Mityana weather in January

In January, Mityana sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 75 mm of rain across 14.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-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 January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of January to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mityana's 2nd-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mityana's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
17°
7th coldest
Rainfall
75 mm
14.9 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
7:02 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
69%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.58 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Mityana is place in Central Uganda, Uganda.

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical January day in Mityana reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12717
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Mityana weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 17°7514.9125.4
Feb29° / 18°7715.7124.7
Mar28° / 18°13824.3124.2
Apr26° / 18°18327.4123.7
May26° / 18°15927124.0
Jun26° / 17°8918.4125.2
Jul26° / 17°7215.2125.7
Aug26° / 17°12422.9124.6
Sep27° / 17°14426.2124.0
Oct26° / 17°18228.5123.7
Nov26° / 17°17026.1123.9
Dec27° / 17°10619125.1

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23565
33565
43565
53565
63565
73466
83466
93466
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113466
123466
133466
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153268
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203466
213367
223367
233466
243565
253565
263664
273664
283763
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303862
313862

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mityana gets around 75 mm of rain over 14.9 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 48% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
149
249
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448
548
648
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848
948
1048
1149
1249
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1449
1549
1649
1749
1849
1949
2049
2149
2249
2348
2448
2548
2647
2747
2847
2946
3046
3146

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 35% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12114938
23114838
33114838
43124738
54124638
64134638
74134637
84134537
94134537
105144537
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255125132
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274125331
284125331
294135330
304135330
314135330

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
256calm
266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:56 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:566:54
212.06:566:55
312.06:576:55
412.06:576:56
512.06:586:56
612.06:586:57
712.06:586:57
812.06:596:57
912.06:596:58
1012.07:006:58
1112.07:006:59
1212.07:006:59
1312.07:016:59
1412.07:017:00
1512.07:017:00
1612.07:027:01
1712.07:027:01
1812.07:037:01
1912.07:037:02
2012.07:037:02
2112.07:037:02
2212.07:047:03
2312.07:047:03
2412.07:047:03
2512.07:057:03
2612.07:057:04
2712.07:057:04
2812.07:057:04
2912.07:057:04
3012.07:067:04
3112.07:067:05

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.58 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.58 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.5Bright
65.5Bright
75.5Bright
85.5Bright
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275.7Bright
285.7Bright
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Mityana?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Mityana for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mityana in January

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

In January, Mityana sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mityana in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mityana peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Mityana in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Mityana is worst in January — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (May, 31 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 1753 µg/m³May 1031 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan54Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar37Poor
Apr32Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun38Poor
Jul40Poor
Aug39Poor
Sep38Poor
Oct38Poor
Nov40Poor
Dec46Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Mityana?

Mityana sits at 0.4°N, 32.0°E, 1,199 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Gombe, 25 km away.

BukuyaKizibaMpigiKakiri

Topography around Mityana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mityana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 1,210 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 551 m.

The land around Mityana is covered by trees (47%) and shrubs (32%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and shrubs (30%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
120 m
16 km
277 m
80 km
551 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Gombe 25 km · Namayumba 28 km · Kasanda 29 km · Bukomero 31 km · Bukuya 37 km · Kiziba 38 km · Mpigi 39 km · Kakiri 41 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 Mityana (0.4175°, 32.0228°, elevation 1,199 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).