Climate Entebbe International Airport 2020-2024

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Entebbe International Airport (HUEN) between 2020 and 2024.

VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	86.5	83	95	93	89	88
February	89.6	93	90	93	83	90
March	95.5	99	96	94	95	94
April	92.9		95	89	95	94
May	94.0		95	95	96	96
June	92.5		89	93	94	95
July	91.7		96	93	92	91
August	92.9		94	96	95	98
September	90.6		93	92	90	95
October	94.7		99	94	91	98
November	94.2		96	91	96	95
December	93.5		92	89	100	99
Average	92.0	91.3	94.1	92.6	93.3	94.4

1st best VFR conditions of Uganda

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	96.9	96	96	98	94	100
February	98.2	100	96	97	97	98
March	99.0	100	100	97	99	98
April	98.6		100	98	100	96
May	99.2		100	100	99	100
June	99.1		100	98	99	99
July	97.4		98	94	99	98
August	99.3		99	99	100	100
September	98.1		99	98	95	100
October	98.5		100	98	96	99
November	99.0		99	97	99	99
December	98.5		99	100	100	100
Average	98.5	98.5	98.6	97.5	98.3	98.9

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	27.0	26	27	28	26	27
February	27.3	27	28	26	27	27
March	26.3	28	25	27	27	26
April	25.4		26	26	26	26
May	25.2		27	25	25	26
June	25.0		26	25	26	26
July	25.5		26	26	26	25
August	26.0		27	26	27	26
September	25.9		26	26	26	26
October	26.4		27	27	27	26
November	26.0		26	26	27	26
December	26.1		26	26	27	26
Average	26.1	26.9	26.4	26.1	26.3	26.0

1st highest temperature of Uganda

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	18.8	20	19	19	19	19
February	19.5	21	20	21	20	20
March	19.9	22	20	19	20	19
April	19.7		19	20	19	21
May	20.2		22	21	20	21
June	19.7		21	18	20	20
July	18.9		20	17	20	19
August	18.6		20	18	19	19
September	18.2		20	18	19	19
October	18.9		21	18	19	19
November	18.7		20	19	20	18
December	19.0		20	19	18	20
Average	19.3	20.9	20.0	18.9	19.3	19.4

1st lowest temperature of Uganda

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.0	5	1	6	3	9
February	3.1	7	0	2	2	6
March	4.8	3	8	3	2	7
April	8.2		6	7	5	8
May	8.0		5	7	7	11
June	5.0		5	3	4	4
July	2.8		3	1	4	5
August	3.7		6	3	2	1
September	5.1		10	4	6	4
October	4.2		4	3	5	2
November	6.7		9	7	4	7
December	5.3		3	6	5	3
Average	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.3	4.0	5.5

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	7.3	6	7	8	8	6
February	7.8	7	8	9	9	7
March	7.8	7	7	9	9	8
April	8.3		8	10	10	8
May	8.2		9	9	8	7
June	8.2		7	10	9	8
July	9.1		9	10	10	9
August	7.5		8	8	7	7
September	7.7		7	8	7	11
October	6.9		8	7	6	6
November	6.8		7	6	7	7
December	6.4		5	6	7	7
Average	7.5	6.3	7.6	8.2	8.2	7.7

1st highest wind speed of Uganda

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	223°	164°	144°	177°	277°
February	183°	187°	192°	174°	191°
March	183°	193°	188°	180°	203°
April		188°	192°	182°	193°
May		182°	195°	182°	194°
June		185°	176°	174°	194°
July		169°	169°	170°	180°
August		164°	153°	156°	164°
September		170°	180°	166°	184°
October		178°	153°	176°	205°
November		211°	200°	168°	218°
December		209°	194°	189°	186°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.