Kyangwali Refugee Camp weather in August

In August, Kyangwali Refugee Camp sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 141 mm of rain across 24.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-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 17% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Kyangwali Refugee Camp's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kyangwali Refugee Camp's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 141 mm; 24.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 7:00 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 66%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kyangwali Refugee Camp reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 4°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	22
2	26	22
3	26	22
4	26	22
5	26	22
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8	26	22
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10	27	22
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28	27	22
29	27	22
30	27	22
31	27	22

Kyangwali Refugee Camp weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 24°	36	7	11.9	6.4
Feb	29° / 24°	31	7.7	12	5.6
Mar	28° / 24°	109	18.7	12	4.6
Apr	28° / 23°	186	25.2	12	3.9
May	27° / 23°	168	24.6	12.1	4.3
Jun	27° / 23°	114	19.2	12.1	5.0
Jul	27° / 22°	101	19.4	12.1	5.1
Aug	27° / 22°	141	24.6	12	4.4
Sep	27° / 23°	157	25.5	12	4.1
Oct	27° / 23°	193	28.1	12	3.8
Nov	26° / 23°	218	26.4	11.9	3.9
Dec	27° / 23°	90	14.7	11.9	5.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 60%.

	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 (%)	38	38	37	37	39	39	39	39	39	41	41	41	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	42	41	39	39	39	38	37	37	37	37	36
Cloudier (%)	62	62	63	63	61	61	61	61	61	59	59	59	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	58	59	61	61	61	62	63	63	63	63	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kyangwali Refugee Camp gets around 141 mm of rain over 24.6 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 80% and peaks near 82% 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 (%)	76	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	79
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	80
12	80
13	80
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17	80
18	80
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20	80
21	80
22	80
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	81
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	82
31	82

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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% 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 (%)	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3
Muggy (%)	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	94
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
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20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

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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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 7:01 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 6:58 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	12.0	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)	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	7:01	7:04
2	12.1	7:01	7:04
3	12.1	7:01	7:04
4	12.0	7:01	7:04
5	12.0	7:01	7:04
6	12.0	7:01	7:04
7	12.0	7:01	7:04
8	12.0	7:01	7:04
9	12.0	7:01	7:04
10	12.0	7:01	7:03
11	12.0	7:01	7:03
12	12.0	7:00	7:03
13	12.0	7:00	7:03
14	12.0	7:00	7:03
15	12.0	7:00	7:02
16	12.0	7:00	7:02
17	12.0	7:00	7:02
18	12.0	6:59	7:02
19	12.0	6:59	7:01
20	12.0	6:59	7:01
21	12.0	6:59	7:01
22	12.0	6:59	7:01
23	12.0	6:58	7:00
24	12.0	6:58	7:00
25	12.0	6:58	7:00
26	12.0	6:58	6:59
27	12.0	6:57	6:59
28	12.0	6:57	6:59
29	12.0	6:57	6:58
30	12.0	6:56	6:58
31	12.0	6:56	6:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.12 kWh/m² to a high of 6.07 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.33 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	5.2	5.2	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	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
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31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Kyangwali Refugee Camp?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Kyangwali Refugee Camp for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kyangwali Refugee Camp in August

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

In August, Kyangwali Refugee Camp sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 22°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

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UV index in Kyangwali Refugee Camp in August

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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 Kyangwali Refugee Camp peaks around March 16 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	10	12	13	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	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	Very high
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Extreme

Air quality in Kyangwali Refugee Camp 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 Kyangwali Refugee Camp is worst in February — around 46 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.3× the cleanest month (April, 14 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)	46	46	24	14	15	23	27	22	17	15	18	31
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	46	Poor
Feb	46	Poor
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	23	Moderate
Jul	27	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	18	Moderate
Dec	31	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kyangwali Refugee Camp?

Kyangwali Refugee Camp sits at 1.2°N, 30.8°E, 1,178 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kagadi, 28 km away.

Topography around Kyangwali Refugee Camp

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kyangwali Refugee Camp has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 135 m around an average of 1,150 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 663 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,716 m.

The land around Kyangwali Refugee Camp is covered by trees (29%), shrubs (27%) and cropland (25%) within 3 km, trees (33%) and water (25%) within 16 km, and trees (41%), grassland (27%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

135 m

trees 29%

16 km

663 m

trees 33%

80 km

1,716 m

trees 41%

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← July Kyangwali Refugee Camp year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Kagadi 28 km · Muhorro 31 km · Katoke 49 km · Kikube 52 km · Kyarusozi 53 km · Buhimba 61 km · Kyenjojo 64 km · Hoima 69 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 Kyangwali Refugee Camp (1.1881°, 30.7828°, elevation 1,178 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	22
2	26	22
3	26	22
4	26	22
5	26	22
6	26	22
7	26	22
8	26	22
9	26	22
10	27	22
11	27	22
12	27	22
13	27	22
14	27	22
15	27	22
16	27	22
17	27	22
18	27	22
19	27	22
20	27	22
21	27	22
22	27	22
23	27	22
24	27	22
25	27	22
26	27	22
27	27	22
28	27	22
29	27	22
30	27	22
31	27	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	94
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	94
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	37	63
4	37	63
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	41	59
11	41	59
12	41	59
13	42	58
14	42	58
15	42	58
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	42	58
19	42	58
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	38	62
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	36	64

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	6	94
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97