Region · Uganda
Where to stay in Northern Region
This guide covers 4 destinations in Northern Region, a first-level administrative division of Uganda, with 10 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Arua, Gulu City and Lira. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Gulu Airport (ULU).
- Destinations in this guide
- 4
- Places to stay
- 10
- Main airport
- ULUGulu Airport
- Currency
- UGXUgandan shilling
- Time zone
- Africa/Kampala
Destinations
Destinations in Northern Region
Every destination in this guide in Northern Region, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
Where to stay
Hotels in Northern Region
10 hotels in Northern Region recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Northern Region
From the climate of 4 destinations in Northern Region with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 19 mm |
| February | 0 of 4 | 33 °C | 27 mm |
| March | 0 of 4 | 32 °C | 79 mm |
| April | 0 of 4 | 30 °C | 147 mm |
| May | 0 of 4 | 30 °C | 151 mm |
| June | 0 of 4 | 29 °C | 133 mm |
| July | 0 of 4 | 28 °C | 148 mm |
| August | 0 of 4 | 29 °C | 181 mm |
| September | 0 of 4 | 29 °C | 162 mm |
| October | 0 of 4 | 30 °C | 199 mm |
| November | 0 of 4 | 30 °C | 107 mm |
| December | 0 of 4 | 31 °C | 39 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Airports serving Northern Region
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Northern Region name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
ULU · Gulu Airport
SRT · Soroti Airport
RUA · Arua Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Northern Region, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Uganda
Nearby
Regions near Northern Region
Other regions of Uganda with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.