Kisinga weather in August

In August, Kisinga sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 167 mm of rain across 19.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 Kisinga's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kisinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 167 mm; 19.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 7:05 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kisinga reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Kisinga weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 19°	602	25.9	12	4.3
Feb	25° / 19°	434	22.4	12	4.4
Mar	25° / 19°	541	27.9	12	4.0
Apr	24° / 19°	481	26.7	12	4.0
May	24° / 19°	373	25.2	12	4.5
Jun	24° / 19°	172	16.6	12	5.7
Jul	25° / 19°	88	12.4	12	6.5
Aug	25° / 19°	167	19.3	12	5.3
Sep	25° / 19°	235	22.1	12	4.7
Oct	24° / 19°	366	26.7	12	4.2
Nov	24° / 18°	599	28.2	12	3.8
Dec	24° / 18°	798	29.1	12	3.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

	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 (%)	36	36	35	35	35	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	31	31	30	30	29	30
Cloudier (%)	64	64	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	68	69	69	70	70	71	70

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	29	71
31	30	70

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kisinga gets around 167 mm of rain over 19.3 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 63% and peaks near 71% 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 (%)	53	54	55	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	64	65	65	65	65	65	66	66	66	66	67	67	68	68	69	70	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	54
3	55
4	55
5	56
6	57
7	58
8	59
9	60
10	61
11	62
12	62
13	63
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	65
20	65
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	66
25	67
26	67
27	68
28	68
29	69
30	70
31	71

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 53% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Comfortable (%)	59	58	57	57	56	55	53	52	52	51	49	48	47	46	45	44	43	42	42	41	40	40	39	39	38	37	37	36	35	34	33
Humid (%)	37	38	39	40	41	42	44	45	46	47	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	56	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	61	62	63	64	65

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	4	59	37
2	4	58	38
3	4	57	39
4	3	57	40
5	3	56	41
6	3	55	42
7	3	53	44
8	3	52	45
9	2	52	46
10	2	51	47
11	2	49	49
12	2	48	50
13	2	47	51
14	2	46	52
15	2	45	53
16	2	44	54
17	2	43	55
18	2	42	56
19	2	42	56
20	2	41	57
21	2	40	58
22	2	40	58
23	2	39	59
24	2	39	59
25	2	38	60
26	2	37	61
27	2	37	61
28	2	36	62
29	2	35	63
30	2	34	64
31	2	33	65

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.

	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)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
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4	4	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 7:06 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 7:01 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)	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01
Sunset (PM)	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	7:06	7:07
2	12.0	7:06	7:07
3	12.0	7:06	7:07
4	12.0	7:06	7:06
5	12.0	7:06	7:06
6	12.0	7:06	7:06
7	12.0	7:06	7:06
8	12.0	7:06	7:06
9	12.0	7:06	7:06
10	12.0	7:06	7:06
11	12.0	7:05	7:06
12	12.0	7:05	7:05
13	12.0	7:05	7:05
14	12.0	7:05	7:05
15	12.0	7:05	7:05
16	12.0	7:05	7:05
17	12.0	7:04	7:04
18	12.0	7:04	7:04
19	12.0	7:04	7:04
20	12.0	7:04	7:04
21	12.0	7:03	7:04
22	12.0	7:03	7:03
23	12.0	7:03	7:03
24	12.0	7:03	7:03
25	12.0	7:02	7:02
26	12.0	7:02	7:02
27	12.0	7:02	7:02
28	12.0	7:01	7:02
29	12.0	7:01	7:01
30	12.0	7:01	7:01
31	12.0	7:01	7:01

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.28 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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	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	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
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13	5.3	Bright
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25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kisinga

In seasonPeak

None of Kisinga's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kisinga's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Is August a good time to visit Kisinga?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kisinga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kisinga in August

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

In August, Kisinga sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kisinga in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kisinga peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 10 (extreme).

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)	11	14	15	14	12	10	11	11	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Kisinga 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 Kisinga is worst in February — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (April, 35 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)	59	61	43	35	36	45	56	42	36	35	37	46
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	59	Unhealthy
Feb	61	Unhealthy
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	35	Moderate
May	36	Poor
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	56	Unhealthy
Aug	42	Poor
Sep	36	Poor
Oct	35	Moderate
Nov	37	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kisinga?

