Matsakaicin matsakaici na yanayin Uranus shine stratosphere, inda yawan zafin jiki yakan karu da tsawo daga 53 K (−220 ° C; −364 ° F) a cikin troposphere zuwa tsakanin 800 da 850 K (527 da 577 ° C; 980 da 1,070 ° F) a gindin thermosphere. Ana haifar da dumamawar stratosphere ta hanyar shaƙar hasken UV da IR na hasken rana ta hanyar methane da sauran hydrocarbons, wanda ya samo asali a wannan ɓangaren yanayi sakamakon methane photolysis. Ana kuma gudanar da zafi daga thermosphere mai zafi. Hydrocarbons suna mamaye ƙananan ƙananan yadudduka a tsakanin 100 da 300 km wanda ya dace da matsin lamba na 10 zuwa 0.1 mbar (10.00 zuwa 0.10 mbar) da kuma yanayin zafi tsakanin 75 da 170 K (−198 da 577 ° C; 980 da 1,070 ° F) a ƙasan thermosphere. Matsakaicin girma da yawa na hydrogen da na carbon monoxide a cikin yanayin zafi na sama da 800 m. Matsakaicin girma da yawa na hydrogen da na ethylene suna da nauyi a cikin yanayin zafi yana da yawa saboda rashin
rashin hydrocarbons a cikin stratosphere