According to Lifeguin’s travel calendar, the best time to visit Uganda is September to October and December. Plan 10–14 days.
Best months for Uganda
- Best months
- September to October and December
- How long to stay
- 10–14 days
- Continent
- Africa
What Uganda is best for
Track endangered mountain gorillas in Bwindi, view tree-climbing lions, and raft the Nile at Jinja.
The UK or US government advises against travel here at the moment. Check your own government’s travel advice before you plan anything.
- Prices
- € · cheaper than in Slovakia
Weather in Uganda by month
Monthly averages around Kampala; the mountains and other regions can differ a lot.
| Month | Average temperature | Rain |
|---|---|---|
| January | about 24 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| February | about 24 °C | some rain (69 mm) |
| March | about 24 °C | a lot of rain (144 mm) |
| April | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (195 mm) |
| May | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (153 mm) |
| June | about 21 °C | some rain (63 mm) |
| July | about 22 °C | some rain (54 mm) |
| August | about 22 °C | some rain (84 mm) |
| September best | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (117 mm) |
| October best | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (153 mm) |
| November | about 22 °C | a lot of rain (165 mm) |
| December best | about 23 °C | a lot of rain (111 mm) |
Sources: what a place is best for — our own travel guides and, for places we have not written about yet, research done with the help of AI (Google Gemini); weather — NASA POWER climate averages; prices — World Bank price levels (CC BY 4.0).
Good to know about Uganda
- Capital
- Kampala
- Languages
- Swahili and English
- Currency
- Ugandan Shilling (UGX)
- Time
- UTC+3
- Plugs
- Type G · 240 V
- Driving
- On the left
- Calling code
- +256
Sources: Wikidata, Unicode CLDR and the IANA time zone database.
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