Kigumba weather in July

In July, Kigumba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 102 mm of rain across 17.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 15% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Kigumba's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kigumba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
102 mm
17.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:55 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
65%
4th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Kigumba is place in Western Uganda, Uganda.

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kigumba reaches about 28°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 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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22818
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42818
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282718
292718
302718
312718

How July really feels in Kigumba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July 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 July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°285.511.95.1
Feb32° / 20°30611.94.3
Mar31° / 20°10013.3124.1
Apr29° / 20°14720.9123.9
May28° / 19°11920.412.14.6
Jun28° / 19°9716.712.15.2
Jul28° / 18°10217.112.15.3
Aug28° / 18°1382212.14.7
Sep28° / 18°14221.8124.4
Oct28° / 19°17722.4124.4
Nov28° / 19°12517.211.94.9
Dec29° / 19°477.511.95.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202531
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34258
44258
54258
64456
74456
84456
94555
104555
114555
124654
134654
144654
154654
164654
174654
184654
194654
204654
214555
224456
234456
244258
254258
264159
274159
284060
294060
304060
314060

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Kigumba gets around 102 mm of rain over 17.1 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 56% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
152
251
350
450
549
649
749
849
950
1050
1150
1251
1352
1452
1553
1654
1754
1855
1957
2058
2159
2260
2361
2462
2563
2664
2765
2866
2966
3067
3168

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 36% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1045442
2055540
3155539
4165637
5175636
6175735
7175933
8185932
9186031
10186130
11186130
12186229
13186229
14086329
15086329
16086230
17076330
18076231
19076132
20066133
21065935
22065836
23055738
24055639
25055540
26045442
27045343
28045244
29035245
30035146
31035047

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 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)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
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266calm
275calm
285calm
295calm
305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:52 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 7:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:526:58
212.16:526:59
312.16:536:59
412.16:536:59
512.16:536:59
612.16:536:59
712.16:536:59
812.16:547:00
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3112.16:567:00

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.07 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 — July's 5.07 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.0Bright
25.1Bright
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45.1Bright
55.1Bright
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255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Kigumba?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Kigumba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kigumba in July

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

In July, Kigumba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kigumba 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 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Dec 14UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Kigumba 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 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).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateJan 1938 µg/m³Apr 2117 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan39Poor
Feb34Moderate
Mar22Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul27Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec29Moderate
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.

MasindiApacHoimaButembaAnakaPakwach

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
16 km
281 m
80 km
836 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July 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
Protestant 45%Roman Catholic 39%Muslim 14%other 2%

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).