Kigumba weather in October

In October, Kigumba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 177 mm of rain across 22.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-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 7% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Kigumba's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kigumba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
9th warmest
Overnight low
19°
5th coldest
Rainfall
177 mm
22.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:38 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Kigumba is place in Western Uganda, Uganda.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical October 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, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Kigumba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October 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

October 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 October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 9th-warmest and 1st-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22872
32674
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52575
62476
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112377
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Kigumba gets around 177 mm of rain over 22.4 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 72% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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470
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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 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 83% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11882
21783
31783
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51783
61783
71882
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101882
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121882
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271684
281684
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301684
311783

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October, the calmest month.

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:34 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:416:40
212.06:416:40
312.06:416:40
412.06:416:39
512.06:406:39
612.06:406:39
712.06:406:38
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912.06:396:38
1012.06:396:37
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1412.06:396:36
1512.06:386:36
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1812.06:386:35
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.49 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 — October's 5.49 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Kigumba?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Kigumba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kigumba in October

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

In October, Kigumba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kigumba in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (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 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 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
October 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).