53
11	0	48	52
12	0	49	51
13	1	49	50
14	1	50	49
15	1	51	48
16	1	52	47
17	1	52	47
18	1	53	46
19	1	54	45
20	1	55	44
21	1	56	43
22	1	56	43
23	1	58	41
24	1	59	40
25	1	60	39
26	1	62	37
27	1	63	36
28	1	65	34
29	1	67	32
30	2	68	30