Kisinga sits at 0.1°N, 29.9°E, 1,454 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Mpondwe, 16 km away.

Topography around Kisinga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kisinga has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,141 m around an average of 1,466 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,547 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,315 m.

The land around Kisinga is covered by trees (82%) within 3 km, trees (67%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

1,141 m

trees 82%

16 km

2,547 m

trees 67%

80 km

4,315 m

trees 57%

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

August weather nearby: Mpondwe 16 km · Kasese 27 km · Rwiimi 52 km · Katwa 62 km · Beni 64 km · Butembo 65 km · Kyamahungu 65 km · Kamwenge 66 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 Kisinga (0.0768°, 29.8683°, elevation 1,454 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	25	19
2	25	19
3	25	19
4	25	19
5	25	19
6	25	19
7	25	19
8	25	19
9	25	19
10	25	19
11	25	19
12	25	19
13	25	19
14	25	19
15	25	19
16	25	19
17	25	19
18	25	19
19	25	19
20	25	19
21	25	19
22	25	19
23	25	19
24	25	19
25	25	19
26	25	19
27	25	19
28	25	19
29	25	19
30	25	19
31	25	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	29	71
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	54
3	55
4	55
5	56
6	57
7	58
8	59
9	60
10	61
11	62
12	62
13	63
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	65
20	65
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	66
25	67
26	67
27	68
28	68
29	69
30	70
31	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	4	59	37
2	4	58	38
3	4	57	39
4	3	57	40
5	3	56	41
6	3	55	42
7	3	53	44
8	3	52	45
9	2	52	46
10	2	51	47
11	2	49	49
12	2	48	50
13	2	47	51
14	2	46	52
15	2	45	53
16	2	44	54
17	2	43	55
18	2	42	56
19	2	42	56
20	2	41	57
21	2	40	58
22	2	40	58
23	2	39	59
24	2	39	59
25	2	38	60
26	2	37	61
27	2	37	61
28	2	36	62
29	2	35	63
30	2	34	64
31	2	33	65

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	19
2	25	19
3	25	19
4	25	19
5	25	19
6	25	19
7	25	19
8	25	19
9	25	19
10	25	19
11	25	19
12	25	19
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24	25	19
25	25	19
26	25	19
27	25	19
28	25	19
29	25	19
30	25	19
31	25	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	29	71
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	54
3	55
4	55
5	56
6	57
7	58
8	59
9	60
10	61
11	62
12	62
13	63
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	65
20	65
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	66
25	67
26	67
27	68
28	68
29	69
30	70
31	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	4	59	37
2	4	58	38
3	4	57	39
4	3	57	40
5	3	56	41
6	3	55	42
7	3	53	44
8	3	52	45
9	2	52	46
10	2	51	47
11	2	49	49
12	2	48	50
13	2	47	51
14	2	46	52
15	2	45	53
16	2	44	54
17	2	43	55
18	2	42	56
19	2	42	56
20	2	41	57
21	2	40	58
22	2	40	58
23	2	39	59
24	2	39	59
25	2	38	60
26	2	37	61
27	2	37	61
28	2	36	62
29	2	35	63
30	2	34	64
31	2	33	65

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	34	66
12	34	66
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	34	66
16	34	66
17	34	66
18	34	66
19	34	66
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	31	69
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	30	70
30	29	71
31	30	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	53
2	54
3	55
4	55
5	56
6	57
7	58
8	59
9	60
10	61
11	62
12	62
13	63
14	64
15	64
16	65
17	65
18	65
19	65
20	65
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	66
25	67
26	67
27	68
28	68
29	69
30	70
31	71

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	4	59	37
2	4	58	38
3	4	57	39
4	3	57	40
5	3	56	41
6	3	55	42
7	3	53	44
8	3	52	45
9	2	52	46
10	2	51	47
11	2	49	49
12	2	48	50
13	2	47	51
14	2	46	52
15	2	45	53
16	2	44	54
17	2	43	55
18	2	42	56
19	2	42	56
20	2	41	57
21	2	40	58
22	2	40	58
23	2	39	59
24	2	39	59
25	2	38	60
26	2	37	61
27	2	37	61
28	2	36	62
29	2	35	63
30	2	34	64
31	2	33	65