Gulu weather in June

In June, Gulu sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 134 mm of rain across 19.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 7th-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 22% of the time in June, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of June to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Gulu's 6th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gulu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 134 mm; 19.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:46 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.9; out of 10

Gulu is city in 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 Gulu reaches about 28°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, 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	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

How June really feels in Gulu

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Gulu weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 10th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 21°	18	3.1	11.9	4.6
Feb	33° / 21°	18	4.1	11.9	3.9
Mar	32° / 21°	98	12.6	12	3.7
Apr	29° / 20°	198	22	12.1	3.7
May	28° / 20°	184	24.1	12.1	4.0
Jun	28° / 19°	134	19.4	12.2	4.9
Jul	27° / 18°	160	22.5	12.1	4.6
Aug	27° / 18°	200	24.7	12.1	4.4
Sep	28° / 19°	163	20.1	12	4.6
Oct	29° / 19°	195	21	11.9	4.3
Nov	29° / 19°	121	13.9	11.9	4.8
Dec	30° / 20°	30	5.3	11.8	5.3

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 22% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 55%.

	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 (%)	51	50	50	50	50	49	47	46	45	45	44	44	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	44	44	44	45	46	46	46	47	47
Cloudier (%)	49	50	50	50	50	51	53	54	55	55	56	56	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	56	56	56	55	54	54	54	53	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Gulu gets around 134 mm of rain over 19.4 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 65% and peaks near 68% 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 (%)	68	67	66	65	65	64	64	63	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	67
3	66
4	65
5	65
6	64
7	64
8	63
9	63
10	63
11	64
12	64
13	64
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	66

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the muggy band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 80% 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Humid (%)	10	11	12	13	14	14	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	28	29	30	32	33
Muggy (%)	90	89	88	87	86	86	85	84	83	83	82	82	82	81	81	80	80	79	78	78	77	76	76	75	74	72	71	70	67	66

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	10	90
2	0	11	89
3	0	12	88
4	0	13	87
5	0	14	86
6	0	14	86
7	0	15	85
8	0	16	84
9	0	17	83
10	0	17	83
11	0	18	82
12	0	18	82
13	0	18	82
14	0	19	81
15	0	19	81
16	0	20	80
17	0	20	80
18	0	21	79
19	0	22	78
20	0	22	78
21	0	23	77
22	0	24	76
23	0	24	76
24	0	25	75
25	0	26	74
26	0	28	72
27	0	29	71
28	0	30	70
29	1	32	67
30	1	33	66

Wind in June

Winds average 5 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 5 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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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30	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of June to 12 h 12 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 6:44 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 6:59 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)	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	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	6:49
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:44	6:53
2	12.1	6:44	6:53
3	12.2	6:44	6:53
4	12.2	6:44	6:53
5	12.2	6:44	6:54
6	12.2	6:45	6:54
7	12.2	6:45	6:54
8	12.2	6:45	6:54
9	12.2	6:45	6:54
10	12.2	6:45	6:55
11	12.2	6:45	6:55
12	12.2	6:46	6:55
13	12.2	6:46	6:55
14	12.2	6:46	6:55
15	12.2	6:46	6:56
16	12.2	6:46	6:56
17	12.2	6:46	6:56
18	12.2	6:47	6:56
19	12.2	6:47	6:56
20	12.2	6:47	6:57
21	12.2	6:47	6:57
22	12.2	6:47	6:57
23	12.2	6:48	6:57
24	12.2	6:48	6:58
25	12.2	6:48	6:58
26	12.2	6:48	6:58
27	12.2	6:49	6:58
28	12.2	6:49	6:58
29	12.2	6:49	6:59
30	12.2	6:49	6:59

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in February across the year — June's 5.3 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	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	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
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20	5.3	Bright
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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	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Is June a good time to visit Gulu?

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

4.9

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Gulu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Gulu in June

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

In June, Gulu sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gulu 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 Gulu peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 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	16	14	12	10	11	12	13	14	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Gulu 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 Gulu is worst in January — around 108 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (April, 14 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)	108	51	19	14	16	24	25	20	17	17	25	66
Level	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	108	Unhealthy
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	66	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Gulu?

Gulu sits at 2.8°N, 32.3°E, 1,104 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Opit, 27 km away.

Topography around Gulu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gulu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 1,096 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 751 m.

The land around Gulu is covered by trees (32%), artificial surfaces (32%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (32%), cropland (29%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%) and cropland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

89 m

trees 32%

16 km

209 m

shrubs 32%

80 km

751 m

grassland 39%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland

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

June weather nearby: Opit 27 km · Anaka 44 km · Kitgum 86 km · Adjumani 88 km · Lira 89 km · Apac 93 km · Kiryandongo Refugee Camp 94 km · Pakwach 95 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 Gulu (2.7746°, 32.299°, elevation 1,104 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	19
2	28	19
3	28	19
4	28	19
5	28	19
6	28	19
7	28	19
8	28	19
9	28	19
10	28	19
11	28	19
12	28	19
13	28	19
14	28	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	27	19
24	27	19
25	27	19
26	27	19
27	27	19
28	27	19
29	27	19
30	27	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	67
3	66
4	65
5	65
6	64
7	64
8	63
9	63
10	63
11	64
12	64
13	64
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	66

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	10	90
2	0	11	89
3	0	12	88
4	0	13	87
5	0	14	86
6	0	14	86
7	0	15	85
8	0	16	84
9	0	17	83
10	0	17	83
11	0	18	82
12	0	18	82
13	0	18	82
14	0	19	81
15	0	19	81
16	0	20	80
17	0	20	80
18	0	21	79
19	0	22	78
20	0	22	78
21	0	23	77
22	0	24	76
23	0	24	76
24	0	25	75
25	0	26	74
26	0	28	72
27	0	29	71
28	0	30	70
29	1	32	67
30	1	33	66

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	67
3	66
4	65
5	65
6	64
7	64
8	63
9	63
10	63
11	64
12	64
13	64
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	66

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	10	90
2	0	11	89
3	0	12	88
4	0	13	87
5	0	14	86
6	0	14	86
7	0	15	85
8	0	16	84
9	0	17	83
10	0	17	83
11	0	18	82
12	0	18	82
13	0	18	82
14	0	19	81
15	0	19	81
16	0	20	80
17	0	20	80
18	0	21	79
19	0	22	78
20	0	22	78
21	0	23	77
22	0	24	76
23	0	24	76
24	0	25	75
25	0	26	74
26	0	28	72
27	0	29	71
28	0	30	70
29	1	32	67
30	1	33	66

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	51	49
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	50	50
6	49	51
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	45	55
11	44	56
12	44	56
13	43	57
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	67
3	66
4	65
5	65
6	64
7	64
8	63
9	63
10	63
11	64
12	64
13	64
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	66
20	66
21	66
22	67
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	67
28	67
29	67
30	66

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	10	90
2	0	11	89
3	0	12	88
4	0	13	87
5	0	14	86
6	0	14	86
7	0	15	85
8	0	16	84
9	0	17	83
10	0	17	83
11	0	18	82
12	0	18	82
13	0	18	82
14	0	19	81
15	0	19	81
16	0	20	80
17	0	20	80
18	0	21	79
19	0	22	78
20	0	22	78
21	0	23	77
22	0	24	76
23	0	24	76
24	0	25	75
25	0	26	74
26	0	28	72
27	0	29	71
28	0	30	70
29	1	32	67
30	1	33	66