Garba Tula weather in August

In August, Garba Tula sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% 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 Garba Tula's 9th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Garba Tula's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
9th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:29 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
54%
9th clearest
Wind
21 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Garba Tula is town in Isiolo County, Kenya.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Garba Tula reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Garba Tula

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 9 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
9
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Garba Tula weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°303.8124.7
Feb33° / 23°101.7124.0
Mar34° / 24°426.6123.4
Apr33° / 24°7512.3123.3
May33° / 24°133.3124.0
Jun32° / 23°10.1124.7
Jul31° / 22°00.1125.2
Aug32° / 22°00.1125.1
Sep33° / 22°10.3124.4
Oct33° / 23°375.8123.7
Nov31° / 23°11918.1123.7
Dec31° / 22°7211.4124.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24753
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125248
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Garba Tula gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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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 75% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
187121
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477320
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3087319
3177419

Wind in August

Winds average 21 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 21 km/h on the calmest days to 21 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
121breezy
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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 6:31 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:316:33
212.06:316:33
312.06:316:33
412.06:316:32
512.06:316:32
612.06:316:32
712.06:316:32
812.06:316:32
912.06:316:32
1012.06:306:32
1112.06:306:32
1212.06:306:31
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1612.06:296:31
1712.06:296:30
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2112.06:286:29
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2912.06:266:27
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3112.06:266:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 6.72 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.99 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.7Bright
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95.8Bright
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145.9Bright
156.0Bright
166.0Bright
176.0Intense
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246.2Intense
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266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.3Intense
296.3Intense
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316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Garba Tula?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Garba Tula for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Garba Tula in August

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

In August, Garba Tula sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection and a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

UV index in Garba Tula 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 Garba Tula peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 18UV 15Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Garba Tula 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 Garba Tula is worst in December — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.4× the cleanest month (September, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateDec 2118 µg/m³Sep 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May10Good
Jun11Good
Jul11Good
Aug9Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov14Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Garba Tula?

Garba Tula sits at 0.5°N, 38.5°E, 512 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Maua, 72 km away.

MauaIsioloMeruHabasweinChukaGarissaEmbuNanyuki

Topography around Garba Tula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Garba Tula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 516 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 191 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,289 m.

The land around Garba Tula is covered by shrubs (82%) within 3 km, shrubs (94%) within 16 km, and shrubs (60%) and grassland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
191 m
80 km
2,289 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Maua 72 km · Isiolo 106 km · Meru 110 km · Habaswein 121 km · Chuka 137 km · Garissa 167 km · Embu 168 km · Nanyuki 171 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
Christian 86%Muslim 11%other 2%none 2%

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 Garba Tula (0.5339°, 38.5188°, elevation 512 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).