Dokolo weather in August

In August, Dokolo sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 167 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-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 23% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dokolo's 5th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dokolo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
19°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
167 mm
23.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:50 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
61%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.84 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Dokolo is place in Northern 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 Dokolo reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°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 Dokolo

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.

Dokolo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°346.211.94.7
Feb32° / 20°41711.94.1
Mar31° / 21°11614.8123.8
Apr29° / 20°20623.5123.6
May28° / 20°18225.112.14.0
Jun28° / 19°12620.812.14.7
Jul27° / 19°1192112.14.8
Aug28° / 19°16723.212.14.5
Sep29° / 19°14619.8124.4
Oct29° / 19°19021.5124.1
Nov29° / 19°1351711.94.6
Dec30° / 19°588.211.95.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14654
24753
34654
44753
54753
64753
74753
84852
94951
104951
115050
125149
135050
145149
155149
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275248
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305248
315347

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dokolo gets around 167 mm of rain over 23.2 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 75% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
176
276
376
476
576
676
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875
975
1075
1175
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1375
1475
1575
1675
1775
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 63% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
104258
204258
304258
404159
504159
604159
704159
804159
904159
1004060
1104060
1204060
1303961
1403862
1503862
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1703664
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2003466
2103466
2203367
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2403268
2513267
2613168
2713168
2813168
2913069
3013069
3113069

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:51 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:516:56
212.16:516:56
312.16:516:56
412.16:516:56
512.16:516:55
612.16:516:55
712.16:516:55
812.16:506:55
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1012.16:506:55
1112.16:506:54
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2212.16:486:52
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2412.06:486:51
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2612.06:476:50
2712.06:476:50
2812.06:476:50
2912.06:476:49
3012.06:466:49
3112.06:466:48

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.84 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.46 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.84 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
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35.6Bright
45.6Bright
55.6Bright
65.6Bright
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95.7Bright
105.7Bright
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145.8Bright
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205.9Bright
215.9Bright
226.0Bright
236.0Bright
246.0Bright
256.0Intense
266.0Intense
276.0Intense
286.0Intense
296.0Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Dokolo?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Dokolo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dokolo in August

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

In August, Dokolo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dokolo 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 Dokolo peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Dokolo 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 Dokolo is worst in January — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (April, 16 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1733 µg/m³Apr 1516 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan34Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May18Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul28Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov21Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Dokolo?

Dokolo sits at 1.9°N, 33.2°E, 1,079 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Lira, 50 km away.

LiraSorotiApacBuyendeNgoraKumiPallisaAbim

Topography around Dokolo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dokolo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 1,081 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 338 m.

The land around Dokolo is covered by shrubs (38%) and cropland (38%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and shrubs (34%) within 16 km, and cropland (33%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
129 m
80 km
338 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Lira 50 km · Soroti 52 km · Apac 72 km · Buyende 83 km · Ngora 84 km · Kumi 97 km · Pallisa 103 km · Abim 105 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 Dokolo (1.8983°, 33.1775°, elevation 1,079 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).