Kihihi weather by month & the best time to visit
🇺🇬 Uganda · small town · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Kihihi is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 84/100), with July and January close behind. Kihihi averages about 2,249 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 45 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,249
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 84/100
- Rain / year
- 1,130 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 22k
- Elevation
- 1,090 m

When is the best time to visit Kihihi?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kihihi is June, then July and January. The dullest month is November (67/100, 137 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kihihi?
Kihihi gets a moderate 2,249 hours of sunshine a year. June (84/100) is noticeably better than November (67). It ranks #5 of 6 destinations in Uganda for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,547 hours. The year's 1,130 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 79 | 29° / 84°F | 19° / 66°F | 71 mm | 9 |
| February | 78 | 30° / 86°F | 19° / 66°F | 74 mm | 10 |
| March | 69 | 29° / 84°F | 19° / 66°F | 126 mm | 10 |
| April | 68 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 129 mm | 10 |
| May | 73 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 106 mm | 10 |
| June | 84 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 45 mm | 8 |
| July | 84 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 45 mm | 8 |
| August | 78 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 75 mm | 9 |
| September | 73 | 29° / 84°F | 19° / 66°F | 101 mm | 10 |
| October | 68 | 28° / 82°F | 19° / 66°F | 128 mm | 10 |
| November | 67 | 27° / 81°F | 18° / 64°F | 137 mm | 9 |
| December | 75 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 93 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kigali Rwanda · 148 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
- Entebbe Uganda · 317 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
- Nairobi Kenya · 806 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
- Arusha Tanzania · 873 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
- Mombasa Kenya · 1,159 km · best in Aug · 2,799 h sun/yr
- Zanzibar Tanzania · 1,221 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kisoro Uganda · 63 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Goma Congo - Kinshasa · 117 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kirundo Burundi · 208 km · 2,315 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kamembe Rwanda · 213 km · 2,044 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bukoba Tanzania · 246 km · 2,154 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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