Kamuli weather in August

In August, Kamuli sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 167 mm of rain across 25.4 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Kamuli's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kamuli's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
9th warmest
Overnight low
18°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
167 mm
25.4 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:51 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
69%
4th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Kamuli is place in Kamuli District 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kamuli reaches about 27°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 25°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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Kamuli weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 18°6111.5125.0
Feb31° / 19°6111.1124.4
Mar30° / 19°14421.1123.8
Apr28° / 19°22827.2123.5
May27° / 19°22728123.7
Jun27° / 18°15624.612.14.2
Jul27° / 18°14122.9124.5
Aug27° / 18°16725.4124.2
Sep28° / 18°17125.4124.0
Oct27° / 19°22927.8123.7
Nov27° / 19°19924.2124.1
Dec28° / 18°1031611.95.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% 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 65%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23367
33268
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kamuli gets around 167 mm of rain over 25.4 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 82% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)
11387
21288
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51189
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31694

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
15calm
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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 6:52 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:55 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:526:55
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2712.06:486:49
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3012.06:476:48
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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 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.82 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.2 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 Kamuli?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kamuli for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kamuli in August

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

In August, Kamuli sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kamuli 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 Kamuli peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 17UV 15Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kamuli 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 Kamuli is worst in January — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (April, 29 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorModeratePoorJan 1749 µg/m³Apr 1829 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar33Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun39Poor
Jul41Poor
Aug39Poor
Sep34Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kamuli?

Kamuli sits at 0.9°N, 33.1°E, 1,120 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Buyende, 23 km away.

KayungaKaliroKakiraBugembeMagamagaIganga

Topography around Kamuli

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kamuli has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 1,100 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 329 m.

The land around Kamuli is covered by trees (66%) within 3 km, trees (55%) and shrubs (30%) within 16 km, and trees (33%) and shrubs (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
108 m
80 km
329 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Buyende 23 km · Buwenge 34 km · Kayunga 37 km · Kaliro 43 km · Kakira 52 km · Bugembe 53 km · Magamaga 54 km · Iganga 54 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 Kamuli (0.9472°, 33.1197°, elevation 1,120 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).