Climate and average weather in Nyahuka

In Nyahuka, the weather is hot, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around August.

Best: early December to mid February

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Nyahuka typically varies from 16°C to 30°C, and is rarely below 15°C or above 33°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Nyahuka for warm-weather activities is from early December to mid February.

Hottest
Feb
30°
Coldest
Aug
16°
Wettest
Aug
341 mm
Driest
Jan
27 mm
Rain / yr
2484 mm
251 wet days
Daylight
12.0–12.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
848 m
0.7°N
Clearest
Jul
66% cloud

Nyahuka weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early December to mid February.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Nyahuka, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Nyahuka stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 30°C and low of 17°C; the coolest is August, with an average low of 16°C and high of 26°C.

Days typically run about 10°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 13°C) in February.

15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2917
Feb3017
Mar2918
Apr2818
May2818
Jun2717
Jul2616
Aug2616
Sep2617
Oct2617
Nov2617
Dec2717

Average hourly temperature in Nyahuka

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 30°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 16°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Nyahuka weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 17°275.5125.9
Feb30° / 17°355.8125.1
Mar29° / 18°12016.9124.3
Apr28° / 18°23423.8123.8
May28° / 18°28226.5124.0
Jun27° / 17°26325.1124.1
Jul26° / 16°27025.8124.3
Aug26° / 16°34128.1123.9
Sep26° / 17°29527.4123.8
Oct26° / 17°33029123.6
Nov26° / 17°22025.4124.1
Dec27° / 17°6811.3126.0

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Nyahuka gets about 2484 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 8.0 months, from around Mar 31 to Nov 28, peaking in October at about 95% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Feb 5.

August is the wettest month by volume, with 341 mm over about 28 wet days; January is the driest, with 27 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%110%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetOct 25 · 95%Feb 5 · 16%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan186
Feb216
Mar5417
Apr8024
May8527
Jun8425
Jul8426
Aug9028
Sep9127
Oct9329
Nov8325
Dec3711

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Nyahuka collects about 2484 mm of rain across 251 wet days — roughly 207 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. August is the wettest month with 341 mm, while January is the driest at just 27 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 39% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec273512023428226327034129533022068
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan276
Feb356
Mar12017
Apr23424
May28227
Jun26325
Jul27026
Aug34128
Sep29527
Oct33029
Nov22025
Dec6811

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Nyahuka, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 13 and lasts for 3.7 months, ending around September 3. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 40% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 4 and lasts for 3.1 months, ending around December 5. The cloudiest month is October, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 88% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 14 · 43%Oct 22 · 10%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan3565
Feb3169
Mar2377
Apr1585
May3070
Jun3565
Jul4060
Aug3070
Sep2377
Oct1288
Nov1585
Dec3367

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Nyahuka barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 hours of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.07:107:08
Feb12.07:157:14
Mar12.07:107:10
Apr12.07:007:01
May12.06:556:57
Jun12.06:597:01
Jul12.07:057:07
Aug12.07:037:05
Sep12.06:546:54
Oct12.06:466:45
Nov12.06:466:44
Dec12.06:576:55

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Nyahuka averages about 3 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 6 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.0 months, from around Dec 7 to Mar 8. The sunniest month is January, with roughly 6 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is October, down near 1 sunny days — about 88% fewer than the January peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecsunniergreyersunniergloomymixedJan 316 daysOct 241 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan6Gloomy
Feb4Gloomy
Mar3Gloomy
Apr2Gloomy
May4Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul5Gloomy
Aug3Gloomy
Sep2Gloomy
Oct1Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec5Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Nyahuka, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 8.6 months, from around March 21 to December 8. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around December 9 to March 20, and February is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 69% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecFeb 7 · 75%May 3 · 0%muggycomfortablehumiddrycomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
Jan2145331
Feb2445301
Mar522667
Apr036928
May026137
Jun077814
Jul18865
Aug03916
Sep00928
Oct008416
Nov028712
Dec528643

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Nyahuka is steady company: average speeds sit near 3 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmFeb 11 · 5 km/hJun 22 · 3 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan4calm
Feb4calm
Mar4calm
Apr3calm
May3calm
Jun3calm
Jul3calm
Aug3calm
Sep3calm
Oct3calm
Nov3calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Nyahuka

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Nyahuka throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around early February, Nyahuka is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nyahuka for general outdoor tourist activities is from early December to mid February, with a peak score in the last week of December.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationDec 25 · 6.5

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan5.9good
Feb5.1fair
Mar4.3fair
Apr3.8fair
May4.0fair
Jun4.2fair
Jul4.2fair
Aug3.9fair
Sep3.8fair
Oct3.6fair
Nov4.1fair
Dec5.9good

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Nyahuka for hot-weather activities is from mid December to mid March, with a peak score in the last week of January.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJan 27 · 7.5

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Nyahuka, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Nyahuka packs about the same all year — highs hold near 30°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, sun protection and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Nyahuka sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Nyahuka by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nyahuka peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jun 21UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Nyahuka

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan7.55.5
Feb86.5
Mar86.5
Apr8.56.5
May85.5
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55.5
Aug86
Sep86
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Nyahuka by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Nyahuka is worst in February — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (April, 26 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorModeratePoorFeb 966 µg/m³Apr 2226 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar39Poor
Apr26Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun35Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug33Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec44Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Nyahuka is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Nyahuka banks about 4,443 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.

01,0002,0003,0004,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan398
Feb384
Mar420
Apr386
May388
Jun357
Jul349
Aug348
Sep344
Oct357
Nov343
Dec370

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Nyahuka receives about 5.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 5.0 and 5.9 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 145.9 kWhJul 305.0 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.6Bright
Feb5.9Bright
Mar5.7Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May5.3Bright
Jun5.0Bright
Jul5.0Bright
Aug5.1Bright
Sep5.4Bright
Oct5.3Bright
Nov5.2Bright
Dec5.4Bright

Where is Nyahuka?

Nyahuka sits at 0.7°N, 30.0°E, 848 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Bundibugyo, 9.0 km away.

RwiimiHyoshaKaseseKyarusoziBeni

Topography around Nyahuka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyahuka has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m around an average of 863 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,736 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,373 m.

The land around Nyahuka is covered by trees (88%) within 3 km, trees (95%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
158 m
16 km
2,736 m
80 km
4,373 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
Nearby: Bundibugyo 9.0 km · Buhesi 26 km · Fort Portal 31 km · Rwiimi 42 km · Hyosha 53 km · Kasese 56 km · Kyarusozi 61 km · Beni 61 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 Nyahuka (0.675°, 29.9926°, elevation 848 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).