Climate
Entebbe features a tropical rainforest climate with relatively constant temperatures throughout the course of the year. Entebbe has noticeably wetter and drier months, with January being the city's driest month and a noticeably drier stretch from July through September. However, since average monthly precipitation in each of these months is above 60 mm, Entebbe has no true dry season and therefore falls under the tropical rainforest climate category. Entebbe's wettest months are April and May, when, on average, roughly 250 mm of rain falls in each of these months. Entebbe's average annual temperature is approximately 21 degrees Celsius.
| Climate data for Entebbe | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 32 (90) |
32 (90) |
33 (91) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
29 (84) |
31 (88) |
29 (84) |
32 (90) |
29 (84) |
33 (91) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 27 (81) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
25 (77) |
25 (77) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
25.6 (78.1) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 18 (64) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
18 (64) |
17 (63) |
17 (63) |
17 (63) |
17 (63) |
17 (63) |
18 (64) |
17 (63) |
17.5 (63.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 14 (57) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
15 (59) |
15 (59) |
14 (57) |
12 (54) |
13 (55) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
12 (54) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 66 (2.6) |
91 (3.58) |
160 (6.3) |
257 (10.12) |
244 (9.61) |
122 (4.8) |
76 (2.99) |
74 (2.91) |
74 (2.91) |
94 (3.7) |
132 (5.2) |
117 (4.61) |
1,507 (59.33) |
| Source: BBC Weather | |||||||||||||
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