Kampala Weather in January
Average highs run from 28°C on January 1 to 30°C on January 31, and lows from 18°C to 18°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 74 mm over about 16 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 29°C
- Average low
- 18°C
- Precipitation
- 74 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 37°CJan 28, 2006
- Reanalysis low
- 12°CJan 5, 1992
- Daylight
- 12 h 06 min to 12 h 06 min
- Cloud cover
- 66%
- Humidity
- 68%
- Dew point
- 16°C
- Wind
- 8.3 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 28°C | 18°C | 36°C 2006 | 15°C 1992 | 46% |
| Jan 2 | 28°C | 18°C | 35°C 2006 | 14°C 2012 | 45% |
| Jan 3 | 29°C | 18°C | 35°C 2006 | 13°C 2005 | 45% |
| Jan 4 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2008 | 13°C 2015 | 45% |
| Jan 5 | 29°C | 18°C | 36°C 2006 | 12°C 1992 | 46% |
| Jan 6 | 29°C | 18°C | 36°C 2006 | 15°C 1992 | 46% |
| Jan 7 | 29°C | 18°C | 36°C 2006 | 14°C 2015 | 47% |
| Jan 8 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2006 | 14°C 2015 | 47% |
| Jan 9 | 29°C | 18°C | 33°C 2009 | 14°C 2015 | 47% |
| Jan 10 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2008 | 14°C 2001 | 49% |
| Jan 11 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2009 | 14°C 2015 | 49% |
| Jan 12 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2009 | 15°C 2017 | 50% |
| Jan 13 | 29°C | 18°C | 33°C 2008 | 14°C 2003 | 51% |
| Jan 14 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2017 | 15°C 2003 | 51% |
| Jan 15 | 29°C | 18°C | 35°C 2017 | 14°C 1993 | 51% |
| Jan 16 | 29°C | 18°C | 35°C 2009 | 14°C 2015 | 50% |
| Jan 17 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2000 | 14°C 2015 | 50% |
| Jan 18 | 29°C | 18°C | 35°C 2009 | 13°C 2015 | 49% |
| Jan 19 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2017 | 13°C 2015 | 48% |
| Jan 20 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2017 | 14°C 1993 | 47% |
| Jan 21 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2006 | 15°C 1991 | 46% |
| Jan 22 | 29°C | 18°C | 34°C 2006 | 15°C 2012 | 45% |
| Jan 23 | 29°C | 18°C | 35°C 2006 | 15°C 2012 | 45% |
| Jan 24 | 29°C | 18°C | 35°C 2006 | 15°C 1997 | 44% |
| Jan 25 | 29°C | 18°C | 36°C 2006 | 16°C 1995 | 43% |
| Jan 26 | 29°C | 18°C | 36°C 2006 | 14°C 2001 | 42% |
| Jan 27 | 30°C | 18°C | 37°C 2006 | 13°C 2000 | 41% |
| Jan 28 | 30°C | 18°C | 37°C 2006 | 13°C 2016 | 41% |
| Jan 29 | 30°C | 18°C | 35°C 2006 | 13°C 2016 | 40% |
| Jan 30 | 30°C | 18°C | 35°C 2011 | 13°C 2016 | 40% |
| Jan 31 | 30°C | 18°C | 35°C 2010 | 14°C 2012 | 40% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+3).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:50 AM, sunset 6:56 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 7:00 AM, sunset 7:06 PM
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.