Gulu weather by month & the best time to visit

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The best time to visit Gulu is December — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with November and June close behind. Gulu averages about 2,970 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 46 mm of rain in December.

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Sun hours / year

2,970

Sunniest month

December

Peak score

88/100

Rain / year

1,084 mm

Midday UV at peak

12 (extreme)

Population

177k

Elevation

1,041 m

When is the best time to visit Gulu?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Gulu is December, then November and June. The dullest month is February (57/100, 13 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Gulu?

Gulu gets a lot of sun: around 2,970 hours a year. December (88/100) is noticeably better than February (57). It ranks #2 of 6 destinations in Uganda for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,547 hours. The year's 1,084 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 · 308 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
• Kigali Rwanda · 581 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 692 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Arusha Tanzania · 875 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 996 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
• Mombasa Kenya · 1,114 km · best in Aug · 2,799 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Arua Uganda · 153 km · 2,596 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Soroti Uganda · 192 km · 3,212 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Juba South Sudan · 242 km · 2,777 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Bunia Congo - Kinshasa · 266 km · 2,423 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Kisumu Kenya · 422 km · 3,111 h sun/yr · best in Feb