Kira weather in August

In August, Kira sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 171 mm of rain across 25.4 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 10% 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 Kira's 4th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kira's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 171 mm; 25.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:53 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Kira is municipality in the Wakiso District of the Central Region of Uganda.

Density: 4,684/km²; people per km²

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 Kira 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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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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)	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	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
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20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
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24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

Kira 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° / 18°	110	18.8	12	5.1
Feb	28° / 18°	105	18.4	12	4.6
Mar	27° / 18°	174	26.1	12	4.0
Apr	26° / 18°	236	28.2	12	3.6
May	26° / 18°	215	28.4	12	3.8
Jun	26° / 17°	154	24.7	12	4.3
Jul	26° / 17°	133	22	12	4.8
Aug	26° / 17°	171	25.4	12	4.3
Sep	26° / 17°	179	27.2	12	3.9
Oct	26° / 18°	213	28.9	12	3.7
Nov	26° / 18°	208	27.4	12	3.8
Dec	26° / 17°	145	23.2	12	4.6

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%.

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

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kira gets around 171 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 89% 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 (%)	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	87	88	88	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	78
3	78
4	79
5	79
6	80
7	80
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	84
24	84
25	85
26	85
27	86
28	87
29	88
30	88
31	89

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 58% 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
Humid (%)	54	53	52	50	49	48	47	46	45	44	44	43	42	42	41	41	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	36	36	35	34	32	31
Muggy (%)	46	47	48	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	56	57	58	58	59	59	59	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	66	68	69

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	32	68
31	31	69

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
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31	6	calm

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	6:54	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	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49
Sunset (PM)	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	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	6:55
8	12.0	6:54	6:55
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	6:54
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	6:52
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	6:50	6:51
28	12.0	6:50	6:51
29	12.0	6:50	6:50
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 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.69 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.15 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	5.1	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	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
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27	5.3	Bright
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29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kira?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kira for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kira in August

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

In August, Kira sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kira 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 Kira 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 Kira 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 Kira 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	50	43	33	29	31	39	41	39	34	33	36	41
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	43	Poor
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	39	Poor
Jul	41	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	34	Moderate
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kira?

Kira sits at 0.4°N, 32.6°E, 1,168 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kasangati, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Kira

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kira has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 1,164 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 438 m.

The land around Kira is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and trees (26%) within 3 km, artificial surfaces (33%), trees (27%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and trees (36%), water (26%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

96 m

artificial surfaces 44%

16 km

247 m

artificial surfaces 33%

80 km

438 m

trees 36%

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

August weather nearby: Kasangati 5.0 km · Kireka 6.0 km · Kampala 11 km · Nansana 12 km · Mukono 15 km · Bunamwaya 18 km · Kyengera 19 km · Wakiso 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 Kira (0.4°, 32.6333°, elevation 1,168 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	17
2	26	17
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	30	70
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	33	67
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	34	66
13	33	67
14	33	67
15	33	67
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	31	69
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	31	69
22	30	70
23	30	70
24	30	70
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	29	71
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	78
3	78
4	79
5	79
6	80
7	80
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	84
24	84
25	85
26	85
27	86
28	87
29	88
30	88
31	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	32	68
31	31	69

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	78
3	78
4	79
5	79
6	80
7	80
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	84
24	84
25	85
26	85
27	86
28	87
29	88
30	88
31	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	32	68
31	31	69

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	78
3	78
4	79
5	79
6	80
7	80
8	81
9	81
10	81
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	82
16	82
17	82
18	82
19	82
20	83
21	83
22	83
23	84
24	84
25	85
26	85
27	86
28	87
29	88
30	88
31	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	54	46
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	50	50
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	47	53
8	46	54
9	45	55
10	44	56
11	44	56
12	43	57
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	41	59
16	41	59
17	41	59
18	41	59
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	38	62
24	38	62
25	37	63
26	36	64
27	36	64
28	35	65
29	34	66
30	32	68
31	31	69