Busolwe weather in August

In August, Busolwe sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 142 mm of rain across 22.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-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 12% 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 Busolwe's 5th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Busolwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
8th warmest
Overnight low
18°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
142 mm
22.5 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:48 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover
66%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Busolwe is place in Eastern Uganda, Uganda.

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 Busolwe reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 10°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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Busolwe weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 18°639.6125.2
Feb31° / 19°619.2124.6
Mar30° / 19°15217.1124.2
Apr28° / 19°25325.6123.7
May28° / 18°24227.4123.8
Jun27° / 18°15922.5124.4
Jul27° / 18°11919.7124.9
Aug28° / 18°14222.5124.6
Sep28° / 18°13222.2124.2
Oct28° / 18°16823.5124.1
Nov28° / 18°17019.8124.7
Dec28° / 18°9513.5125.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 29% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
34060
44060
54060
63961
74060
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Busolwe gets around 142 mm of rain over 22.5 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 72% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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268
368
469
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1171
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1571
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3077
3177

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 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 23% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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207921
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

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

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:49 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:496:51
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1712.06:476:49
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2112.06:476:48
2212.06:466:48
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2612.06:456:47
2712.06:456:46
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2912.06:446:46
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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 5.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.17 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.13 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Busolwe?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Busolwe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Busolwe in August

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

In August, Busolwe sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Busolwe 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 Busolwe peaks around March 16 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 16UV 15Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Busolwe 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 Busolwe is worst in January — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorJan 1759 µg/m³Apr 1939 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan60Unhealthy
Feb54Poor
Mar45Poor
Apr38Poor
May41Poor
Jun48Poor
Jul52Poor
Aug47Poor
Sep43Poor
Oct45Poor
Nov50Poor
Dec54Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Busolwe?

Busolwe sits at 0.9°N, 33.9°E, 1,085 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Butaleja, 7.0 km away.

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Topography around Busolwe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Busolwe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 1,082 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,261 m.

The land around Busolwe is covered by cropland (38%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (29%), cropland (26%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
62 m
16 km
115 m
80 km
3,261 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Butaleja 7.0 km · Budaka 17 km · Namutumba 27 km · Tororo 33 km · Busembatia 35 km · Bugiri 37 km · Mbale 38 km · Manafwa 40 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 Busolwe (0.8501°, 33.9262°, elevation 1,085 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).