Yumbe weather in October

In October, Yumbe sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 128 mm of rain across 18.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Yumbe's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Yumbe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
20°
4th coldest
Rainfall
128 mm
18.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:42 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover
71%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Yumbe is place in Northern Region of Uganda, Uganda.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical October day in Yumbe reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How October really feels in Yumbe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Yumbe weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°91.611.84.1
Feb34° / 23°122.311.93.4
Mar33° / 23°479.1123.3
Apr31° / 22°9015.312.13.8
May30° / 21°6812.812.24.6
Jun30° / 21°6911.612.25.0
Jul29° / 20°10015.912.24.9
Aug29° / 20°1312012.14.4
Sep29° / 20°10917.5124.5
Oct29° / 20°12818.911.94.2
Nov30° / 21°8514.111.84.6
Dec31° / 21°183.711.84.9

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23565
33466
43466
53367
63367
73268
83268
93169
103169
113169
123169
133169
143169
153169
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303664
313763

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Yumbe gets around 128 mm of rain over 18.9 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 61% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
154
255
355
456
556
657
757
858
958
1059
1160
1261
1362
1463
1564
1664
1765
1865
1965
2065
2165
2265
2364
2464
2563
2663
2762
2862
2961
3061
3161

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
10991
20991
30991
40991
50991
60991
70991
811089
911089
1011089
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2011188
2111188
2201189
2301189
2401189
2501288
2601288
2701288
2801387
2901387
3001387
3101486

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, 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
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66calm
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96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:35 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:456:43
212.06:456:43
312.06:446:42
412.06:446:42
512.06:446:41
612.06:446:41
712.06:446:41
811.96:436:40
911.96:436:40
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1111.96:436:39
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1511.96:426:38
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.11 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Yumbe

In seasonPeak

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

Yumbe'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 October a good time to visit Yumbe?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Yumbe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Yumbe in October

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

In October, Yumbe sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Yumbe in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 Yumbe peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 15Dec 15UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Yumbe in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Yumbe is worst in January — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.7× the cleanest month (April, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateUnhealthyJan 13103 µg/m³Apr 2314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan107Unhealthy
Feb43Poor
Mar21Moderate
Apr14Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec81Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Yumbe?

Yumbe sits at 3.5°N, 31.2°E, 982 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Koboko, 32 km away.

MoyoAdjumaniAruaAruYeiNebbiPakwach

Topography around Yumbe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Yumbe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 967 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 484 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,063 m.

The land around Yumbe is covered by grassland (43%) and shrubs (31%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and grassland (43%) within 16 km, and shrubs (42%), grassland (33%) and trees (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
484 m
80 km
1,063 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
October weather nearby: Koboko 32 km · Moyo 57 km · Adjumani 61 km · Arua 62 km · Aru 81 km · Yei 94 km · Nebbi 111 km · Pakwach 115 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 Yumbe (3.4651°, 31.2469°, elevation 982 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).