Mubende weather in April

In April, Mubende sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 120 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-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 3% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Mubende's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mubende's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 120 mm; 23.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:54 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.16 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Mubende is place in Central Region of Uganda, Uganda.

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical April day in Mubende reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and on par with May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	17

Mubende weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 17°	41	9.5	12	5.7
Feb	29° / 18°	44	10.4	12	5.0
Mar	28° / 18°	97	17.5	12	4.7
Apr	27° / 18°	120	23.5	12	4.2
May	26° / 17°	96	22.2	12	4.7
Jun	27° / 17°	49	12.8	12	5.9
Jul	27° / 17°	36	9.8	12	6.3
Aug	27° / 17°	83	17.7	12	5.3
Sep	27° / 17°	102	21.6	12	4.6
Oct	27° / 17°	144	25.7	12	4.1
Nov	26° / 17°	132	23.1	12	4.4
Dec	27° / 17°	72	14.3	12	5.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	18	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11
Cloudier (%)	82	83	83	83	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	87	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Mubende gets around 120 mm of rain over 23.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 78% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	76
10	76
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the humid band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 39% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	69	68	67	66	65	65	65	65	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	60	59	59	58	58	57	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	53	53
Muggy (%)	29	30	31	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	37	38	38	39	40	41	42	42	43	44	45	45	46	46	47	47	47	47

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	69	29
2	2	68	30
3	2	67	31
4	2	66	32
5	2	65	33
6	2	65	33
7	1	65	34
8	1	65	34
9	1	64	35
10	1	64	35
11	1	63	36
12	1	63	36
13	1	62	37
14	1	61	38
15	1	61	38
16	1	60	39
17	1	59	40
18	0	59	41
19	0	58	42
20	0	58	42
21	0	57	43
22	0	56	44
23	0	55	45
24	0	55	45
25	0	54	46
26	0	54	46
27	0	53	47
28	0	53	47
29	0	53	47
30	0	53	47

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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2	7	calm
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16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:59 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:52 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51
Sunset (PM)	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:59	6:59
2	12.0	6:59	6:59
3	12.0	6:58	6:59
4	12.0	6:58	6:58
5	12.0	6:58	6:58
6	12.0	6:57	6:58
7	12.0	6:57	6:57
8	12.0	6:57	6:57
9	12.0	6:56	6:57
10	12.0	6:56	6:57
11	12.0	6:56	6:56
12	12.0	6:55	6:56
13	12.0	6:55	6:56
14	12.0	6:55	6:56
15	12.0	6:55	6:55
16	12.0	6:54	6:55
17	12.0	6:54	6:55
18	12.0	6:54	6:55
19	12.0	6:53	6:54
20	12.0	6:53	6:54
21	12.0	6:53	6:54
22	12.0	6:53	6:54
23	12.0	6:53	6:53
24	12.0	6:52	6:53
25	12.0	6:52	6:53
26	12.0	6:52	6:53
27	12.0	6:52	6:53
28	12.0	6:52	6:53
29	12.0	6:51	6:52
30	12.0	6:51	6:52

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.16 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.82 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.16 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Mubende?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Mubende for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mubende in April

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

In April, Mubende sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Mubende in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mubende 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	14	15	14	12	10	11	12	13	14	12	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Mubende in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Mubende is worst in January — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.0× the cleanest month (May, 22 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	44	41	27	22	22	28	32	29	27	26	28	36
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	41	Poor
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	32	Moderate
Aug	29	Moderate
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Mubende?

Mubende sits at 0.6°N, 31.4°E, 1,314 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kasambya, 23 km away.

Topography around Mubende

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mubende has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m around an average of 1,314 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 371 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 591 m.

The land around Mubende is covered by trees (43%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (31%), cropland (26%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (34%), grassland (33%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

343 m

trees 43%

16 km

371 m

trees 31%

80 km

591 m

trees 34%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← March Mubende year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Kasambya 23 km · Kakumiro 26 km · Kyaka II Refugee Camp 38 km · Kyegegwa 40 km · Kasanda 45 km · Bukuya 49 km · Kiboga 58 km · Butunduzi 60 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

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 Mubende (0.5585°, 31.3949°, elevation 1,314 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	76
10	76
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	69	29
2	2	68	30
3	2	67	31
4	2	66	32
5	2	65	33
6	2	65	33
7	1	65	34
8	1	65	34
9	1	64	35
10	1	64	35
11	1	63	36
12	1	63	36
13	1	62	37
14	1	61	38
15	1	61	38
16	1	60	39
17	1	59	40
18	0	59	41
19	0	58	42
20	0	58	42
21	0	57	43
22	0	56	44
23	0	55	45
24	0	55	45
25	0	54	46
26	0	54	46
27	0	53	47
28	0	53	47
29	0	53	47
30	0	53	47

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	76
10	76
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	69	29
2	2	68	30
3	2	67	31
4	2	66	32
5	2	65	33
6	2	65	33
7	1	65	34
8	1	65	34
9	1	64	35
10	1	64	35
11	1	63	36
12	1	63	36
13	1	62	37
14	1	61	38
15	1	61	38
16	1	60	39
17	1	59	40
18	0	59	41
19	0	58	42
20	0	58	42
21	0	57	43
22	0	56	44
23	0	55	45
24	0	55	45
25	0	54	46
26	0	54	46
27	0	53	47
28	0	53	47
29	0	53	47
30	0	53	47

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	76
10	76
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	80
19	81
20	81
21	81
22	81
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	69	29
2	2	68	30
3	2	67	31
4	2	66	32
5	2	65	33
6	2	65	33
7	1	65	34
8	1	65	34
9	1	64	35
10	1	64	35
11	1	63	36
12	1	63	36
13	1	62	37
14	1	61	38
15	1	61	38
16	1	60	39
17	1	59	40
18	0	59	41
19	0	58	42
20	0	58	42
21	0	57	43
22	0	56	44
23	0	55	45
24	0	55	45
25	0	54	46
26	0	54	46
27	0	53	47
28	0	53	47
29	0	53	47
30	0	53	47