Fort Portal weather in April

In April, Fort Portal sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 164 mm of rain across 24.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-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 April, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Fort Portal's 11th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fort Portal's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 164 mm; 24.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:59 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Fort Portal is town in Western Uganda.

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical April day in Fort Portal 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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and on par with May.

	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	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	28	17
2	28	17
3	28	17
4	28	17
5	28	17
6	28	17
7	28	17
8	28	17
9	28	17
10	28	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

Fort Portal weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 16°	34	6.7	12	6.5
Feb	29° / 17°	37	7	12	5.6
Mar	28° / 17°	108	17.2	12	4.7
Apr	27° / 17°	164	24.1	12	4.1
May	27° / 17°	134	21.6	12	4.7
Jun	27° / 16°	103	16.1	12	5.4
Jul	26° / 16°	104	16.9	12	5.5
Aug	26° / 16°	167	22.6	12	4.7
Sep	26° / 16°	186	25.8	12	4.1
Oct	26° / 16°	239	28.2	12	3.8
Nov	26° / 16°	204	25.7	12	4.1
Dec	26° / 16°	85	13.5	12	5.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	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 (%)	19	19	17	17	17	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17
Cloudier (%)	81	81	83	83	83	85	85	85	86	86	87	86	86	86	85	85	84	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Fort Portal gets around 164 mm of rain over 24.1 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 85% 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 (%)	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	78	79	79	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	84	85	85	84	84	84	84	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	75
8	76
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	80
14	81
15	81
16	82
17	82
18	83
19	83
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	85
25	85
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	83

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the humid band about 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 15% 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 (%)	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	84	83	84	83	83	82	83	83	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	79	79	78	78	78	77	77
Muggy (%)	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	22	22

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	86	8
2	6	86	8
3	5	86	9
4	5	86	9
5	5	85	10
6	5	85	10
7	4	85	11
8	4	85	11
9	4	84	12
10	4	83	13
11	3	84	13
12	3	83	14
13	3	83	14
14	3	82	15
15	2	83	15
16	2	83	15
17	2	82	16
18	2	82	16
19	2	81	17
20	1	81	18
21	1	81	18
22	1	80	19
23	1	80	19
24	1	79	20
25	1	79	20
26	1	78	21
27	1	78	21
28	1	78	21
29	1	77	22
30	1	77	22

Wind in April

Winds average 4 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 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	4	4
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	4	calm
30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 7:03 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 6:57 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)	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	7:03	7:04
2	12.0	7:03	7:03
3	12.0	7:03	7:03
4	12.0	7:02	7:03
5	12.0	7:02	7:03
6	12.0	7:02	7:02
7	12.0	7:01	7:02
8	12.0	7:01	7:02
9	12.0	7:01	7:01
10	12.0	7:00	7:01
11	12.0	7:00	7:01
12	12.0	7:00	7:01
13	12.0	7:00	7:00
14	12.0	6:59	7:00
15	12.0	6:59	7:00
16	12.0	6:59	7:00
17	12.0	6:58	6:59
18	12.0	6:58	6:59
19	12.0	6:58	6:59
20	12.0	6:58	6:59
21	12.0	6:57	6:58
22	12.0	6:57	6:58
23	12.0	6:57	6:58
24	12.0	6:57	6:58
25	12.0	6:56	6:58
26	12.0	6:56	6:58
27	12.0	6:56	6:57
28	12.0	6:56	6:57
29	12.0	6:56	6:57
30	12.0	6:56	6:57

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.63 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)	5.8	5.8	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	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4
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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Fort Portal

In seasonPeak

In April, Fort Portal sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Fort Portal's rainy season runs August–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Fort Portal?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Fort Portal for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fort Portal in April

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

In April, Fort Portal sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Fort Portal in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April 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 Fort Portal peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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)	11	14	15	14	12	10	10	12	13	14	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	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	Extreme

Air quality in Fort Portal in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Fort Portal is worst in February — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (April, 26 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)	64	66	39	26	27	35	42	33	28	26	28	44
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	64	Unhealthy
Feb	66	Unhealthy
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	26	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	42	Poor
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Fort Portal?

Fort Portal sits at 0.7°N, 30.3°E, 1,518 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Buhesi, 12 km away.

Topography around Fort Portal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fort Portal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 1,527 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,902 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,373 m.

The land around Fort Portal is covered by trees (64%) within 3 km, trees (60%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

114 m

trees 64%

16 km

1,902 m

trees 60%

80 km

4,373 m

trees 62%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← March Fort Portal year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Buhesi 12 km · Bundibugyo 24 km · Nyahuka 31 km · Kyarusozi 32 km · Rwiimi 32 km · Kyenjojo 39 km · Katoke 47 km · Rwamwanja Refugee Camp 55 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 Fort Portal (0.6617°, 30.2748°, elevation 1,518 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	17
2	28	17
3	28	17
4	28	17
5	28	17
6	28	17
7	28	17
8	28	17
9	28	17
10	28	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	19	81
2	19	81
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	75
8	76
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	80
14	81
15	81
16	82
17	82
18	83
19	83
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	85
25	85
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	83

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	86	8
2	6	86	8
3	5	86	9
4	5	86	9
5	5	85	10
6	5	85	10
7	4	85	11
8	4	85	11
9	4	84	12
10	4	83	13
11	3	84	13
12	3	83	14
13	3	83	14
14	3	82	15
15	2	83	15
16	2	83	15
17	2	82	16
18	2	82	16
19	2	81	17
20	1	81	18
21	1	81	18
22	1	80	19
23	1	80	19
24	1	79	20
25	1	79	20
26	1	78	21
27	1	78	21
28	1	78	21
29	1	77	22
30	1	77	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	17
2	28	17
3	28	17
4	28	17
5	28	17
6	28	17
7	28	17
8	28	17
9	28	17
10	28	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	19	81
2	19	81
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	75
8	76
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	80
14	81
15	81
16	82
17	82
18	83
19	83
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	85
25	85
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	83

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	86	8
2	6	86	8
3	5	86	9
4	5	86	9
5	5	85	10
6	5	85	10
7	4	85	11
8	4	85	11
9	4	84	12
10	4	83	13
11	3	84	13
12	3	83	14
13	3	83	14
14	3	82	15
15	2	83	15
16	2	83	15
17	2	82	16
18	2	82	16
19	2	81	17
20	1	81	18
21	1	81	18
22	1	80	19
23	1	80	19
24	1	79	20
25	1	79	20
26	1	78	21
27	1	78	21
28	1	78	21
29	1	77	22
30	1	77	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	17
2	28	17
3	28	17
4	28	17
5	28	17
6	28	17
7	28	17
8	28	17
9	28	17
10	28	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	19	81
2	19	81
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	13	87
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	16	84
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	75
8	76
9	77
10	78
11	79
12	79
13	80
14	81
15	81
16	82
17	82
18	83
19	83
20	84
21	84
22	84
23	84
24	85
25	85
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	83

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	86	8
2	6	86	8
3	5	86	9
4	5	86	9
5	5	85	10
6	5	85	10
7	4	85	11
8	4	85	11
9	4	84	12
10	4	83	13
11	3	84	13
12	3	83	14
13	3	83	14
14	3	82	15
15	2	83	15
16	2	83	15
17	2	82	16
18	2	82	16
19	2	81	17
20	1	81	18
21	1	81	18
22	1	80	19
23	1	80	19
24	1	79	20
25	1	79	20
26	1	78	21
27	1	78	21
28	1	78	21
29	1	77	22
30	1	77	22