Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Climate guideThirty-year normals for Mpondwe
Mpondwe climate by month
Tropical rainforest · AfBest Jun–Aug
Annual mean24°day and night
Seasonal swing1°warmest vs coolest
Precipitation2,190 mm258 wet days a year
0.04° N, 29.72° EElevation 1,095 mUTC+3 · East Africa Time
When to goMpondwe · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low26° / 20°
iSummary
What the weather is like
Mpondwe has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af): .
The warmest month is February, when afternoons average 27° and nights 21°. November is the coolest month, with highs of 26° and lows of 20°. The difference between the warmest and the coolest month is about 1°, a small seasonal swing typical of places tempered by the sea.
About 2,190 mm of precipitation falls in an average year. October is the wettest month (229 mm, 27 wet days) and February the driest (156 mm, 13 wet days). Cloud cover ranges from 37% in July to 62% in October.
Compared with Kampala, the capital, Mpondwe is 2.5° warmer on a February afternoon and receives more precipitation over the year.
Year in figures
- Hottest afternoons
- 27° · February
- Coldest nights
- 20° · November
- Wettest month
- October
- Driest month
- February
- Clearest skies
- July · 37% cloud
- Longest day
- 12 h 07 min
- Shortest day
- 12 h 07 min
iiCharts
Twelve months at a glance
Temperature and precipitation
Daily high/low range bars, monthly precipitation columnsTemperature curve
Average high, lowDaylight
Hours between sunrise and sunset on the 15th of each monthiiiData table
Climate normals month by month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° |
| Average low | 20° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 21° | 20° | 20° | 20° |
| Precipitation | 179 mm | 156 mm | 217 mm | 242 mm | 184 mm | 94 mm | 77 mm | 135 mm | 190 mm | 229 mm | 270 mm | 217 mm |
| Wet days (≥1 mm) | 13.4 | 13.2 | 23.1 | 24.9 | 24.2 | 19.7 | 18.5 | 24 | 25.3 | 27.1 | 26.1 | 18.4 |
| Cloud cover | 47% | 49% | 57% | 61% | 52% | 40% | 37% | 43% | 51% | 62% | 58% | 49% |
| Daylight | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 | 12h 07 |
| Month score | 54 | 51 | 47 | 48 | 53 | 57 | 58 | 55 | 51 | 48 | 51 | 54 |
ivMonth by month
Mpondwe in every month
January54
27° / 20°
179 mm · 13.4 wet days
February51
27° / 21°
156 mm · 13.2 wet days
March47
27° / 21°
217 mm · 23.1 wet days
April48
27° / 21°
242 mm · 24.9 wet days
May53
26° / 21°
184 mm · 24.2 wet days
June57
26° / 21°
94 mm · 19.7 wet days
July58
27° / 21°
77 mm · 18.5 wet days
August55
27° / 21°
135 mm · 24 wet days
September51
27° / 21°
190 mm · 25.3 wet days
October48
26° / 20°
229 mm · 27.1 wet days
November51
26° / 20°
270 mm · 26.1 wet days
December54
26° / 20°
217 mm · 18.4 wet days