Mbale climate

Mbale Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mbale, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 29°C on January 1 to 30°C on January 31, and lows from 18°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 87 mm over about 12 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mbale, in °C, with the record for each date.101520253035151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

January at a glance

Average high
29°C
Average low
19°C
Precipitation
87 mm
Reanalysis high
35°CJan 31, 1994
Reanalysis low
13°CJan 2, 2012
Daylight
12 h 07 min to 12 h 07 min
Cloud cover
57%
Humidity
61%
Dew point
15°C
Wind
11.5 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowReanalysis highReanalysis lowChance wet
Jan 129°C18°C34°C 200616°C 201243%
Jan 229°C19°C34°C 200613°C 201242%
Jan 329°C19°C34°C 200615°C 201543%
Jan 429°C19°C33°C 200616°C 201544%
Jan 529°C19°C34°C 200615°C 201544%
Jan 629°C19°C34°C 200616°C 200744%
Jan 729°C19°C34°C 200616°C 200845%
Jan 829°C19°C34°C 200616°C 200344%
Jan 929°C19°C33°C 200616°C 201945%
Jan 1029°C19°C32°C 200016°C 200946%
Jan 1129°C19°C32°C 200017°C 200946%
Jan 1229°C19°C32°C 200016°C 199747%
Jan 1329°C19°C33°C 200014°C 200348%
Jan 1429°C19°C33°C 200013°C 200348%
Jan 1529°C19°C33°C 201714°C 200348%
Jan 1629°C19°C33°C 201715°C 199547%
Jan 1729°C19°C32°C 200015°C 199546%
Jan 1829°C19°C32°C 199415°C 199545%
Jan 1929°C19°C33°C 199415°C 199544%
Jan 2029°C19°C34°C 200614°C 199543%
Jan 2129°C19°C33°C 200515°C 199142%
Jan 2229°C19°C33°C 200614°C 199141%
Jan 2329°C19°C33°C 200016°C 199540%
Jan 2429°C19°C34°C 200615°C 199840%
Jan 2529°C19°C34°C 200616°C 199839%
Jan 2629°C19°C35°C 200616°C 201239%
Jan 2730°C19°C34°C 200615°C 200037%
Jan 2830°C19°C34°C 200615°C 201136%
Jan 2930°C19°C34°C 199415°C 201235%
Jan 3030°C19°C34°C 199416°C 201235%
Jan 3130°C19°C35°C 199413°C 201235%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mbale, in percent.010203040501102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).

January 1
sunrise 6:41 AM, sunset 6:48 PM
January 31
sunrise 6:51 AM, sunset 6:58 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.