Nakivale Refugee Camp weather in August

In August, Nakivale Refugee Camp sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 45 mm of rain across 11.7 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 10th-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 19% 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 Nakivale Refugee Camp's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nakivale Refugee Camp's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 45 mm; 11.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 7:01 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nakivale Refugee Camp reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°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)	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	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)	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	28	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

Nakivale Refugee Camp weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 5th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 17°	51	12.6	12	5.8
Feb	28° / 18°	48	10.8	12	5.4
Mar	28° / 18°	73	14.9	12	5.3
Apr	27° / 17°	78	17.5	12	5.1
May	27° / 17°	57	14.6	12	5.7
Jun	27° / 16°	26	7.1	12	6.7
Jul	28° / 16°	12	3.5	12	7.1
Aug	27° / 17°	45	11.7	12	6.1
Sep	27° / 17°	66	17.5	12	5.2
Oct	27° / 17°	95	21.7	12	4.7
Nov	26° / 17°	104	22.8	12	4.5
Dec	26° / 17°	75	16.9	12	5.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 59%.

	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	38	38	38	38	38	39	40	40	40	41	40	40	41	42	42	43	43	43	43	43	43	44	43	43	42	42	41	41	40
Cloudier (%)	62	62	62	62	62	62	62	61	60	60	60	59	60	60	59	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	56	57	57	58	58	59	59	60

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	40	60

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nakivale Refugee Camp gets around 45 mm of rain over 11.7 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 38% and peaks near 50% 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 (%)	25	26	28	29	30	32	33	34	35	36	36	37	37	38	38	38	38	39	39	40	40	41	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	49	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	32
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	36
11	36
12	37
13	37
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	41
23	41
24	42
25	43
26	44
27	45
28	46
29	47
30	49
31	50

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 46% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5
Comfortable (%)	51	50	49	49	48	47	46	44	43	43	42	41	41	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	38	38	37	37	36	35	34	33	32
Humid (%)	29	31	32	34	35	37	38	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	58	60	61	63

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	20	51	29
2	19	50	31
3	19	49	32
4	18	49	34
5	17	48	35
6	17	47	37
7	16	46	38
8	16	44	40
9	16	43	41
10	15	43	42
11	15	42	43
12	14	41	44
13	14	41	45
14	14	40	46
15	13	40	47
16	13	39	47
17	13	39	48
18	13	39	48
19	12	39	49
20	12	39	50
21	11	39	50
22	11	38	51
23	10	38	52
24	9	38	53
25	9	37	54
26	8	37	55
27	8	36	56
28	7	35	58
29	6	34	60
30	6	33	61
31	5	32	63

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	8	calm
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14	8	calm
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20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	7	calm
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28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	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 7:03 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 6:56 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)	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56
Sunset (PM)	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	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	6:56	6:56

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

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.67 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.23 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	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	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	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	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
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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 Nakivale Refugee Camp?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.3

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Nakivale Refugee Camp for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Nakivale Refugee Camp in August

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

In August, Nakivale Refugee Camp sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nakivale Refugee Camp 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 Nakivale Refugee Camp peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 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	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	13	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Nakivale 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 Nakivale Refugee Camp is worst in January — around 45 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)	45	42	33	28	28	35	41	38	33	31	32	38
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	42	Poor
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	28	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	35	Moderate
Jul	41	Poor
Aug	38	Poor
Sep	33	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	38	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Nakivale Refugee Camp?

Nakivale Refugee Camp sits at 0.7°S, 31.0°E, 1,278 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Isingiro, 23 km away.

Topography around Nakivale Refugee Camp

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nakivale Refugee Camp has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 123 m around an average of 1,256 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 392 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,032 m.

The land around Nakivale Refugee Camp is covered by cropland (38%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

123 m

cropland 38%

16 km

392 m

grassland 36%

80 km

1,032 m

grassland 51%

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

August weather nearby: Isingiro 23 km · Mbarara 42 km · Lyantonde 42 km · Bwizibwera 44 km · Iryango 51 km · Kyazanga 56 km · Kinoni 56 km · Lwengo 58 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 Nakivale Refugee Camp (-0.7406°, 30.9963°, elevation 1,278 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	28	17
2	27	17
3	27	17
4	27	17
5	27	17
6	27	17
7	27	17
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	27	17
22	27	17
23	27	17
24	27	17
25	27	17
26	27	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	32
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	36
11	36
12	37
13	37
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	41
23	41
24	42
25	43
26	44
27	45
28	46
29	47
30	49
31	50

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	20	51	29
2	19	50	31
3	19	49	32
4	18	49	34
5	17	48	35
6	17	47	37
7	16	46	38
8	16	44	40
9	16	43	41
10	15	43	42
11	15	42	43
12	14	41	44
13	14	41	45
14	14	40	46
15	13	40	47
16	13	39	47
17	13	39	48
18	13	39	48
19	12	39	49
20	12	39	50
21	11	39	50
22	11	38	51
23	10	38	52
24	9	38	53
25	9	37	54
26	8	37	55
27	8	36	56
28	7	35	58
29	6	34	60
30	6	33	61
31	5	32	63

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	32
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	36
11	36
12	37
13	37
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	41
23	41
24	42
25	43
26	44
27	45
28	46
29	47
30	49
31	50

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	20	51	29
2	19	50	31
3	19	49	32
4	18	49	34
5	17	48	35
6	17	47	37
7	16	46	38
8	16	44	40
9	16	43	41
10	15	43	42
11	15	42	43
12	14	41	44
13	14	41	45
14	14	40	46
15	13	40	47
16	13	39	47
17	13	39	48
18	13	39	48
19	12	39	49
20	12	39	50
21	11	39	50
22	11	38	51
23	10	38	52
24	9	38	53
25	9	37	54
26	8	37	55
27	8	36	56
28	7	35	58
29	6	34	60
30	6	33	61
31	5	32	63

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	38	62
2	38	62
3	38	62
4	38	62
5	38	62
6	38	62
7	38	62
8	39	61
9	40	60
10	40	60
11	40	60
12	41	59
13	40	60
14	40	60
15	41	59
16	42	58
17	42	58
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	43	57
24	44	56
25	43	57
26	43	57
27	42	58
28	42	58
29	41	59
30	41	59
31	40	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	25
2	26
3	28
4	29
5	30
6	32
7	33
8	34
9	35
10	36
11	36
12	37
13	37
14	38
15	38
16	38
17	38
18	39
19	39
20	40
21	40
22	41
23	41
24	42
25	43
26	44
27	45
28	46
29	47
30	49
31	50

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	20	51	29
2	19	50	31
3	19	49	32
4	18	49	34
5	17	48	35
6	17	47	37
7	16	46	38
8	16	44	40
9	16	43	41
10	15	43	42
11	15	42	43
12	14	41	44
13	14	41	45
14	14	40	46
15	13	40	47
16	13	39	47
17	13	39	48
18	13	39	48
19	12	39	49
20	12	39	50
21	11	39	50
22	11	38	51
23	10	38	52
24	9	38	53
25	9	37	54
26	8	37	55
27	8	36	56
28	7	35	58
29	6	34	60
30	6	33	61
31	5	32	63