Dokolo weather in July

In July, Dokolo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 119 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 8th-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 19% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Dokolo's 6th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dokolo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
12th warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
119 mm
21 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:50 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover
63%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Dokolo is place in Northern Uganda, Uganda.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical July day in Dokolo reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°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, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Dokolo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Dokolo weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°346.211.94.7
Feb32° / 20°41711.94.1
Mar31° / 21°11614.8123.8
Apr29° / 20°20623.5123.6
May28° / 20°18225.112.14.0
Jun28° / 19°12620.812.14.7
Jul27° / 19°1192112.14.8
Aug28° / 19°16723.212.14.5
Sep29° / 19°14619.8124.4
Oct29° / 19°19021.5124.1
Nov29° / 19°1351711.94.6
Dec30° / 19°588.211.95.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 52%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24753
34753
44753
54753
64852
74852
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94951
104951
115050
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244753
254753
264654
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304654
314654

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Dokolo gets around 119 mm of rain over 21 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 68% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
167
266
366
466
565
665
764
864
964
1064
1164
1264
1364
1465
1565
1666
1767
1867
1968
2069
2170
2271
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2472
2573
2674
2775
2875
2975
3076
3176

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
103268
203466
303664
403862
503961
604159
704357
804555
914752
1014851
1114950
1215050
1315050
1405149
1505050
1605050
1705050
1804951
1904852
2004852
2104753
2204654
2304555
2404456
2504456
2604357
2704357
2804357
2904258
3004258
3104258

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:476:54
212.16:486:54
312.16:486:54
412.16:486:54
512.16:486:55
612.16:486:55
712.16:496:55
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1012.16:496:55
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1212.16:496:56
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 5.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.5Bright
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Dokolo?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Dokolo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dokolo in July

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

In July, Dokolo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dokolo in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dokolo peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Dokolo in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Dokolo is worst in January — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (April, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1733 µg/m³Apr 1516 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan34Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dokolo?

Dokolo sits at 1.9°N, 33.2°E, 1,079 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Lira, 50 km away.

LiraSorotiApacBuyendeNgoraKumiPallisaAbim

Topography around Dokolo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dokolo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 1,081 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 338 m.

The land around Dokolo is covered by shrubs (38%) and cropland (38%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and shrubs (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (33%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
338 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Lira 50 km · Soroti 52 km · Apac 72 km · Buyende 83 km · Ngora 84 km · Kumi 97 km · Pallisa 103 km · Abim 105 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 Dokolo (1.8983°, 33.1775°, elevation 1,079 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).