Kigumba weather in November

In November, Kigumba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 125 mm of rain across 17.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 5th-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 11% of the time in November, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of November to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Kigumba's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kigumba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
6th warmest
Overnight low
19°
6th coldest
Rainfall
125 mm
17.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:40 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
73%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Kigumba is place in Western Uganda, Uganda.

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

Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical November day in Kigumba 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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and about 1°C cooler than December.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How November really feels in Kigumba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November 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

November 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 November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 6th-warmest and 5th-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 November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12080
22179
32179
42278
52377
62377
72476
82476
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102476
112674
122674
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303664

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Kigumba gets around 125 mm of rain over 17.2 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 57% and peaks near 72% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
172
272
371
470
570
669
768
867
966
1065
1164
1263
1362
1460
1559
1657
1756
1854
1952
2051
2149
2248
2347
2445
2544
2643
2742
2841
2940
3040

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the muggy band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 68% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1001783
2001783
3001882
4001882
5001981
6001981
7002080
8002179
9002278
10002377
11002476
12012574
13012673
14012772
15022870
16022969
17023068
18033265
19033364
20033463
21043561
22043759
23053857
24053956
25154054
26164152
27164251
28164350
29164449
30164548

Wind in November

Winds average 6 km/h in November.

Across November, 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
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Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of November to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:376:34
211.96:386:34
311.96:386:34
411.96:386:34
511.96:386:34
611.96:386:34
711.96:386:34
811.96:386:34
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1011.96:386:34
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1511.96:406:35
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2011.96:416:36
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Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 5.53 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 — November's 5.53 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Kigumba?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Kigumba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kigumba in November

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

In November, Kigumba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°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 November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November 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 November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where November 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
November 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).