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Uganda Climate
Uganda's equatorial climate provides plentiful
sunshine,
moderated by the relatively high altitude of most areas of
the
country. Mean annual temperatures range from about 16° C
in the
southwestern highlands to 25° C in the northwest; but in
the
northeast, temperatures exceed 30° C about 254 days per
year.
Daytime temperatures average about eight to ten degrees
warmer
than nighttime temperatures in the Lake Victoria region,
and
temperatures are generally about fourteen degrees lower in
the
southwest.
Except in the northeastern corner of the country,
rainfall is
well distributed. The southern region has two rainy
seasons,
usually beginning in early April and again in October.
Little
rain falls in June and December. In the north, occasional
rains
occur between April and October, while the period from
November
to March is often very dry. Mean annual rainfall near Lake
Victoria often exceeds 2,100 millimeters, and the
mountainous
regions of the southeast and southwest receive more than
1,500
millimeters of rainfall yearly. The lowest mean annual
rainfall
in the northeast measures about 500 millimeters.
Data as of December 1990
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