Chuka weather in August

In August, Chuka sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 19 mm of rain across 3.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Chuka's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chuka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 19 mm; 3.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:34 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 10th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.06 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.4; out of 10

Chuka is human settlement in Kenya.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Chuka reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	18

Chuka weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 18°	33	6.3	12	7.3
Feb	29° / 18°	22	4.1	12	6.6
Mar	29° / 19°	49	9.1	12	6.0
Apr	27° / 19°	121	18.4	12	5.3
May	27° / 19°	66	12.5	12	6.4
Jun	26° / 18°	21	4.4	12	7.3
Jul	25° / 17°	15	3	12	7.6
Aug	26° / 17°	19	3.5	12	7.4
Sep	28° / 18°	16	3.2	12	7.2
Oct	28° / 19°	68	12.1	12	6.0
Nov	26° / 18°	123	20.1	12	5.3
Dec	26° / 18°	45	10.8	12	6.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	28	28	29	30	30	30	31	31	33	33	34	34	34	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	43	45	45	45	46	46	46	47	49	49
Cloudier (%)	72	72	71	70	70	70	69	69	67	67	66	66	66	64	63	62	61	60	59	58	57	57	55	55	55	54	54	54	53	51	51

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	49	51

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Chuka gets around 19 mm of rain over 3.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 12% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	10
11	11
12	11
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	11
17	12
18	12
19	12
20	12
21	13
22	13
23	13
24	13
25	13
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	13
31	12

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels comfortable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 57% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	43
Comfortable (%)	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	55	55	55	55
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	39	59	2
2	39	59	2
3	39	59	2
4	40	58	2
5	40	58	2
6	40	58	2
7	40	58	2
8	40	58	2
9	40	58	2
10	40	58	2
11	40	58	2
12	40	58	2
13	40	58	2
14	40	58	2
15	40	58	2
16	40	58	2
17	41	57	2
18	41	57	2
19	41	57	2
20	42	56	2
21	42	56	2
22	42	56	2
23	42	56	2
24	42	56	2
25	43	55	2
26	43	55	2
27	43	55	2
28	43	55	2
29	43	55	2
30	43	55	2
31	43	55	2

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
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29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:29 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:36	6:35
2	12.0	6:36	6:35
3	12.0	6:36	6:35
4	12.0	6:36	6:35
5	12.0	6:36	6:35
6	12.0	6:35	6:35
7	12.0	6:35	6:35
8	12.0	6:35	6:34
9	12.0	6:35	6:34
10	12.0	6:35	6:34
11	12.0	6:35	6:34
12	12.0	6:35	6:34
13	12.0	6:34	6:34
14	12.0	6:34	6:34
15	12.0	6:34	6:33
16	12.0	6:34	6:33
17	12.0	6:34	6:33
18	12.0	6:33	6:33
19	12.0	6:33	6:33
20	12.0	6:33	6:32
21	12.0	6:33	6:32
22	12.0	6:32	6:32
23	12.0	6:32	6:32
24	12.0	6:32	6:31
25	12.0	6:32	6:31
26	12.0	6:31	6:31
27	12.0	6:31	6:30
28	12.0	6:31	6:30
29	12.0	6:30	6:30
30	12.0	6:30	6:30
31	12.0	6:30	6:29

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.58 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.06 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Chuka?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.4

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.1

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Chuka for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Chuka in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Chuka sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

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UV index in Chuka in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chuka peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 11 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	16	15	12	10	11	12	14	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Chuka in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chuka is worst in February — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (September, 19 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	30	32	31	28	25	28	27	21	19	20	29	32
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	30	Moderate
Feb	32	Moderate
Mar	31	Moderate
Apr	28	Moderate
May	25	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	21	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	32	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Chuka?

Chuka sits at 0.3°S, 37.6°E, 1,452 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Embu, 31 km away.

Topography around Chuka

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chuka.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chuka has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 253 m around an average of 1,425 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,337 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,746 m.

The land around Chuka is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (41%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

253 m

trees 83%

16 km

1,337 m

trees 66%

80 km

4,746 m

shrubs 41%

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← July Chuka year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Embu 31 km · Meru 42 km · Kerugoya 45 km · Wanguru 51 km · Karatina 60 km · Karuri 66 km · Murang’a 70 km · Maua 71 km

Kenya travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 34% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,363; 2025
Happiness: 4.7 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 4.9; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 28.3; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 593
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chuka (-0.3332°, 37.6459°, elevation 1,452 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	10
11	11
12	11
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	11
17	12
18	12
19	12
20	12
21	13
22	13
23	13
24	13
25	13
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	13
31	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	39	59	2
2	39	59	2
3	39	59	2
4	40	58	2
5	40	58	2
6	40	58	2
7	40	58	2
8	40	58	2
9	40	58	2
10	40	58	2
11	40	58	2
12	40	58	2
13	40	58	2
14	40	58	2
15	40	58	2
16	40	58	2
17	41	57	2
18	41	57	2
19	41	57	2
20	42	56	2
21	42	56	2
22	42	56	2
23	42	56	2
24	42	56	2
25	43	55	2
26	43	55	2
27	43	55	2
28	43	55	2
29	43	55	2
30	43	55	2
31	43	55	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	10
11	11
12	11
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	11
17	12
18	12
19	12
20	12
21	13
22	13
23	13
24	13
25	13
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	13
31	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	39	59	2
2	39	59	2
3	39	59	2
4	40	58	2
5	40	58	2
6	40	58	2
7	40	58	2
8	40	58	2
9	40	58	2
10	40	58	2
11	40	58	2
12	40	58	2
13	40	58	2
14	40	58	2
15	40	58	2
16	40	58	2
17	41	57	2
18	41	57	2
19	41	57	2
20	42	56	2
21	42	56	2
22	42	56	2
23	42	56	2
24	42	56	2
25	43	55	2
26	43	55	2
27	43	55	2
28	43	55	2
29	43	55	2
30	43	55	2
31	43	55	2

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	17
2	25	17
3	25	17
4	25	17
5	25	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	28	72
3	29	71
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	38	62
17	39	61
18	40	60
19	41	59
20	42	58
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	45	55
24	45	55
25	45	55
26	46	54
27	46	54
28	46	54
29	47	53
30	49	51
31	49	51

	Rain chance (%)
1	12
2	12
3	12
4	12
5	11
6	11
7	11
8	11
9	11
10	10
11	11
12	11
13	11
14	11
15	11
16	11
17	12
18	12
19	12
20	12
21	13
22	13
23	13
24	13
25	13
26	13
27	13
28	13
29	13
30	13
31	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	39	59	2
2	39	59	2
3	39	59	2
4	40	58	2
5	40	58	2
6	40	58	2
7	40	58	2
8	40	58	2
9	40	58	2
10	40	58	2
11	40	58	2
12	40	58	2
13	40	58	2
14	40	58	2
15	40	58	2
16	40	58	2
17	41	57	2
18	41	57	2
19	41	57	2
20	42	56	2
21	42	56	2
22	42	56	2
23	42	56	2
24	42	56	2
25	43	55	2
26	43	55	2
27	43	55	2
28	43	55	2
29	43	55	2
30	43	55	2
31	43	55	2