Mbale City
Elevation 1143 m1.07° N, 34.17° E
Travel not advised
The governments of Canada and the United States advise against all but essential travel to the whole country. The advice is for the country: it holds here too.
Read the UK Foreign Office advice (GOV.UK) · checked on 9 November 2026 · how it works
When to go?
Mean 22 °C, 15 rain days in the month (154 mm).
The least hot month of the year.
Mean 23 °C, 14 rain days in the month (124 mm).
The least hot month of the year.
Mean 23 °C, 21 rain days in the month (298 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 23 °C, 22 rain days in the month (428 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain19 mm per rain day
Mean 22 °C, 21 rain days in the month (358 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
Mean 22 °C, 18 rain days in the month (210 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 22 °C, 15 rain days in the month (142 mm).
The least hot month of the year.
Mean 22 °C, 18 rain days in the month (168 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 22 °C, 21 rain days in the month (241 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
Mean 22 °C, 23 rain days in the month (346 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain15 mm per rain day
Mean 22 °C, 22 rain days in the month (373 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
Mean 22 °C, 19 rain days in the month (256 mm).
Against
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
No ideal month: the best months are January–February, July, the least hot. Avoid August–November (often rainy, at times torrential rain), March–June (often rainy, at times torrential rain), December (often rainy).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Temperatures brought to the town's elevation: +0.7 °C (cells at 1245 m).
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +1.0 °C; in the last ten years by +1.3 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.7 °C), coldest: 1964 (−0.6 °C).
February and March warmed the most (+1.5 and +1.2 °C), June the least (+0.7 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: −5 % every ten years.