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Kampala in January

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Kampala is warm: highs near 80°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 6 minutes.January in Kampala is warm: highs near 27°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 6 minutes.

High
80°F27°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 64% of days
Daylight
12h 06mon average

Is January a good time to visit Kampala?

Yes. January is one of Kampala's best months (January, or July to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 80°F in January, against 77°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 27°C in January, against 25°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

64% of days in January, against 51% to 93% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in January, against 59% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

12h 06m in January, against 12h 06m to 12h 08m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December78°26°low 65°low 18°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  2. January80°27°low 65°low 18°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February81°27°low 66°low 19°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Kampala sits, in January

Africa/Kampala
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:55 AMsets 7:01 PM
Above the sea
1,230 mupland
Latitude
0.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Kampala, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Kampala is our one place in Uganda so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Kampala

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kampala. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,180 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,180 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.