Arua weather by month & the best time to visit

🇺🇬 Uganda · small town · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Arua is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 91/100), with February and December close behind. Arua averages about 2,596 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 20 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,596

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

91/100

Rain / year

1,551 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

72k

Elevation

1,196 m

When is the best time to visit Arua?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Arua is January, then February and December. The dullest month is May (67/100, 156 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Arua?

Arua gets a lot of sun: around 2,596 hours a year. January (91/100) is noticeably better than May (67). It ranks #3 of 6 destinations in Uganda for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,547 hours. The year's 1,551 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Entebbe Uganda · 375 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
• Kigali Rwanda · 565 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 827 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Arusha Tanzania · 994 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 1,093 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Mombasa Kenya · 1,246 km · best in Aug · 2,799 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Gulu Uganda · 153 km · 2,970 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Bunia Congo - Kinshasa · 182 km · 2,423 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Juba South Sudan · 217 km · 2,777 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Soroti Uganda · 335 km · 3,212 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Isiro Congo - Kinshasa · 370 km · 2,319 h sun/yr · best in Jan