Lira weather in July

In July, Lira sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 116 mm of rain across 20.7 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-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 19% 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 Lira's 6th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lira's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
116 mm
20.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:50 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
62%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

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 Lira 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 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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How July really feels in Lira

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.

Lira weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 20°234.411.94.3
Feb33° / 21°295.611.93.6
Mar32° / 21°9613.1123.5
Apr30° / 20°18222.2123.5
May29° / 20°16923.712.13.9
Jun28° / 19°11419.912.14.5
Jul28° / 19°11620.712.14.8
Aug28° / 19°14622.312.14.4
Sep29° / 19°11817.9124.5
Oct29° / 19°15719.4124.2
Nov30° / 19°10314.811.94.6
Dec31° / 19°386.511.94.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 51%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
34753
44753
54753
64852
74951
84951
94951
104951
114951
125050
135149
145149
155149
165149
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195149
205050
214951
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244852
254753
264753
274753
284654
294654
304654
314654

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Lira gets around 116 mm of rain over 20.7 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 67% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
164
264
363
463
563
663
762
862
962
1062
1162
1263
1363
1464
1565
1665
1766
1867
1968
2069
2170
2271
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2472
2573
2673
2774
2874
2974
3074
3174

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 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 44% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
104654
204852
305050
405248
505446
605545
705743
805842
915841
1015940
1116039
1216039
1316138
1406139
1506139
1606139
1706040
1805941
1905842
2005743
2105644
2205545
2305446
2405446
2505347
2605248
2705248
2805248
2905248
3005248
3105149

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, 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 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 6:48 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:486:56
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312.16:486:56
412.16:486:56
512.16:496:56
612.16:496:56
712.16:496:57
812.16:496:57
912.16:496:57
1012.16:506:57
1112.16:506:57
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1612.16:506:58
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3112.16:516:58

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.29 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.29 kWh/m² to a high of 6.37 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 5.29 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.3Bright
75.3Bright
85.3Bright
95.3Bright
105.3Bright
115.3Bright
125.3Bright
135.3Bright
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265.3Bright
275.3Bright
285.3Bright
295.4Bright
305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Lira?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Lira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lira in July

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

In July, Lira sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lira 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 Lira peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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 15Jun 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Lira 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 Lira is worst in January — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (April, 16 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1733 µg/m³Apr 1516 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan34Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lira?

Lira sits at 2.2°N, 32.9°E, 1,104 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Dokolo, 50 km away.

DokoloApacOpitKiryandongo Refugee CampGuluBuyaleSorotiAbim

Topography around Lira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lira has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 1,087 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 633 m.

The land around Lira is covered by artificial surfaces (34%), trees (32%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (59%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
186 m
80 km
633 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Dokolo 50 km · Apac 50 km · Opit 62 km · Kiryandongo Refugee Camp 89 km · Gulu 89 km · Buyale 94 km · Soroti 99 km · Abim 100 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 Lira (2.2499°, 32.8999°, elevation 1,104 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).