Lwengo weather in July

In July, Lwengo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 29 mm of rain across 7.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in July, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of July to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Lwengo's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lwengo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
4th warmest
Overnight low
16°
1st coldest
Rainfall
29 mm
7.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
7:01 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
62%
1st clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.8
out of 10

Lwengo is place in Central 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 27°C through the month.

A typical July day in Lwengo reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°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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Lwengo weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 4th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 17°7014.6125.6
Feb28° / 18°6113.1125.2
Mar27° / 18°9817.4125.1
Apr26° / 17°11021.3124.6
May26° / 17°8818.5125.3
Jun26° / 17°4610.7126.3
Jul27° / 16°297.4126.8
Aug27° / 17°7114.4125.8
Sep27° / 17°10121124.8
Oct26° / 17°12424.5124.3
Nov26° / 17°13023.7124.3
Dec26° / 17°9319.1125.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14555
24555
34654
44654
54852
64852
74852
84852
94852
105050
115050
125050
135050
145050
155149
165050
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184951
194852
204852
214753
224654
234654
244555
254456
264357
274357
284357
294357
304159
314159

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Lwengo gets around 29 mm of rain over 7.4 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 25% and peaks near 36% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
126
224
323
422
521
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720
819
919
1019
1119
1219
1319
1420
1521
1622
1722
1823
1924
2025
2126
2227
2329
2430
2531
2632
2733
2834
2935
3036
3136

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the comfortable band about 50% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1845452
2946431
31047421
41148411
51149391
61250381
71251370
81351360
91352350
101353340
111354330
121354330
131255330
141255330
151156330
161056340
17956350
18856360
19855370
20755380
21754390
22653410
23652420
24651430
25549450
26548460
27546480
28545500
29543520
30542530
31540550

Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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159calm
169calm
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269calm
279calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:586:57
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412.06:596:58
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.74 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 5.15 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is July a good time to visit Lwengo?

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

6.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Lwengo for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lwengo in July

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

In July, Lwengo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Lwengo 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 Lwengo peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Lwengo 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 Lwengo is worst in January — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.9× the cleanest month (April, 19 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1836 µg/m³Apr 2319 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan37Poor
Feb31Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug33Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec29Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lwengo?

Lwengo sits at 0.4°S, 31.4°E, 1,252 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kyazanga, 7.0 km away.

MasakaNakivale Refugee CampLukayaKazo

Topography around Lwengo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lwengo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m around an average of 1,267 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 572 m.

The land around Lwengo is covered by cropland (32%), shrubs (29%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and grassland (44%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
81 m
16 km
301 m
80 km
572 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Kyazanga 7.0 km · Kalisizo 27 km · Kasaali 27 km · Lyantonde 28 km · Masaka 37 km · Nakivale Refugee Camp 58 km · Lukaya 60 km · Kazo 79 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 Lwengo (-0.4161°, 31.4081°, elevation 1,252 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).