Uganda at a glance for the Zakat payer: Africa region, Ugandan shilling (UGX) as the money of the calculation, and a Muslim community whose main languages include English, Swahili. It brings together the Nisab in your currency — UGX 2,232,420 on the silver standard and UGX 24,869,024 on the gold standard, indicatively — local thresholds, a local worked example worth UGX 7,366,985 of savings, local payment channels and local Ramadan dates. The calculators linked here run in your browser, free, with the Nisab converted into UGX at live metal prices rather than printed from a table that went stale last month.
Priced from the reference metal values behind this guide (gold USD 76.42/g, silver USD 0.98/g, at 3720 UGX to the dollar), one gram of gold is worth UGX 284,282 in Uganda and one gram of silver UGX 3,646. The thresholds those prices produce are UGX 24,869,024 for gold (87.48g) and UGX 2,232,420 for silver (612.36g). Both are snapshots, not fixtures — metal prices and exchange rates move every day, and the live calculator on this site fetches current prices before it tests your wealth. So the line that matters most in Uganda is the silver one, UGX 2,232,420: cross it with net wealth held for a hawl, and 2.5% of everything above zero — not just of the excess — is due.
In Uganda today, most payers hand their Zakat over through a small number of well-worn channels: local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community, mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan and charity platforms and mobile giving apps. On every route, the wealth must reach recipients inside Quran 9:60's eight categories, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). Many households in Uganda settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Put the practical questions first: keep your payment receipt with your calculation report, noting the Hijri date of payment beside the Gregorian one. Because community life in Uganda runs in English, Swahili, make sure family instructions are understood in that language.
Ramadan 2027 is planned from Monday 8 February 2027 in Uganda, subject to the crescent's sighting which local announcements confirm. Ramadan's last ten nights start from Maghrib on 27 February, Laylat al-Qadr being sought on the odd nights — 27 February, then 1, 3, 5 and 7 March — and the 27th night falling on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The last fast is expected on 8 or 9 March 2027, and Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. In the capital, Kampala, the opening fast runs from Fajr at 05:50 to Maghrib at 19:07, and every day of the month is set out in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Uganda — Kampala.
Imagine savings in Uganda of UGX 7,366,985 across cash and savings accounts — some 3.3 times the silver Nisab — with nothing owed. It has passed the Nisab and sat for a full lunar year, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × UGX 7,366,985 = UGX 184,175. Gold, business stock or foreign currency would be added in UGX first, with the 2.5% applied to the combined net total.
Indicatively, the gold threshold is UGX 24,869,024 (87.48 grams of gold) and the silver threshold is UGX 2,232,420 for 612.36 grams of silver. Behind those figures sit a gold gram at UGX 284,282 and UGX 3,646 for silver in Uganda at the 3720 UGX reference rate. Markets move every day, so let the live calculator quote the exact threshold on your Zakat date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
Calculations for Uganda run in UGX — the Ugandan shilling. Balances in other currencies is converted into UGX at your due date's rate then judged with everything else . The currency changes only the clothing of the numbers: 2.5% of net zakatable wealth above the Nisab, after one full lunar year.
Start with the gross in UGX — cash and savings, metals priced today, stock, investments and receivables. Deduct debts that are due now, and test what remains against the Nisab in UGX — silver first (UGX 2,232,420). If it reaches the Nisab and a lunar year has passed, pays one-fortieth of the net total : on savings of UGX 7,366,985, the example on this page, the payment is UGX 184,175.
Fitrana follows the food, not the calculator: Fitrana is one sa' of the local staple — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — for each person. Councils in Uganda publish the UGX figure every Ramadan, because it tracks the price of staple food in UGX, not any international figure. Every household member counts, children included, and deliver it before the Eid prayer. The Fitrana calculator on this site multiplies the announced local rate by your household size.
Uganda belongs to the Africa region on this site, the languages of its Muslim community here are English, Swahili. Its two-letter code is UG — the short page lives at zakatsuite.com/ug, while this long guide stays at the country address. The full set of 209 tools runs for Uganda in UGX, with PDF reports for the record.