Kayunga weather in October

In October, Kayunga sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 177 mm of rain across 27.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-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 6% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Kayunga's 10th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kayunga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 177 mm; 27.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:34 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 10th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Kayunga is place in Uganda.

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

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical October day in Kayunga reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

	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
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
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	18

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

Kayunga weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 18°	74	14.9	12	5.0
Feb	29° / 19°	73	14.6	12	4.5
Mar	29° / 19°	140	22.8	12	3.9
Apr	27° / 19°	199	27.6	12	3.6
May	27° / 19°	195	28.4	12	3.7
Jun	27° / 18°	135	24.6	12	4.2
Jul	26° / 17°	117	21.8	12	4.7
Aug	27° / 18°	139	24.7	12	4.3
Sep	27° / 18°	144	25.2	12	4.1
Oct	27° / 18°	177	27.7	12	3.8
Nov	27° / 18°	169	25	12	4.0
Dec	28° / 18°	109	19.1	12	5.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

	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 (%)	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	17	17	15	15	15	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13
Cloudier (%)	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	82	83	83	83	85	85	85	86	86	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Kayunga gets around 177 mm of rain over 27.7 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 92% 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 (%)	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	90
17	90
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	91

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Muggy (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, 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	31
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	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:38 AM to 6:33 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:31 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)	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:38	6:37
2	12.0	6:37	6:37
3	12.0	6:37	6:37
4	12.0	6:37	6:36
5	12.0	6:36	6:36
6	12.0	6:36	6:36
7	12.0	6:36	6:35
8	12.0	6:36	6:35
9	12.0	6:35	6:35
10	12.0	6:35	6:34
11	12.0	6:35	6:34
12	12.0	6:35	6:34
13	12.0	6:35	6:34
14	12.0	6:34	6:33
15	12.0	6:34	6:33
16	12.0	6:34	6:33
17	12.0	6:34	6:33
18	12.0	6:34	6:33
19	12.0	6:33	6:32
20	12.0	6:33	6:32
21	12.0	6:33	6:32
22	12.0	6:33	6:32
23	12.0	6:33	6:32
24	12.0	6:33	6:32
25	12.0	6:33	6:32
26	12.0	6:33	6:32
27	12.0	6:33	6:31
28	12.0	6:33	6:31
29	12.0	6:33	6:31
30	12.0	6:33	6:31
31	12.0	6:33	6:31

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.18 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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Kayunga?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kayunga.

What to pack for Kayunga in October

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

In October, Kayunga sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kayunga in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 Kayunga peaks around March 16 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)	12	14	15	14	11	10	11	12	13	14	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Kayunga in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Kayunga 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 Kayunga?

Kayunga sits at 0.7°N, 32.9°E, 1,071 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Buwenge, 32 km away.

Topography around Kayunga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kayunga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 1,068 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 116 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m.

The land around Kayunga is covered by wetland (46%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, trees (49%), shrubs (26%) and wetland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (39%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

wetland 46%

16 km

116 m

trees 49%

80 km

332 m

trees 39%

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← September Kayunga year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Buwenge 32 km · Kamuli 37 km · Lugazi 38 km · Mukono 42 km · Wobulenzi 42 km · Buikwe 43 km · Kasangati 43 km · Njeru 43 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 Kayunga (0.7025°, 32.8886°, elevation 1,071 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	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18
31	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	90
17	90
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	91

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	90
17	90
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	91

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	24	76
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	23	77
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	21	79
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	19	81
13	18	82
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	17	83
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	15	85
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	13	87
30	13	87
31	13	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	90
17	90
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	92
22	92
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92
31	91

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98