Jinja weather in July

In July, Jinja sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 116 mm of rain across 20.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of July to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Jinja's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jinja's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 116 mm; 20.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:52 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Jinja is City in Jinja District, Eastern Region, Uganda.

Founded: 1907

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical July day in Jinja reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	19	19	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	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

Jinja weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	117	18.5	12	5.2
Feb	28° / 20°	103	17.1	12	5.0
Mar	27° / 20°	178	24	12	4.3
Apr	26° / 20°	240	28.1	12	3.6
May	26° / 20°	215	28.5	12	3.8
Jun	26° / 19°	142	23.7	12	4.5
Jul	26° / 18°	116	20.6	12	5.0
Aug	26° / 19°	138	23.1	12	4.7
Sep	26° / 19°	151	24.9	12	4.2
Oct	26° / 19°	191	27.3	12	3.9
Nov	26° / 19°	202	26.3	12	3.9
Dec	26° / 19°	153	22.4	12	4.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	35	35	35	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	39	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	37	37	36	36	36	35	35	35	35	35	35
Cloudier (%)	65	65	65	65	64	63	63	62	61	61	61	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Jinja gets around 116 mm of rain over 20.6 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 67% and peaks near 72% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	71	70	69	68	67	66	65	65	64	64	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	70
3	69
4	68
5	67
6	66
7	65
8	65
9	64
10	64
11	63
12	63
13	63
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	66
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	69
24	69
25	70
26	70
27	71
28	71
29	72
30	72
31	72

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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 84% 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	31
Humid (%)	10	12	13	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13
Muggy (%)	90	88	87	86	85	85	84	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	10	90
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:50 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:54 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	31
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	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53
Sunset (PM)	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:50	6:51
2	12.0	6:50	6:51
3	12.0	6:50	6:52
4	12.0	6:50	6:52
5	12.0	6:51	6:52
6	12.0	6:51	6:52
7	12.0	6:51	6:52
8	12.0	6:51	6:52
9	12.0	6:51	6:53
10	12.0	6:51	6:53
11	12.0	6:51	6:53
12	12.0	6:52	6:53
13	12.0	6:52	6:53
14	12.0	6:52	6:53
15	12.0	6:52	6:53
16	12.0	6:52	6:53
17	12.0	6:52	6:54
18	12.0	6:52	6:54
19	12.0	6:52	6:54
20	12.0	6:52	6:54
21	12.0	6:53	6:54
22	12.0	6:53	6:54
23	12.0	6:53	6:54
24	12.0	6:53	6:54
25	12.0	6:53	6:54
26	12.0	6:53	6:54
27	12.0	6:53	6:54
28	12.0	6:53	6:54
29	12.0	6:53	6:54
30	12.0	6:53	6:54
31	12.0	6:53	6:54

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 5.02 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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
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23	5.1	Bright
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27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Jinja?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Jinja for sightseeing.

What to pack for Jinja in July

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

In July, Jinja sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Jinja 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 Jinja peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (very high).

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)	13	14	15	14	12	10	11	12	12	14	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	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	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Jinja 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 Jinja is worst in January — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (April, 29 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)	50	43	33	29	31	39	41	39	34	33	36	41
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	39	Poor
Jul	41	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	34	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Jinja?

Jinja sits at 0.4°N, 33.2°E, 1,187 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Njeru, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Jinja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jinja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 140 m around an average of 1,165 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 289 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m.

The land around Jinja is covered by trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and water (23%) within 16 km, and trees (33%), water (30%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

140 m

trees 38%

16 km

289 m

trees 46%

80 km

332 m

trees 33%

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← June Jinja year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Njeru 3.0 km · Bugembe 6.0 km · Kakira 12 km · Magamaga 18 km · Buwenge 24 km · Buikwe 24 km · Lugazi 31 km · Mayuge 31 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 Jinja (0.439°, 33.2032°, elevation 1,187 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	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	70
3	69
4	68
5	67
6	66
7	65
8	65
9	64
10	64
11	63
12	63
13	63
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	66
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	69
24	69
25	70
26	70
27	71
28	71
29	72
30	72
31	72

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	10	90
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	70
3	69
4	68
5	67
6	66
7	65
8	65
9	64
10	64
11	63
12	63
13	63
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	66
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	69
24	69
25	70
26	70
27	71
28	71
29	72
30	72
31	72

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	10	90
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	35	65
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	36	64
6	37	63
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	40	60
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	39	61
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	39	61
20	38	62
21	37	63
22	37	63
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	35	65
27	35	65
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	70
3	69
4	68
5	67
6	66
7	65
8	65
9	64
10	64
11	63
12	63
13	63
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	66
19	66
20	67
21	68
22	68
23	69
24	69
25	70
26	70
27	71
28	71
29	72
30	72
31	72

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	10	90
2	12	88
3	13	87
4	14	86
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	16	84
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	17	83
17	17	83
18	17	83
19	16	84
20	16	84
21	16	84
22	16	84
23	15	85
24	15	85
25	15	85
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87