Kasangati weather in August

In August, Kasangati sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 140 mm of rain across 24.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 7th-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 11% 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 Kasangati's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kasangati's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 140 mm; 24.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:53 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.12 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Kasangati is place in Central Region, 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 Kasangati reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 27°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	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Kasangati weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 17°	93	16.9	12	5.3
Feb	28° / 18°	93	17.1	12	4.9
Mar	27° / 18°	153	24.9	12	4.2
Apr	26° / 18°	211	28	12	3.7
May	26° / 18°	191	27.7	12	3.9
Jun	26° / 17°	124	23	12	4.6
Jul	26° / 16°	95	18.9	12	5.2
Aug	26° / 17°	140	24.3	12	4.5
Sep	26° / 17°	159	26.8	12	3.9
Oct	26° / 17°	196	28.5	12	3.8
Nov	26° / 17°	188	26.8	12	3.9
Dec	26° / 17°	124	21.8	12	4.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% 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 68%.

	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 (%)	32	31	32	32	32	33	34	34	35	35	35	34	35	35	35	35	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	28
Cloudier (%)	68	69	68	68	68	67	66	66	65	65	65	66	65	65	65	65	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	72

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	28	72

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kasangati gets around 140 mm of rain over 24.3 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 78% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	71	72	73	73	74	75	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	82	83	83	84	85	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	73
4	73
5	74
6	75
7	76
8	76
9	77
10	77
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	85
31	86

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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 47% 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 (%)	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	64	62	62	61	60	59	58	57	56	55	54	55	54	53	52	52	51	50	50	49	49	48	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	43	42
Muggy (%)	34	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	45	46	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	56	57

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	64	34
2	2	62	36
3	1	62	37
4	1	61	38
5	1	60	39
6	1	59	40
7	1	58	41
8	1	57	42
9	1	56	43
10	1	55	44
11	1	54	45
12	0	55	45
13	0	54	46
14	0	53	47
15	0	52	48
16	0	52	48
17	0	51	49
18	0	50	50
19	0	50	50
20	0	49	51
21	0	49	51
22	1	48	51
23	1	48	51
24	1	47	52
25	1	47	52
26	1	46	53
27	1	45	54
28	1	45	54
29	1	44	55
30	1	43	56
31	1	42	57

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
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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 6:55 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:50 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)	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:55	6:56
2	12.0	6:55	6:56
3	12.0	6:55	6:56
4	12.0	6:55	6:56
5	12.0	6:55	6:56
6	12.0	6:55	6:56
7	12.0	6:55	6:56
8	12.0	6:55	6:56
9	12.0	6:54	6:55
10	12.0	6:54	6:55
11	12.0	6:54	6:55
12	12.0	6:54	6:55
13	12.0	6:54	6:55
14	12.0	6:54	6:55
15	12.0	6:53	6:54
16	12.0	6:53	6:54
17	12.0	6:53	6:54
18	12.0	6:53	6:54
19	12.0	6:53	6:53
20	12.0	6:52	6:53
21	12.0	6:52	6:53
22	12.0	6:52	6:53
23	12.0	6:52	6:52
24	12.0	6:51	6:52
25	12.0	6:51	6:52
26	12.0	6:51	6:51
27	12.0	6:51	6:51
28	12.0	6:50	6:51
29	12.0	6:50	6:51
30	12.0	6:50	6:50
31	12.0	6:49	6:50

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.12 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.64 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.12 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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	5.1	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	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	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
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10	5.1	Bright
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25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kasangati?

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

4.3

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kasangati for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kasangati in August

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

In August, Kasangati sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kasangati 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 Kasangati 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.

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

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

Air quality in Kasangati 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 Kasangati is worst in January — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (May, 31 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)	54	48	37	32	31	38	40	39	38	38	40	46
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	54	Poor
Feb	48	Poor
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	32	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kasangati?

Kasangati sits at 0.4°N, 32.6°E, 1,182 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kira, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Kasangati

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kasangati has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 1,163 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 526 m.

The land around Kasangati is covered by artificial surfaces (35%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, shrubs (31%), trees (29%) and artificial surfaces (28%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), shrubs (25%) and water (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

91 m

artificial surfaces 35%

16 km

228 m

shrubs 31%

80 km

526 m

trees 36%

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

August weather nearby: Kira 5.0 km · Kireka 11 km · Nansana 12 km · Kampala 14 km · Wakiso 16 km · Bombo 18 km · Mukono 19 km · Kyengera 19 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 Kasangati (0.438°, 32.6025°, elevation 1,182 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	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	73
4	73
5	74
6	75
7	76
8	76
9	77
10	77
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	85
31	86

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	64	34
2	2	62	36
3	1	62	37
4	1	61	38
5	1	60	39
6	1	59	40
7	1	58	41
8	1	57	42
9	1	56	43
10	1	55	44
11	1	54	45
12	0	55	45
13	0	54	46
14	0	53	47
15	0	52	48
16	0	52	48
17	0	51	49
18	0	50	50
19	0	50	50
20	0	49	51
21	0	49	51
22	1	48	51
23	1	48	51
24	1	47	52
25	1	47	52
26	1	46	53
27	1	45	54
28	1	45	54
29	1	44	55
30	1	43	56
31	1	42	57

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	73
4	73
5	74
6	75
7	76
8	76
9	77
10	77
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	85
31	86

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	64	34
2	2	62	36
3	1	62	37
4	1	61	38
5	1	60	39
6	1	59	40
7	1	58	41
8	1	57	42
9	1	56	43
10	1	55	44
11	1	54	45
12	0	55	45
13	0	54	46
14	0	53	47
15	0	52	48
16	0	52	48
17	0	51	49
18	0	50	50
19	0	50	50
20	0	49	51
21	0	49	51
22	1	48	51
23	1	48	51
24	1	47	52
25	1	47	52
26	1	46	53
27	1	45	54
28	1	45	54
29	1	44	55
30	1	43	56
31	1	42	57

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	35	65
10	35	65
11	35	65
12	34	66
13	35	65
14	35	65
15	35	65
16	35	65
17	33	67
18	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	32	68
22	32	68
23	32	68
24	31	69
25	30	70
26	30	70
27	29	71
28	29	71
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	73
4	73
5	74
6	75
7	76
8	76
9	77
10	77
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	78
15	78
16	78
17	78
18	78
19	78
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	82
27	83
28	83
29	84
30	85
31	86

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	64	34
2	2	62	36
3	1	62	37
4	1	61	38
5	1	60	39
6	1	59	40
7	1	58	41
8	1	57	42
9	1	56	43
10	1	55	44
11	1	54	45
12	0	55	45
13	0	54	46
14	0	53	47
15	0	52	48
16	0	52	48
17	0	51	49
18	0	50	50
19	0	50	50
20	0	49	51
21	0	49	51
22	1	48	51
23	1	48	51
24	1	47	52
25	1	47	52
26	1	46	53
27	1	45	54
28	1	45	54
29	1	44	55
30	1	43	56
31	1	42	57