Kigumba weather in April

In April, Kigumba sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 147 mm of rain across 20.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in April, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Kigumba's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kigumba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 147 mm; 20.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:51 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Kigumba is place in Western Uganda, Uganda.

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

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical April day in Kigumba reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°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 31°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and about 1°C warmer than 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)	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How April really feels in Kigumba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April 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

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

Kigumba weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 19°	28	5.5	11.9	5.1
Feb	32° / 20°	30	6	11.9	4.3
Mar	31° / 20°	100	13.3	12	4.1
Apr	29° / 20°	147	20.9	12	3.9
May	28° / 19°	119	20.4	12.1	4.6
Jun	28° / 19°	97	16.7	12.1	5.2
Jul	28° / 18°	102	17.1	12.1	5.3
Aug	28° / 18°	138	22	12.1	4.7
Sep	28° / 18°	142	21.8	12	4.4
Oct	28° / 19°	177	22.4	12	4.4
Nov	28° / 19°	125	17.2	11.9	4.9
Dec	29° / 19°	47	7.5	11.9	5.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	28	28	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	24	23	22	21	21	21	21	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	20
Cloudier (%)	72	72	72	73	73	74	75	76	76	76	77	78	79	79	79	79	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	80

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Kigumba gets around 147 mm of rain over 20.9 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 69% and peaks near 77% 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 (%)	58	59	59	60	61	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	59
3	59
4	60
5	61
6	61
7	62
8	63
9	64
10	65
11	66
12	67
13	68
14	69
15	70
16	71
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	76
24	76
25	77
26	77
27	77
28	77
29	77
30	77

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the muggy band about 85% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 85% 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 (%)	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	30	29	28	27	26	24	23	22	21	19	18	17	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4
Muggy (%)	66	67	69	70	71	74	75	76	77	80	81	82	83	85	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	94	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	30	66
2	4	29	67
3	3	28	69
4	3	27	70
5	3	26	71
6	2	24	74
7	2	23	75
8	2	22	76
9	2	21	77
10	1	19	80
11	1	18	81
12	1	17	82
13	1	16	83
14	1	14	85
15	0	13	87
16	0	12	88
17	0	11	89
18	0	10	90
19	0	9	91
20	0	8	92
21	0	7	93
22	0	6	94
23	0	5	95
24	0	5	95
25	0	4	96
26	0	4	96
27	0	4	96
28	0	4	96
29	0	4	96
30	0	4	96

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	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
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
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25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:51 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	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47
Sunset (PM)	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:56	6:57
2	12.0	6:56	6:57
3	12.0	6:55	6:57
4	12.0	6:55	6:56
5	12.0	6:55	6:56
6	12.0	6:54	6:56
7	12.0	6:54	6:56
8	12.0	6:54	6:55
9	12.0	6:53	6:55
10	12.0	6:53	6:55
11	12.0	6:53	6:55
12	12.0	6:52	6:54
13	12.0	6:52	6:54
14	12.0	6:52	6:54
15	12.0	6:51	6:54
16	12.0	6:51	6:53
17	12.0	6:51	6:53
18	12.0	6:50	6:53
19	12.0	6:50	6:53
20	12.0	6:50	6:53
21	12.0	6:50	6:52
22	12.0	6:49	6:52
23	12.1	6:49	6:52
24	12.1	6:49	6:52
25	12.1	6:49	6:52
26	12.1	6:48	6:52
27	12.1	6:48	6:51
28	12.1	6:48	6:51
29	12.1	6:48	6:51
30	12.1	6:47	6:51

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.19 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.5 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	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	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	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
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	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Kigumba?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kigumba.

What to pack for Kigumba in April

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

In April, Kigumba sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

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

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

Air quality in Kigumba 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 Kigumba is worst in January — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.3× the cleanest month (April, 17 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)	39	34	22	17	18	24	27	22	19	18	22	29
Level	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	39	Poor
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	22	Moderate
Apr	17	Moderate
May	18	Moderate
Jun	24	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	29	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kigumba?

Kigumba sits at 1.8°N, 32.0°E, 1,084 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Buyale, 19 km away.

Topography around Kigumba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kigumba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 39 m around an average of 1,062 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 836 m.

The land around Kigumba is covered by cropland (32%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), shrubs (31%) and cropland (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (32%), trees (23%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

39 m

cropland 32%

16 km

281 m

grassland 35%

80 km

836 m

grassland 32%

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

April weather nearby: Buyale 19 km · Kiryandongo Refugee Camp 23 km · Masindi 36 km · Apac 62 km · Hoima 84 km · Butemba 84 km · Anaka 88 km · Pakwach 92 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 Kigumba (1.8084°, 32.005°, elevation 1,084 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	30	20
2	30	20
3	30	20
4	30	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	29	20
8	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
11	29	20
12	29	20
13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	59
3	59
4	60
5	61
6	61
7	62
8	63
9	64
10	65
11	66
12	67
13	68
14	69
15	70
16	71
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	76
24	76
25	77
26	77
27	77
28	77
29	77
30	77

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	30	66
2	4	29	67
3	3	28	69
4	3	27	70
5	3	26	71
6	2	24	74
7	2	23	75
8	2	22	76
9	2	21	77
10	1	19	80
11	1	18	81
12	1	17	82
13	1	16	83
14	1	14	85
15	0	13	87
16	0	12	88
17	0	11	89
18	0	10	90
19	0	9	91
20	0	8	92
21	0	7	93
22	0	6	94
23	0	5	95
24	0	5	95
25	0	4	96
26	0	4	96
27	0	4	96
28	0	4	96
29	0	4	96
30	0	4	96

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	59
3	59
4	60
5	61
6	61
7	62
8	63
9	64
10	65
11	66
12	67
13	68
14	69
15	70
16	71
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	76
24	76
25	77
26	77
27	77
28	77
29	77
30	77

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	30	66
2	4	29	67
3	3	28	69
4	3	27	70
5	3	26	71
6	2	24	74
7	2	23	75
8	2	22	76
9	2	21	77
10	1	19	80
11	1	18	81
12	1	17	82
13	1	16	83
14	1	14	85
15	0	13	87
16	0	12	88
17	0	11	89
18	0	10	90
19	0	9	91
20	0	8	92
21	0	7	93
22	0	6	94
23	0	5	95
24	0	5	95
25	0	4	96
26	0	4	96
27	0	4	96
28	0	4	96
29	0	4	96
30	0	4	96

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	58
2	59
3	59
4	60
5	61
6	61
7	62
8	63
9	64
10	65
11	66
12	67
13	68
14	69
15	70
16	71
17	72
18	73
19	73
20	74
21	75
22	75
23	76
24	76
25	77
26	77
27	77
28	77
29	77
30	77

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	30	66
2	4	29	67
3	3	28	69
4	3	27	70
5	3	26	71
6	2	24	74
7	2	23	75
8	2	22	76
9	2	21	77
10	1	19	80
11	1	18	81
12	1	17	82
13	1	16	83
14	1	14	85
15	0	13	87
16	0	12	88
17	0	11	89
18	0	10	90
19	0	9	91
20	0	8	92
21	0	7	93
22	0	6	94
23	0	5	95
24	0	5	95
25	0	4	96
26	0	4	96
27	0	4	96
28	0	4	96
29	0	4	96
30	0	4	96