Bundibugyo weather in August

In August, Bundibugyo sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 341 mm of rain across 28.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 10% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Bundibugyo's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bundibugyo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 341 mm; 28.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 7:03 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 5th clearest
Wind: 3 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Bundibugyo is place in Western Uganda, Uganda.

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 Bundibugyo reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with 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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Bundibugyo 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 17°	27	5.5	12	5.9
Feb	30° / 17°	35	5.8	12	5.1
Mar	29° / 18°	120	16.9	12	4.3
Apr	28° / 18°	234	23.8	12	3.8
May	28° / 18°	282	26.5	12	4.0
Jun	27° / 17°	263	25.1	12	4.1
Jul	26° / 16°	270	25.8	12	4.3
Aug	26° / 16°	341	28.1	12	3.9
Sep	26° / 17°	295	27.4	12	3.8
Oct	26° / 17°	330	29	12	3.6
Nov	26° / 17°	220	25.4	12	4.1
Dec	27° / 17°	68	11.3	12	6.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 70%.

	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 (%)	31	30	30	31	31	30	30	30	29	30	30	30	30	30	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	28	28	28	27	27	27
Cloudier (%)	69	70	70	69	69	70	70	70	71	70	70	70	70	70	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70	70	71	72	72	72	72	73	73	73

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bundibugyo gets around 341 mm of rain over 28.1 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 90% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

	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
Comfortable (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Humid (%)	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	92	92	92	92	92	93	94
Muggy (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	90	6
2	4	90	6
3	4	90	6
4	4	90	6
5	4	90	6
6	4	90	6
7	4	90	6
8	4	90	6
9	4	90	6
10	4	90	6
11	4	90	6
12	4	90	6
13	4	90	6
14	4	90	6
15	4	89	7
16	4	89	7
17	3	90	7
18	3	90	7
19	3	90	7
20	3	90	7
21	3	90	7
22	3	90	7
23	3	90	7
24	3	90	7
25	2	92	6
26	2	92	6
27	2	92	6
28	2	92	6
29	2	92	6
30	2	93	5
31	1	94	5

Wind in August

Winds average 3 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 3 km/h on the calmest days to 3 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)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	3	calm
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31	3	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 7:05 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:00 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)	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59
Sunset (PM)	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	7:05	7:07
2	12.0	7:05	7:07
3	12.0	7:05	7:07
4	12.0	7:05	7:06
5	12.0	7:05	7:06
6	12.0	7:05	7:06
7	12.0	7:04	7:06
8	12.0	7:04	7:06
9	12.0	7:04	7:06
10	12.0	7:04	7:06
11	12.0	7:04	7:06
12	12.0	7:04	7:05
13	12.0	7:04	7:05
14	12.0	7:03	7:05
15	12.0	7:03	7:05
16	12.0	7:03	7:05
17	12.0	7:03	7:04
18	12.0	7:03	7:04
19	12.0	7:03	7:04
20	12.0	7:02	7:04
21	12.0	7:02	7:03
22	12.0	7:02	7:03
23	12.0	7:02	7:03
24	12.0	7:01	7:02
25	12.0	7:01	7:02
26	12.0	7:01	7:02
27	12.0	7:01	7:02
28	12.0	7:00	7:01
29	12.0	7:00	7:01
30	12.0	7:00	7:01
31	12.0	6:59	7:00

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.14 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.88 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
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15	5.2	Bright
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24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bundibugyo?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bundibugyo.

What to pack for Bundibugyo in August

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

In August, Bundibugyo sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Bundibugyo 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 Bundibugyo peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 10 (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)	11	14	15	14	12	10	10	12	13	14	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Bundibugyo 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 Bundibugyo is worst in February — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (April, 26 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)	64	66	39	26	27	35	42	33	28	26	28	44
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	64	Unhealthy
Feb	66	Unhealthy
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	26	Moderate
May	27	Moderate
Jun	35	Poor
Jul	42	Poor
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	28	Moderate
Oct	26	Moderate
Nov	28	Moderate
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bundibugyo?

Bundibugyo sits at 0.7°N, 30.1°E, 930 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Nyahuka, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Bundibugyo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bundibugyo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m around an average of 927 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,684 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,373 m.

The land around Bundibugyo is covered by trees (85%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

514 m

trees 85%

16 km

2,684 m

trees 91%

80 km

4,373 m

trees 67%

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

August weather nearby: Nyahuka 9.0 km · Buhesi 22 km · Fort Portal 24 km · Rwiimi 41 km · Kyarusozi 52 km · Kasese 59 km · Hyosha 61 km · Kyenjojo 63 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

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 Bundibugyo (0.7112°, 30.0647°, elevation 930 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	26	16
2	26	16
3	26	16
4	26	16
5	26	16
6	26	16
7	26	16
8	26	16
9	26	16
10	26	16
11	26	16
12	26	16
13	26	16
14	26	16
15	26	16
16	26	16
17	26	16
18	26	16
19	26	16
20	26	16
21	26	16
22	26	16
23	26	16
24	26	16
25	26	16
26	26	16
27	26	16
28	26	16
29	26	16
30	26	16
31	26	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	90	6
2	4	90	6
3	4	90	6
4	4	90	6
5	4	90	6
6	4	90	6
7	4	90	6
8	4	90	6
9	4	90	6
10	4	90	6
11	4	90	6
12	4	90	6
13	4	90	6
14	4	90	6
15	4	89	7
16	4	89	7
17	3	90	7
18	3	90	7
19	3	90	7
20	3	90	7
21	3	90	7
22	3	90	7
23	3	90	7
24	3	90	7
25	2	92	6
26	2	92	6
27	2	92	6
28	2	92	6
29	2	92	6
30	2	93	5
31	1	94	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	90	6
2	4	90	6
3	4	90	6
4	4	90	6
5	4	90	6
6	4	90	6
7	4	90	6
8	4	90	6
9	4	90	6
10	4	90	6
11	4	90	6
12	4	90	6
13	4	90	6
14	4	90	6
15	4	89	7
16	4	89	7
17	3	90	7
18	3	90	7
19	3	90	7
20	3	90	7
21	3	90	7
22	3	90	7
23	3	90	7
24	3	90	7
25	2	92	6
26	2	92	6
27	2	92	6
28	2	92	6
29	2	92	6
30	2	93	5
31	1	94	5

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	30	70
11	30	70
12	30	70
13	30	70
14	30	70
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	30	70
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	29	71
25	28	72
26	28	72
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	27	73
30	27	73
31	27	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	91
2	91
3	91
4	91
5	91
6	91
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	90	6
2	4	90	6
3	4	90	6
4	4	90	6
5	4	90	6
6	4	90	6
7	4	90	6
8	4	90	6
9	4	90	6
10	4	90	6
11	4	90	6
12	4	90	6
13	4	90	6
14	4	90	6
15	4	89	7
16	4	89	7
17	3	90	7
18	3	90	7
19	3	90	7
20	3	90	7
21	3	90	7
22	3	90	7
23	3	90	7
24	3	90	7
25	2	92	6
26	2	92	6
27	2	92	6
28	2	92	6
29	2	92	6
30	2	93	5
31	1	94	5