Fort Portal weather in August

In August, Fort Portal sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 167 mm of rain across 22.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 4th-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 Fort Portal's 5th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fort Portal's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
10th warmest
Overnight low
16°
4th coldest
Rainfall
167 mm
22.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
7:02 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
70%
5th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Fort Portal is town in Western 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 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Fort Portal 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.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Fort Portal 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
Jan28° / 16°346.7126.5
Feb29° / 17°377125.6
Mar28° / 17°10817.2124.7
Apr27° / 17°16424.1124.1
May27° / 17°13421.6124.7
Jun27° / 16°10316.1125.4
Jul26° / 16°10416.9125.5
Aug26° / 16°16722.6124.7
Sep26° / 16°18625.8124.1
Oct26° / 16°23928.2123.8
Nov26° / 16°20425.7124.1
Dec26° / 16°8513.5125.9

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 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33169
43169
53169
63169
73169
83169
93169
103169
113169
123268
133268
143268
153268
163268
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193268
203268
213169
223169
233169
243169
253169
263070
273070
283070
292971
302971
312971

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Fort Portal gets around 167 mm of rain over 22.6 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 74% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
170
270
371
471
571
671
771
872
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1072
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1472
1572
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2174
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2676
2777
2878
2978
3079
3180

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 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1117811
2017821
3017821
4016831
5016831
6016831
7016822
8017812
9017812
10017812
11017812
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13017812
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15017812
16017812
17016822
18016822
19016822
20015832
21014842
22014842
23013852
24012862
25011872
26010882
27010891
2809901
2908911
3008911
3107921

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
54calm
64calm
74calm
84calm
94calm
104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
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264calm
274calm
284calm
294calm
304calm
314calm

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 7:04 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.07:047:06
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2812.06:597:00
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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 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.02 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.31 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Fort Portal

In seasonPeak

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

Fort Portal's rainy season runs August–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 Fort Portal?

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

4.7
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Fort Portal for sightseeing.

What to pack for Fort Portal in August

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

In August, Fort Portal sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 16°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Fort Portal 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 Fort Portal peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 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 22UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Fort Portal 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 Fort Portal 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).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorModeratePoorFeb 966 µg/m³Apr 2226 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar39Poor
Apr26Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun35Poor
Jul42Poor
Aug33Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct26Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec44Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Fort Portal?

Fort Portal sits at 0.7°N, 30.3°E, 1,518 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Buhesi, 12 km away.

KyenjojoKatokeRwamwanja Refugee Camp

Topography around Fort Portal

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fort Portal has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m around an average of 1,527 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,902 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,373 m.

The land around Fort Portal is covered by trees (64%) within 3 km, trees (60%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
114 m
16 km
1,902 m
80 km
4,373 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Buhesi 12 km · Bundibugyo 24 km · Nyahuka 31 km · Kyarusozi 32 km · Rwiimi 32 km · Kyenjojo 39 km · Katoke 47 km · Rwamwanja Refugee Camp 55 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 Fort Portal (0.6617°, 30.2748°, elevation 1,518 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).