Kampala Weather in April
Kampala in April
The short of it: Kampala in April averages a high of 27 °C (81 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 175 mm (6.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 18° · rain 175 mm · daylight 12 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Kampala an average April high of 27°, a low of 18° and some 175 mm of rain. Much like March: highs about 27°, nights near 18°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 175 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 7 min in mid-April.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates April 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Kampala runs warmer than most and wetter than most in April. Bunamwaya, 8 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
April in Kampala, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 1° colder, 64 mm more rain
- Versus May
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BunamwayaCentral Region | 8 km SSW | 27° | 18° | 173 mm |
| NansanaCentral Region | 8 km NW | 27° | 18° | 156 mm |
| KirekaCentral Region | 8 km ENE | 27° | 17° | 171 mm |
| KyengeraCentral Region | 9 km WSW | 27° | 18° | 166 mm |
| BweyogerereCentral Region | 10 km ENE | 27° | 17° | 171 mm |
| KiraCentral Region | 11 km NNE | 27° | 18° | 161 mm |
| LweezaCentral Region | 12 km S | 26° | 18° | 178 mm |
| KajansiCentral Region | 12 km SSW | 27° | 18° | 184 mm |