Nakasongola Airport

UG-0004 · Central Region, Uganda

Climate Nakasongola Airport 2022-2025

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

Calculated from historical METAR data of Kitale Airport (HKKT) between 2022 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 76.7 90 64 81
February 70.2 77 64 74
March 72.0 76 79 64
April 61.1 56 60 69
May 73.0 72 80 71 70
June 63.1 63 59 64 66
July 59.3 53 64 61
August 64.0 61 66 66
September 66.7 70 62 69
October 74.0 68 73 79
November 66.0 65 64 70
December 71.2 73 72 68
Average 69.3 74.8 66.1 67.6 68.7

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 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 96.1 97 94 97
February 93.8 85 91 98
March 98.0 96 98 99
April 97.4 95 98 100
May 96.0 96 95 99 94
June 97.9 97 97 99 99
July 96.9 97 95 99
August 98.9 99 99 99
September 99.1 100 99 99
October 98.7 96 100 99
November 97.8 97 97 100
December 96.3 99 92 98
Average 97.1 95.6 96.6 97.6 98.5

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 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 26.8 27.0 25.6 27.8
February 28.2 26.3 27.6 30.1
March 27.5 26.0 29.1 27.1
April 26.0 26.0 26.3 25.8
May 26.0 25.8 26.3 26.3 25.8
June 25.1 24.3 25.8 25.6 24.8
July 24.5 24.5 25.1 24.1
August 25.1 24.6 26.6 24.1
September 25.9 26.1 26.5 25.1
October 26.0 25.6 26.3 26.1
November 25.4 25.6 25.0 25.8
December 26.3 26.1 26.8 25.8
Average 23.5 25.8 26.1 26.6 25.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 13.0 13.3 14.5 11.4
February 13.6 15.1 14.0 12.5
March 14.4 16.0 14.1 13.3
April 15.0 15.1 14.0 15.9
May 14.1 15.0 15.0 14.1 12.4
June 13.6 13.9 13.6 13.9 13.0
July 14.1 14.5 13.8 14.0
August 13.2 14.3 13.3 12.3
September 12.7 12.9 13.5 11.9
October 13.8 14.5 14.0 13.0
November 14.0 14.0 14.6 13.4
December 12.7 12.4 14.0 11.5
Average 13.9 14.7 14.1 13.5 13.0

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 1.9 1 2 3
February 0.9 0 2 0
March 1.5 0 0 3
April 2.5 3 3 2
May 1.4 0 4 1 1
June 1.4 1 2 1 2
July 4.2 8 3 3
August 4.4 4 2 7
September 2.5 3 2 3
October 2.4 1 3 3
November 2.9 2 5 2
December 1.1 0 2 2
Average 1.9 0.3 2.6 2.3 2.6

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 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 1.8 2 2 2
February 1.9 2 2 2
March 1.6 1 2 2
April 1.6 2 2 1
May 1.6 2 2 2 1
June 1.2 1 1 1 1
July 1.6 1 2 2
August 1.6 2 2 2
September 1.6 2 2 2
October 1.7 2 2 2
November 1.5 1 2 2
December 1.7 2 2 2
Average 1.5 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.5

Average wind speed

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

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022
January 039° 355° 035°
February 044° 033° 007°
March 360° 052° 011°
April 011° 358° 008°
May 006° 001° 017° 006°
June 359° 011° 321° 347°
July 008° 237° 298°
August 345° 022° 310°
September 034° 010° 359°
October 034° 034° 063°
November 057° 008° 014°
December 038° 355° 031°

Prevailing wind direction

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