Kumi weather in August

In August, Kumi sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 135 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kumi's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kumi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 135 mm; 21 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:47 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 60%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kumi reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
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8	29	20
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26	30	20
27	30	20
28	30	20
29	30	20
30	30	20
31	30	20

How August really feels in Kumi

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Kumi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 20°	22	4.6	11.9	3.8
Feb	34° / 21°	23	4.5	12	3.2
Mar	33° / 21°	67	10.4	12	3.3
Apr	31° / 21°	131	18.9	12	3.5
May	29° / 20°	154	21.9	12.1	3.9
Jun	29° / 20°	122	19.4	12.1	4.2
Jul	29° / 19°	116	19.7	12.1	4.4
Aug	29° / 20°	135	21	12	4.1
Sep	30° / 20°	104	16.3	12	4.2
Oct	31° / 20°	115	18.4	12	3.7
Nov	31° / 20°	83	13.7	11.9	4.0
Dec	32° / 20°	31	6.6	11.9	4.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 21% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 33% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	49	50	50	50	51	51	51	52	53	53	54	55	55	56	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	57	56	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	58
Cloudier (%)	51	50	50	50	49	49	49	48	47	47	46	45	45	44	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	43	44	44	44	43	43	43	42	42	42

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kumi gets around 135 mm of rain over 21 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 67% and peaks near 68% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	64	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
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20	68
21	68
22	68
23	67
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25	67
26	67
27	66
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	64

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 37% 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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10
Humid (%)	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	59	59	58	58	58	58	57	57	57	56	56	55	55	54	54	53	53	52
Muggy (%)	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38	38

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	60	37
2	3	60	37
3	3	60	37
4	3	61	36
5	3	61	36
6	3	61	36
7	3	61	36
8	3	61	36
9	3	61	36
10	3	61	36
11	3	61	36
12	3	61	36
13	3	61	36
14	4	59	37
15	4	59	37
16	4	58	38
17	4	58	38
18	4	58	38
19	4	58	38
20	5	57	38
21	5	57	38
22	5	57	38
23	6	56	38
24	6	56	38
25	7	55	38
26	7	55	38
27	8	54	38
28	8	54	38
29	9	53	38
30	9	53	38
31	10	52	38

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.

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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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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:48 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:45 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)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	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)	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43
Sunset (PM)	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:48	6:52
2	12.1	6:48	6:52
3	12.1	6:48	6:52
4	12.1	6:48	6:52
5	12.1	6:48	6:52
6	12.1	6:48	6:52
7	12.1	6:48	6:52
8	12.1	6:48	6:51
9	12.1	6:48	6:51
10	12.1	6:48	6:51
11	12.1	6:48	6:51
12	12.1	6:48	6:51
13	12.1	6:47	6:50
14	12.1	6:47	6:50
15	12.0	6:47	6:50
16	12.0	6:47	6:50
17	12.0	6:47	6:50
18	12.0	6:47	6:49
19	12.0	6:46	6:49
20	12.0	6:46	6:49
21	12.0	6:46	6:48
22	12.0	6:46	6:48
23	12.0	6:45	6:48
24	12.0	6:45	6:48
25	12.0	6:45	6:47
26	12.0	6:45	6:47
27	12.0	6:45	6:47
28	12.0	6:44	6:46
29	12.0	6:44	6:46
30	12.0	6:44	6:46
31	12.0	6:43	6:45

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.42 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	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7
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	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
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10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kumi?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kumi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kumi in August

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

In August, Kumi sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kumi 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 Kumi peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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)	14	15	16	14	12	10	11	12	13	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Kumi 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 Kumi is worst in January — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	44	40	34	30	32	38	39	33	31	32	36	39
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	40	Poor
Mar	34	Moderate
Apr	30	Moderate
May	32	Moderate
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	33	Moderate
Sep	31	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	36	Poor
Dec	39	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kumi?

Kumi sits at 1.5°N, 33.9°E, 1,142 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Ngora, 18 km away.

Topography around Kumi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kumi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 1,128 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,263 m.

The land around Kumi is covered by cropland (43%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, cropland (41%), shrubs (29%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (27%), cropland (26%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

60 m

cropland 43%

16 km

143 m

cropland 41%

80 km

3,263 m

grassland 27%

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

August weather nearby: Ngora 18 km · Nakaloke 42 km · Sironko 43 km · Pallisa 43 km · Soroti 46 km · Mbale 50 km · Budaka 51 km · Budadiri 56 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 Kumi (1.4608°, 33.9361°, elevation 1,142 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	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	29	20
8	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
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12	29	20
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18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	30	20
23	30	20
24	30	20
25	30	20
26	30	20
27	30	20
28	30	20
29	30	20
30	30	20
31	30	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	68
19	68
20	68
21	68
22	68
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	66
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	64

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	60	37
2	3	60	37
3	3	60	37
4	3	61	36
5	3	61	36
6	3	61	36
7	3	61	36
8	3	61	36
9	3	61	36
10	3	61	36
11	3	61	36
12	3	61	36
13	3	61	36
14	4	59	37
15	4	59	37
16	4	58	38
17	4	58	38
18	4	58	38
19	4	58	38
20	5	57	38
21	5	57	38
22	5	57	38
23	6	56	38
24	6	56	38
25	7	55	38
26	7	55	38
27	8	54	38
28	8	54	38
29	9	53	38
30	9	53	38
31	10	52	38

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	29	20
8	29	20
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29	30	20
30	30	20
31	30	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	68
19	68
20	68
21	68
22	68
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	66
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	64

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	60	37
2	3	60	37
3	3	60	37
4	3	61	36
5	3	61	36
6	3	61	36
7	3	61	36
8	3	61	36
9	3	61	36
10	3	61	36
11	3	61	36
12	3	61	36
13	3	61	36
14	4	59	37
15	4	59	37
16	4	58	38
17	4	58	38
18	4	58	38
19	4	58	38
20	5	57	38
21	5	57	38
22	5	57	38
23	6	56	38
24	6	56	38
25	7	55	38
26	7	55	38
27	8	54	38
28	8	54	38
29	9	53	38
30	9	53	38
31	10	52	38

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	50	50
3	50	50
4	50	50
5	51	49
6	51	49
7	51	49
8	52	48
9	53	47
10	53	47
11	54	46
12	55	45
13	55	45
14	56	44
15	55	45
16	55	45
17	55	45
18	56	44
19	56	44
20	56	44
21	56	44
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	56	44
25	56	44
26	57	43
27	57	43
28	57	43
29	58	42
30	58	42
31	58	42

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	68
5	68
6	68
7	68
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	68
15	68
16	68
17	68
18	68
19	68
20	68
21	68
22	68
23	67
24	67
25	67
26	67
27	66
28	66
29	65
30	64
31	64

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	60	37
2	3	60	37
3	3	60	37
4	3	61	36
5	3	61	36
6	3	61	36
7	3	61	36
8	3	61	36
9	3	61	36
10	3	61	36
11	3	61	36
12	3	61	36
13	3	61	36
14	4	59	37
15	4	59	37
16	4	58	38
17	4	58	38
18	4	58	38
19	4	58	38
20	5	57	38
21	5	57	38
22	5	57	38
23	6	56	38
24	6	56	38
25	7	55	38
26	7	55	38
27	8	54	38
28	8	54	38
29	9	53	38
30	9	53	38
31	10	52	38