Arua weather in August

In August, Arua sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 137 mm of rain across 19.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Arua's 7th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Arua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
137 mm
19.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:57 AM – 7:03 PM
Cloud cover
65%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Arua is City in North Western Uganda.

Founded
1914

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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Arua reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Arua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Arua weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 20°102.211.85.0
Feb33° / 21°173.511.94.2
Mar32° / 21°509.9124.1
Apr30° / 20°8014.712.14.4
May29° / 20°7012.312.15.1
Jun29° / 19°8513.512.25.2
Jul28° / 19°11316.112.25.4
Aug28° / 18°13719.112.15.0
Sep28° / 19°10517.1124.9
Oct28° / 19°11820.311.94.4
Nov29° / 19°7213.811.95.1
Dec30° / 20°163.611.85.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13664
23763
33862
43862
53961
63961
74159
84258
94258
104357
114357
124456
134555
144555
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164654
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214357
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244159
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274060
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Arua gets around 137 mm of rain over 19.1 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 62% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3165

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
118217
218217
318217
418217
518217
618316
718316
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1018316
1118316
1218217
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
15calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 6:55 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:587:06
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512.16:587:06
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.24 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Arua

In seasonPeak

In August, Arua sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Arua's rainy season runs April–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Arua?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Arua for sightseeing.

What to pack for Arua in August

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

In August, Arua sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Arua in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Arua peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 11 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 11UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Arua 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 Arua is worst in January — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.8× the cleanest month (April, 19 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorJan 1953 µg/m³Apr 2320 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan55Poor
Feb48Poor
Mar30Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun28Moderate
Jul30Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct22Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec40Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Arua?

Arua sits at 3.0°N, 30.9°E, 1,215 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Aru, 19 km away.

KobokoYumbeNebbiPaidhaPakwachAdjumaniMoyo

Topography around Arua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Arua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m around an average of 1,196 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 511 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,444 m.

The land around Arua is covered by artificial surfaces (38%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%), grassland (24%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (45%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
124 m
16 km
511 m
80 km
1,444 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Aru 19 km · Koboko 44 km · Yumbe 62 km · Nebbi 63 km · Paidha 68 km · Pakwach 90 km · Adjumani 105 km · Moyo 115 km

Uganda travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,206
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
18%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
9
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
29.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 518
Religion
Protestant 45%Roman Catholic 39%Muslim 14%other 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 Arua (3.0201°, 30.911°, elevation 1,215 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).