Ngora weather in August

In August, Ngora sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 193 mm of rain across 25.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 Ngora's 5th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ngora's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 193 mm; 25.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:48 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 5th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Ngora is place in Eastern Region of 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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ngora reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

How August really feels in Ngora

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.

Ngora weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 19°	53	8.1	11.9	4.7
Feb	32° / 20°	54	8.4	12	4.1
Mar	31° / 20°	153	16.8	12	3.8
Apr	29° / 20°	263	25.7	12	3.5
May	28° / 20°	261	27.8	12.1	3.8
Jun	28° / 19°	190	25.2	12.1	4.1
Jul	27° / 19°	177	25	12.1	4.2
Aug	28° / 19°	193	25.6	12	4.1
Sep	28° / 19°	182	22.7	12	4.1
Oct	28° / 19°	254	25.5	12	3.7
Nov	29° / 19°	192	20.6	11.9	4.2
Dec	30° / 19°	84	12.1	11.9	4.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 32% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. 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 (%)	41	41	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	46	47	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51
Cloudier (%)	59	59	58	58	57	56	56	55	54	54	53	52	52	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	50	50	50	51	51	50	50	50	50	49	49

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	43	57
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
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23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ngora gets around 193 mm of rain over 25.6 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 83% and peaks near 84% 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 (%)	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	80

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 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 81% 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 (%)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	20
Muggy (%)	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	80

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

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.

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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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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30	7	calm
31	6	calm

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 6:49 AM to 6:44 AM, and sunset from 6:53 PM to 6:46 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	12.0	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)	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44
Sunset (PM)	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	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	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:49	6:53
2	12.1	6:49	6:53
3	12.1	6:49	6:53
4	12.1	6:49	6:53
5	12.1	6:49	6:52
6	12.1	6:49	6:52
7	12.1	6:49	6:52
8	12.1	6:49	6:52
9	12.1	6:49	6:52
10	12.1	6:48	6:52
11	12.1	6:48	6:51
12	12.1	6:48	6:51
13	12.1	6:48	6:51
14	12.0	6:48	6:51
15	12.0	6:48	6:51
16	12.0	6:48	6:50
17	12.0	6:47	6:50
18	12.0	6:47	6:50
19	12.0	6:47	6:50
20	12.0	6:47	6:49
21	12.0	6:47	6:49
22	12.0	6:46	6:49
23	12.0	6:46	6:48
24	12.0	6:46	6:48
25	12.0	6:46	6:48
26	12.0	6:45	6:48
27	12.0	6:45	6:47
28	12.0	6:45	6:47
29	12.0	6:45	6:47
30	12.0	6:44	6:46
31	12.0	6:44	6:46

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.6 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
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17	5.6	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Ngora?

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

4.4

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Ngora for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ngora in August

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

In August, Ngora sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ngora 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 Ngora peaks around March 15 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.

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

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

Air quality in Ngora 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 Ngora 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 Ngora?

Ngora sits at 1.4°N, 33.8°E, 1,103 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Kumi, 18 km away.

Topography around Ngora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ngora has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 1,081 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,149 m.

The land around Ngora is covered by cropland (36%), grassland (28%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (27%), cropland (26%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

147 m

cropland 36%

16 km

154 m

cropland 38%

80 km

2,149 m

shrubs 27%

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

August weather nearby: Kumi 18 km · Pallisa 33 km · Soroti 37 km · Budaka 50 km · Nakaloke 52 km · Sironko 57 km · Mbale 59 km · Butaleja 61 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 Ngora (1.4314°, 33.7772°, elevation 1,103 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	27	19
2	27	19
3	27	19
4	28	19
5	28	19
6	28	19
7	28	19
8	28	19
9	28	19
10	28	19
11	28	19
12	28	19
13	28	19
14	28	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	43	57
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	80

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	43	57
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	80

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	42	58
4	42	58
5	43	57
6	44	56
7	44	56
8	45	55
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	47	53
12	48	52
13	48	52
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	49	51
19	49	51
20	49	51
21	50	50
22	50	50
23	50	50
24	49	51
25	49	51
26	50	50
27	50	50
28	50	50
29	50	50
30	51	49
31	51	49

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	84
6	84
7	84
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	84
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	83
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	81
28	81
29	81
30	80
31	80

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