Rwamwanja Refugee Camp weather in April

In April, Rwamwanja Refugee Camp sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 133 mm of rain across 22.8 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 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 Rwamwanja Refugee Camp's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Rwamwanja Refugee Camp's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 133 mm; 22.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:57 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 12th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

← March Rwamwanja Refugee Camp year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

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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 Rwamwanja Refugee Camp reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°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, April runs about 1°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)	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April 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	28° / 17°	39	9.2	12	5.8
Feb	29° / 18°	45	9.6	12	5.0
Mar	28° / 18°	101	18.2	12	4.5
Apr	27° / 17°	133	22.8	12	4.3
May	27° / 17°	106	20	12	5.0
Jun	27° / 17°	45	9.8	12	6.2
Jul	28° / 17°	27	6.5	12	6.6
Aug	28° / 17°	78	15.5	12	5.5
Sep	27° / 17°	112	21	12	4.7
Oct	27° / 17°	153	26.1	12	4.0
Nov	26° / 17°	165	25.6	12	4.1
Dec	27° / 17°	84	15.5	12	5.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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 (%)	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	14	14	14	14	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	16	16
Cloudier (%)	81	81	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	86	86	86	86	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	16	84
30	16	84

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp gets around 133 mm of rain over 22.8 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 76% and peaks near 80% 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 (%)	72	72	73	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80

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

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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 16% 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 (%)	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1
Humid (%)	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	84	83	83	84	83	83	82	81	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	77	77	77
Muggy (%)	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	22

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	85	10
2	5	85	10
3	4	85	11
4	4	85	11
5	4	85	11
6	4	84	12
7	4	84	12
8	4	84	12
9	3	84	13
10	3	84	13
11	3	83	14
12	3	83	14
13	2	84	14
14	2	83	15
15	2	83	15
16	1	84	15
17	1	83	16
18	1	83	16
19	1	82	17
20	1	81	18
21	0	82	18
22	0	81	19
23	0	81	19
24	0	80	20
25	0	80	20
26	0	79	21
27	0	79	21
28	1	77	22
29	1	77	22
30	1	77	22

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, 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.

	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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
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6	6	calm
7	6	calm
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16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	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 7:02 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 6:55 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)	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	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	6:55	6:55	6:54
Sunset (PM)	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	7:02	7:02
2	12.0	7:02	7:02
3	12.0	7:01	7:02
4	12.0	7:01	7:01
5	12.0	7:01	7:01
6	12.0	7:00	7:01
7	12.0	7:00	7:00
8	12.0	7:00	7:00
9	12.0	6:59	7:00
10	12.0	6:59	6:59
11	12.0	6:59	6:59
12	12.0	6:58	6:59
13	12.0	6:58	6:59
14	12.0	6:58	6:58
15	12.0	6:58	6:58
16	12.0	6:57	6:58
17	12.0	6:57	6:58
18	12.0	6:57	6:57
19	12.0	6:57	6:57
20	12.0	6:56	6:57
21	12.0	6:56	6:57
22	12.0	6:56	6:56
23	12.0	6:56	6:56
24	12.0	6:55	6:56
25	12.0	6:55	6:56
26	12.0	6:55	6:56
27	12.0	6:55	6:56
28	12.0	6:55	6:55
29	12.0	6:55	6:55
30	12.0	6:54	6:55

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.49 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.49 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Rwamwanja Refugee Camp for sightseeing.

What to pack for Rwamwanja Refugee Camp in April

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

In April, Rwamwanja Refugee Camp sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp 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 Rwamwanja Refugee Camp peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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	16	14	12	10	11	12	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	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	11	Extreme

Air quality in Rwamwanja Refugee Camp 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 Rwamwanja Refugee Camp is worst in January — around 45 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (May, 26 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)	45	42	31	26	26	33	38	33	31	29	31	38
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	42	Poor
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	26	Moderate
Jun	33	Moderate
Jul	38	Poor
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	31	Moderate
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Rwamwanja Refugee Camp?

Rwamwanja Refugee Camp sits at 0.3°N, 30.7°E, 1,396 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kamwenge, 29 km away.

Topography around Rwamwanja Refugee Camp

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Rwamwanja Refugee Camp has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m around an average of 1,298 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 378 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,742 m.

The land around Rwamwanja Refugee Camp is covered by grassland (39%), cropland (25%) and shrubs (23%) within 3 km, grassland (32%), trees (30%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

151 m

grassland 39%

16 km

378 m

grassland 32%

80 km

3,742 m

trees 47%

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← March Rwamwanja Refugee Camp year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Kamwenge 29 km · Kyenjojo 32 km · Butunduzi 32 km · Kasozi 40 km · Katoke 46 km · Kyegegwa 46 km · Rwiimi 47 km · Kazo 49 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 Rwamwanja Refugee Camp (0.348°, 30.6543°, elevation 1,396 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	28	17
2	28	17
3	28	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	16	84
30	16	84

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	85	10
2	5	85	10
3	4	85	11
4	4	85	11
5	4	85	11
6	4	84	12
7	4	84	12
8	4	84	12
9	3	84	13
10	3	84	13
11	3	83	14
12	3	83	14
13	2	84	14
14	2	83	15
15	2	83	15
16	1	84	15
17	1	83	16
18	1	83	16
19	1	82	17
20	1	81	18
21	0	82	18
22	0	81	19
23	0	81	19
24	0	80	20
25	0	80	20
26	0	79	21
27	0	79	21
28	1	77	22
29	1	77	22
30	1	77	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	16	84
30	16	84

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	85	10
2	5	85	10
3	4	85	11
4	4	85	11
5	4	85	11
6	4	84	12
7	4	84	12
8	4	84	12
9	3	84	13
10	3	84	13
11	3	83	14
12	3	83	14
13	2	84	14
14	2	83	15
15	2	83	15
16	1	84	15
17	1	83	16
18	1	83	16
19	1	82	17
20	1	81	18
21	0	82	18
22	0	81	19
23	0	81	19
24	0	80	20
25	0	80	20
26	0	79	21
27	0	79	21
28	1	77	22
29	1	77	22
30	1	77	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86
29	16	84
30	16	84

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

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	5	85	10
2	5	85	10
3	4	85	11
4	4	85	11
5	4	85	11
6	4	84	12
7	4	84	12
8	4	84	12
9	3	84	13
10	3	84	13
11	3	83	14
12	3	83	14
13	2	84	14
14	2	83	15
15	2	83	15
16	1	84	15
17	1	83	16
18	1	83	16
19	1	82	17
20	1	81	18
21	0	82	18
22	0	81	19
23	0	81	19
24	0	80	20
25	0	80	20
26	0	79	21
27	0	79	21
28	1	77	22
29	1	77	22
30	1	77	22