Lukaya weather in August

In August, Lukaya sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 90 mm of rain across 17.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 8th-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 17% 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 Lukaya's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lukaya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
7th warmest
Overnight low
17°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
90 mm
17.7 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:57 AM – 6:57 PM
Cloud cover
67%
2nd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Lukaya is place in Central.

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 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Lukaya 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)Avg low (°C)
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Lukaya weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 17°7716.5125.4
Feb28° / 18°7416.2125.1
Mar27° / 18°12322.7124.5
Apr26° / 18°16126123.9
May26° / 17°12924124.5
Jun26° / 17°7015.5125.7
Jul26° / 17°4811.1126.4
Aug26° / 17°9017.7125.4
Sep26° / 17°12223.4124.5
Oct26° / 17°14825.9124.1
Nov26° / 17°15025.3124.1
Dec26° / 17°10220.4125.0

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 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23862
33763
43664
53763
63763
73763
83862
93961
103862
113862
123961
133961
143961
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214060
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244060
254060
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273862
283862
293763
303862
313862

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lukaya gets around 90 mm of rain over 17.7 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 58% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
149
250
351
452
552
653
754
854
954
1055
1155
1255
1355
1456
1556
1656
1757
1857
1957
2058
2159
2259
2360
2461
2562
2663
2764
2866
2967
3068
3170

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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 5% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
117812
216822
315832
414842
514842
613852
713852
813852
913852
1012862
1112853
1212853
1312844
1412844
1512835
1611845
1711845
1811836
1910846
2010837
219847
229847
238848
248848
257858
267858
276859
286859
295869
305869
315869

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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318calm

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 6:59 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 6:58 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:596:58
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512.06:586:58
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1712.06:576:56
1812.06:566:56
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2112.06:566:55
2212.06:556:55
2312.06:556:55
2412.06:556:55
2512.06:556:54
2612.06:546:54
2712.06:546:54
2812.06:546:53
2912.06:536:53
3012.06:536:53
3112.06:536:53

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.3 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.3 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Lukaya?

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

5.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Lukaya for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lukaya in August

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

In August, Lukaya sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Lukaya 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 Lukaya peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Lukaya 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 Lukaya is worst in January — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.8× the cleanest month (May, 22 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateJan 1740 µg/m³May 1123 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan41Poor
Feb36Poor
Mar28Moderate
Apr23Moderate
May22Moderate
Jun29Moderate
Jul32Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov30Moderate
Dec35Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Lukaya?

Lukaya sits at 0.1°S, 31.9°E, 1,206 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Masaka, 28 km away.

GombeKalisizoLwengoMityanaMpigiKyazangaKasaali

Topography around Lukaya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lukaya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m around an average of 1,201 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 216 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 433 m.

The land around Lukaya is covered by shrubs (41%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, shrubs (29%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and water (28%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
172 m
16 km
216 m
80 km
433 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Masaka 28 km · Gombe 44 km · Kalisizo 54 km · Lwengo 60 km · Mityana 62 km · Mpigi 63 km · Kyazanga 64 km · Kasaali 65 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 Lukaya (-0.1131°, 31.8539°, elevation 1,206 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).