Koboko weather in August

In August, Koboko sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 212 mm of rain across 24 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-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 11% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Koboko's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Koboko's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
11th warmest
Overnight low
18°
1st coldest
Rainfall
212 mm
24 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:57 AM – 7:04 PM
Cloud cover
69%
10th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Koboko is place in Northern Region, 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 Koboko reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°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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302718
312718

How August really feels in Koboko

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Koboko weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 21°142.411.85.2
Feb32° / 21°213.711.94.4
Mar31° / 21°7511.6124.1
Apr29° / 20°12116.912.14.3
May28° / 20°10515.312.25.1
Jun28° / 19°12716.612.25.3
Jul27° / 19°17420.312.25.0
Aug27° / 18°2122412.14.4
Sep27° / 19°18022.1124.6
Oct27° / 19°18522.511.94.5
Nov28° / 19°10915.911.85.2
Dec29° / 20°254.611.85.9

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 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13268
23268
33367
43367
53466
63466
73565
83565
93664
103664
113664
123763
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Koboko gets around 212 mm of rain over 24 wet days in August, the wettest month. 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 81% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3081
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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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 41% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
116732
216732
316633
406733
506733
606634
706634
806634
906535
1006436
1106436
1206337
1306238
1406139
1506040
1605941
1705842
1805743
1905644
2005545
2105446
2205347
2305248
2405149
2505149
2605050
2705050
2804951
2904951
3004951
3104951

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August, the calmest month.

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
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315calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:58 AM to 6:54 AM, and sunset from 7:07 PM to 6:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:587:07
212.16:587:07
312.16:587:06
412.16:587:06
512.16:587:06
612.16:587:06
712.16:587:06
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912.16:587:05
1012.16:577:05
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2812.16:556:59
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3012.16:546:59
3112.16:546:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.05 kWh/m² to a high of 6.21 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.35 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 Koboko

In seasonPeak

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

Koboko's rainy season runs April–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 Koboko?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Koboko for sightseeing.

What to pack for Koboko in August

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

In August, Koboko sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Koboko in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Koboko peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 13 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 17UV 15Dec 13UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Koboko 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 Koboko is worst in January — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.6× the cleanest month (October, 13 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorJan 1795 µg/m³Oct 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan101Unhealthy
Feb55Poor
Mar27Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov18Moderate
Dec49Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Koboko?

Koboko sits at 3.4°N, 31.0°E, 1,234 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Yumbe, 32 km away.

AruaAruYeiMoyoAdjumaniNebbiPaidha

Topography around Koboko

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Koboko has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 1,218 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 435 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 953 m.

The land around Koboko is covered by shrubs (46%) within 3 km, shrubs (65%) within 16 km, and shrubs (50%), grassland (24%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
146 m
16 km
435 m
80 km
953 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Yumbe 32 km · Arua 44 km · Aru 63 km · Yei 82 km · Moyo 89 km · Adjumani 92 km · Nebbi 105 km · Paidha 111 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 Koboko (3.4136°, 30.9599°, elevation 1,234 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).