Kira
City in Uganda: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Kira road: Fiktube, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kira is a city in Uganda, in Central Region. About 462,900 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of Uganda in our atlas.
It lies at 0.40° N, 32.63° E, about 1,168 m (3,832 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Kampala time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kira. Green dots: other major cities of Uganda. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kira has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 17°C (63°F). Around 1,396 mm (55 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in UgandaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Kasangati · 5 km
- Kampala · 11 km
- Nansana · 12 km
- Mukono · 14 km
- Bunamwaya · 18 km
- Kyengera · 19 km
- Kajansi · 23 km
- Katabi · 39 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 231165 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q966819 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Kira road: Fiktube, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Uganda Martyrs Museum Namugongo 11: Kateregga1, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
