Paidha weather in September

In September, Paidha sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 166 mm of rain across 19.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in September, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Paidha's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Paidha's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 166 mm; 19.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:50 AM – 6:51 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Paidha is place in Northern Region of Uganda, Uganda.

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

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical September day in Paidha reaches about 26°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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with October.

	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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Paidha weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 8th-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	29° / 18°	16	3	11.9	6.2
Feb	30° / 18°	22	4.4	11.9	5.4
Mar	29° / 18°	77	11.2	12	5.1
Apr	27° / 18°	127	16.9	12.1	5.1
May	27° / 18°	107	14.8	12.1	5.7
Jun	26° / 17°	128	14.8	12.1	5.8
Jul	26° / 16°	161	17.9	12.1	5.5
Aug	26° / 16°	202	21.1	12.1	4.9
Sep	26° / 16°	166	19.6	12	5.0
Oct	26° / 17°	184	22.1	11.9	4.7
Nov	26° / 17°	97	16.2	11.9	5.5
Dec	28° / 17°	29	5.6	11.9	6.8

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	32	32	31	32	32	32	33	34	35	35	37	37	37	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	35	33	33	31	30	30	28	28	26	26
Cloudier (%)	68	68	69	68	68	68	67	66	65	65	63	63	63	62	62	62	63	63	64	65	65	67	67	69	70	70	72	72	74	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	26	74
30	26	74

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Paidha gets around 166 mm of rain over 19.6 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 65% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days.

	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	71	71	71	71	70	70	69	68	67	66	65	64	64	63	62	62	61	61	61	61	61	62	62	63	64	65	65	66	67

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	71
4	71
5	71
6	70
7	70
8	69
9	68
10	67
11	66
12	65
13	64
14	64
15	63
16	62
17	62
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	61
22	61
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	65
28	65
29	66
30	67

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the humid band about 90% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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 (%)	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	9	9	8	8
Humid (%)	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	91	91	92	92

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	8	92
30	8	92

Wind in September

Winds average 6 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	6	calm
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13	6	calm
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15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
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20	6	calm
21	6	calm
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25	6	calm
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27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:54 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:45 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)	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46
Sunset (PM)	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:54	6:57
2	12.0	6:54	6:57
3	12.0	6:54	6:56
4	12.0	6:54	6:56
5	12.0	6:53	6:56
6	12.0	6:53	6:55
7	12.0	6:53	6:55
8	12.0	6:52	6:54
9	12.0	6:52	6:54
10	12.0	6:52	6:53
11	12.0	6:52	6:53
12	12.0	6:51	6:53
13	12.0	6:51	6:52
14	12.0	6:51	6:52
15	12.0	6:50	6:51
16	12.0	6:50	6:51
17	12.0	6:50	6:50
18	12.0	6:49	6:50
19	12.0	6:49	6:49
20	12.0	6:49	6:49
21	12.0	6:48	6:49
22	12.0	6:48	6:48
23	12.0	6:48	6:48
24	12.0	6:48	6:47
25	12.0	6:47	6:47
26	12.0	6:47	6:46
27	12.0	6:47	6:46
28	12.0	6:46	6:46
29	12.0	6:46	6:45
30	12.0	6:46	6:45

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.25 kWh/m² in February across the year — September's 5.68 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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6
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	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Paidha

In seasonPeak

In September, Paidha sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Paidha's rainy season runs April–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Paidha?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Paidha for sightseeing.

What to pack for Paidha in September

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

In September, Paidha sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Paidha in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Paidha peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 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)	13	15	16	15	12	11	10	12	13	14	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Paidha in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Paidha is worst in January — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.5× the cleanest month (April, 15 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)	51	50	26	15	15	23	25	21	17	15	19	33
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	51	Poor
Feb	50	Poor
Mar	26	Moderate
Apr	15	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	33	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Paidha?

Paidha sits at 2.4°N, 31.0°E, 1,496 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Nebbi, 13 km away.

Topography around Paidha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Paidha has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 296 m around an average of 1,459 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 991 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,801 m.

The land around Paidha is covered by grassland (37%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, grassland (46%), shrubs (25%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (39%), trees (23%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

296 m

grassland 37%

16 km

991 m

grassland 46%

80 km

1,801 m

grassland 39%

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← August Paidha year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Nebbi 13 km · Aru 52 km · Pakwach 57 km · Arua 68 km · Djugu 77 km · Anaka 109 km · Koboko 111 km · Masindi 116 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 Paidha (2.4167°, 30.9855°, elevation 1,496 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	26	16
2	26	16
3	26	16
4	26	16
5	26	16
6	26	16
7	26	16
8	26	16
9	26	16
10	26	16
11	26	16
12	26	16
13	26	16
14	26	16
15	26	16
16	26	16
17	27	16
18	27	16
19	27	16
20	27	16
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	26	74
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	71
4	71
5	71
6	70
7	70
8	69
9	68
10	67
11	66
12	65
13	64
14	64
15	63
16	62
17	62
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	61
22	61
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	65
28	65
29	66
30	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	8	92
30	8	92

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	26	74
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	71
4	71
5	71
6	70
7	70
8	69
9	68
10	67
11	66
12	65
13	64
14	64
15	63
16	62
17	62
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	61
22	61
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	65
28	65
29	66
30	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	8	92
30	8	92

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	37	63
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	38	62
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	35	65
21	35	65
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	26	74
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	71
4	71
5	71
6	70
7	70
8	69
9	68
10	67
11	66
12	65
13	64
14	64
15	63
16	62
17	62
18	61
19	61
20	61
21	61
22	61
23	62
24	62
25	63
26	64
27	65
28	65
29	66
30	67

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	9	91
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	8	92
30	8	92