Mityana weather in August

In August, Mityana sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 124 mm of rain across 22.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 7th-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 10% 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 Mityana's 4th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mityana's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 124 mm; 22.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:56 AM – 6:56 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 4th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.6; out of 10

Mityana is place in Central Uganda, Uganda.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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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 Mityana 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.

	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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Mityana weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 17°	75	14.9	12	5.4
Feb	29° / 18°	77	15.7	12	4.7
Mar	28° / 18°	138	24.3	12	4.2
Apr	26° / 18°	183	27.4	12	3.7
May	26° / 18°	159	27	12	4.0
Jun	26° / 17°	89	18.4	12	5.2
Jul	26° / 17°	72	15.2	12	5.7
Aug	26° / 17°	124	22.9	12	4.6
Sep	27° / 17°	144	26.2	12	4.0
Oct	26° / 17°	182	28.5	12	3.7
Nov	26° / 17°	170	26.1	12	3.9
Dec	27° / 17°	106	19	12	5.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 68%.

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	33	67
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	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mityana gets around 124 mm of rain over 22.9 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 74% and peaks near 83% 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 (%)	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	74	74	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	80	81	81	82	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	65
3	66
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	73
17	73
18	74
19	74
20	75
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	78
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	81
29	81
30	82
31	83

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 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% 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 (%)	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Humid (%)	83	83	84	85	84	84	85	84	84	83	84	83	82	82	81	80	80	79	79	78	78	79	78	78	78	77	78	77	76	76	75
Muggy (%)	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	11	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	18	18	18	19	19	20	21	21	22

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	83	8
2	9	83	8
3	8	84	8
4	7	85	8
5	7	84	9
6	7	84	9
7	6	85	9
8	6	84	10
9	6	84	10
10	6	83	11
11	5	84	11
12	5	83	12
13	5	82	13
14	5	82	13
15	5	81	14
16	5	80	15
17	5	80	15
18	5	79	16
19	5	79	16
20	5	78	17
21	5	78	17
22	4	79	17
23	4	78	18
24	4	78	18
25	4	78	18
26	4	77	19
27	3	78	19
28	3	77	20
29	3	76	21
30	3	76	21
31	3	75	22

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 7 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)	7	7	7	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
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	6	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	calm

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 6:57 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 6:59 PM to 6:52 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)	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52
Sunset (PM)	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:57	6:59
2	12.0	6:57	6:58
3	12.0	6:57	6:58
4	12.0	6:57	6:58
5	12.0	6:57	6:58
6	12.0	6:57	6:58
7	12.0	6:57	6:58
8	12.0	6:57	6:58
9	12.0	6:57	6:58
10	12.0	6:57	6:58
11	12.0	6:56	6:57
12	12.0	6:56	6:57
13	12.0	6:56	6:57
14	12.0	6:56	6:57
15	12.0	6:56	6:57
16	12.0	6:56	6:56
17	12.0	6:55	6:56
18	12.0	6:55	6:56
19	12.0	6:55	6:56
20	12.0	6:55	6:55
21	12.0	6:54	6:55
22	12.0	6:54	6:55
23	12.0	6:54	6:55
24	12.0	6:54	6:54
25	12.0	6:53	6:54
26	12.0	6:53	6:54
27	12.0	6:53	6:53
28	12.0	6:53	6:53
29	12.0	6:52	6:53
30	12.0	6:52	6:53
31	12.0	6:52	6:52

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.17 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
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21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Mityana?

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

4.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Mityana for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mityana in August

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

In August, Mityana sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Mityana 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 Mityana peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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)	12	14	15	14	12	10	11	12	13	14	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Mityana 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 Mityana is worst in January — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 1.7× the cleanest month (May, 31 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)	54	48	37	32	31	38	40	39	38	38	40	46
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	54	Poor
Feb	48	Poor
Mar	37	Poor
Apr	32	Moderate
May	31	Moderate
Jun	38	Poor
Jul	40	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	38	Poor
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Mityana?

Mityana sits at 0.4°N, 32.0°E, 1,199 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Gombe, 25 km away.

Topography around Mityana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mityana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 120 m around an average of 1,210 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 551 m.

The land around Mityana is covered by trees (47%) and shrubs (32%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and shrubs (30%) and trees (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

120 m

trees 47%

16 km

277 m

trees 41%

80 km

551 m

shrubs 30%

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

August weather nearby: Gombe 25 km · Namayumba 28 km · Kasanda 29 km · Bukomero 31 km · Bukuya 37 km · Kiziba 38 km · Mpigi 39 km · Kakiri 41 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 Mityana (0.4175°, 32.0228°, elevation 1,199 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	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17
31	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	33	67
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	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	65
3	66
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	73
17	73
18	74
19	74
20	75
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	78
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	81
29	81
30	82
31	83

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	83	8
2	9	83	8
3	8	84	8
4	7	85	8
5	7	84	9
6	7	84	9
7	6	85	9
8	6	84	10
9	6	84	10
10	6	83	11
11	5	84	11
12	5	83	12
13	5	82	13
14	5	82	13
15	5	81	14
16	5	80	15
17	5	80	15
18	5	79	16
19	5	79	16
20	5	78	17
21	5	78	17
22	4	79	17
23	4	78	18
24	4	78	18
25	4	78	18
26	4	77	19
27	3	78	19
28	3	77	20
29	3	76	21
30	3	76	21
31	3	75	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	33	67
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	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	65
3	66
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	73
17	73
18	74
19	74
20	75
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	78
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	81
29	81
30	82
31	83

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	83	8
2	9	83	8
3	8	84	8
4	7	85	8
5	7	84	9
6	7	84	9
7	6	85	9
8	6	84	10
9	6	84	10
10	6	83	11
11	5	84	11
12	5	83	12
13	5	82	13
14	5	82	13
15	5	81	14
16	5	80	15
17	5	80	15
18	5	79	16
19	5	79	16
20	5	78	17
21	5	78	17
22	4	79	17
23	4	78	18
24	4	78	18
25	4	78	18
26	4	77	19
27	3	78	19
28	3	77	20
29	3	76	21
30	3	76	21
31	3	75	22

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	32	68
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	33	67
9	33	67
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	33	67
19	33	67
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	34	66
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	32	68
26	32	68
27	31	69
28	30	70
29	29	71
30	29	71
31	29	71

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	65
3	66
4	67
5	68
6	69
7	70
8	70
9	70
10	71
11	71
12	71
13	72
14	72
15	72
16	73
17	73
18	74
19	74
20	75
21	76
22	76
23	77
24	78
25	79
26	79
27	80
28	81
29	81
30	82
31	83

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	83	8
2	9	83	8
3	8	84	8
4	7	85	8
5	7	84	9
6	7	84	9
7	6	85	9
8	6	84	10
9	6	84	10
10	6	83	11
11	5	84	11
12	5	83	12
13	5	82	13
14	5	82	13
15	5	81	14
16	5	80	15
17	5	80	15
18	5	79	16
19	5	79	16
20	5	78	17
21	5	78	17
22	4	79	17
23	4	78	18
24	4	78	18
25	4	78	18
26	4	77	19
27	3	78	19
28	3	77	20
29	3	76	21
30	3	76	21
31	3	75	22