Ntungamo weather in August

In August, Ntungamo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 33 mm of rain across 6.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-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 13% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Ntungamo's 2nd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ntungamo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 33 mm; 6.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 7:04 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover: 68%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.41 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Ntungamo is human settlement.

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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ntungamo reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°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 29°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)	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	27
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

Ntungamo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-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	26° / 16°	37	9.6	12	6.4
Feb	27° / 16°	38	8.6	12	6.2
Mar	27° / 16°	66	14.1	12	5.7
Apr	26° / 16°	84	16.7	12	5.3
May	26° / 16°	54	11.5	12	6.3
Jun	26° / 16°	16	3.4	12	7.3
Jul	27° / 16°	7	1.5	12	7.5
Aug	27° / 16°	33	6.2	12	6.8
Sep	27° / 16°	55	11.6	12	6.1
Oct	26° / 16°	92	17.4	12	5.3
Nov	25° / 15°	99	19.3	12	5.1
Dec	26° / 15°	62	14.5	12	5.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 64%.

	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 (%)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	35	36	37	37	37	37	38	38	38	38	38	37	37	37	37	36	36	36	36
Cloudier (%)	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	65	64	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	62	62	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ntungamo gets around 33 mm of rain over 6.2 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 20% and peaks near 31% 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 (%)	12	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	22	23	23	24	25	26	26	27	28	29	30	31

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

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 48% 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 (%)	66	64	63	62	60	59	58	56	55	53	52	51	49	48	47	47	46	45	44	43	43	42	41	40	39	38	36	35	33	31	29
Comfortable (%)	32	34	35	36	38	39	40	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	50	51	51	52	52	53	54	55	56	57	59
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	11	12	12

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	66	32	2
2	64	34	2
3	63	35	2
4	62	36	2
5	60	38	2
6	59	39	2
7	58	40	2
8	56	42	2
9	55	43	2
10	53	44	3
11	52	45	3
12	51	46	3
13	49	47	4
14	48	48	4
15	47	48	4
16	47	49	5
17	46	49	5
18	45	50	5
19	44	50	6
20	43	51	6
21	43	50	7
22	42	51	7
23	41	51	8
24	40	52	8
25	39	52	9
26	38	53	9
27	36	54	10
28	35	55	10
29	33	56	11
30	31	57	12
31	29	59	12

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
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12	7	calm
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17	7	calm
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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 7:06 AM to 7:00 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)	12.0	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)	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	7:06	7:04
2	12.0	7:06	7:04
3	12.0	7:06	7:04
4	12.0	7:06	7:04
5	12.0	7:06	7:04
6	12.0	7:06	7:04
7	12.0	7:06	7:03
8	12.0	7:05	7:03
9	12.0	7:05	7:03
10	12.0	7:05	7:03
11	12.0	7:05	7:03
12	12.0	7:05	7:03
13	12.0	7:05	7:03
14	12.0	7:04	7:03
15	12.0	7:04	7:02
16	12.0	7:04	7:02
17	12.0	7:04	7:02
18	12.0	7:03	7:02
19	12.0	7:03	7:02
20	12.0	7:03	7:01
21	12.0	7:03	7:01
22	12.0	7:02	7:01
23	12.0	7:02	7:01
24	12.0	7:02	7:00
25	12.0	7:01	7:00
26	12.0	7:01	7:00
27	12.0	7:01	7:00
28	12.0	7:01	6:59
29	12.0	7:00	6:59
30	12.0	7:00	6:59
31	12.0	7:00	6:58

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.41 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 5.85 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.41 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
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20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright
31	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Ntungamo?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

7.0

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Ntungamo in August

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

In August, Ntungamo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Ntungamo 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 Ntungamo peaks around March 15 at about 16 (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)	12	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	14	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	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Ntungamo 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 Ntungamo is worst in July — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), 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)	77	77	63	59	60	72	79	68	60	59	61	68
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	77	Unhealthy
Feb	77	Unhealthy
Mar	63	Unhealthy
Apr	59	Unhealthy
May	60	Unhealthy
Jun	72	Unhealthy
Jul	79	Unhealthy
Aug	68	Unhealthy
Sep	60	Unhealthy
Oct	59	Unhealthy
Nov	61	Unhealthy
Dec	68	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Ntungamo?

Ntungamo sits at 0.9°S, 30.3°E, 1,423 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Nyachera, 17 km away.

Topography around Ntungamo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ntungamo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 269 m around an average of 1,442 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,679 m.

The land around Ntungamo is covered by grassland (46%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and trees (40%) and grassland (38%) within 80 km.

3 km

269 m

grassland 46%

16 km

656 m

grassland 54%

80 km

1,679 m

trees 40%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Nyachera 17 km · Nyamunuka 20 km · Mabare 23 km · Kinoni 32 km · Rukungiri 36 km · Rutoma 37 km · Iryango 39 km · Ishaka 40 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 Ntungamo (-0.8794°, 30.2642°, elevation 1,423 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	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	27	16
5	27	16
6	27	16
7	27	16
8	27	16
9	27	16
10	27	16
11	27	16
12	27	16
13	27	16
14	27	16
15	27	16
16	27	16
17	27	16
18	27	16
19	27	16
20	27	16
21	27	16
22	27	16
23	27	16
24	27	16
25	27	16
26	27	16
27	27	16
28	27	16
29	27	16
30	27	16
31	27	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	66	32	2
2	64	34	2
3	63	35	2
4	62	36	2
5	60	38	2
6	59	39	2
7	58	40	2
8	56	42	2
9	55	43	2
10	53	44	3
11	52	45	3
12	51	46	3
13	49	47	4
14	48	48	4
15	47	48	4
16	47	49	5
17	46	49	5
18	45	50	5
19	44	50	6
20	43	51	6
21	43	50	7
22	42	51	7
23	41	51	8
24	40	52	8
25	39	52	9
26	38	53	9
27	36	54	10
28	35	55	10
29	33	56	11
30	31	57	12
31	29	59	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	66	32	2
2	64	34	2
3	63	35	2
4	62	36	2
5	60	38	2
6	59	39	2
7	58	40	2
8	56	42	2
9	55	43	2
10	53	44	3
11	52	45	3
12	51	46	3
13	49	47	4
14	48	48	4
15	47	48	4
16	47	49	5
17	46	49	5
18	45	50	5
19	44	50	6
20	43	51	6
21	43	50	7
22	42	51	7
23	41	51	8
24	40	52	8
25	39	52	9
26	38	53	9
27	36	54	10
28	35	55	10
29	33	56	11
30	31	57	12
31	29	59	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	33	67
2	33	67
3	33	67
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	33	67
8	33	67
9	34	66
10	34	66
11	35	65
12	35	65
13	35	65
14	36	64
15	37	63
16	37	63
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	38	62
20	38	62
21	38	62
22	38	62
23	38	62
24	37	63
25	37	63
26	37	63
27	37	63
28	36	64
29	36	64
30	36	64
31	36	64

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	66	32	2
2	64	34	2
3	63	35	2
4	62	36	2
5	60	38	2
6	59	39	2
7	58	40	2
8	56	42	2
9	55	43	2
10	53	44	3
11	52	45	3
12	51	46	3
13	49	47	4
14	48	48	4
15	47	48	4
16	47	49	5
17	46	49	5
18	45	50	5
19	44	50	6
20	43	51	6
21	43	50	7
22	42	51	7
23	41	51	8
24	40	52	8
25	39	52	9
26	38	53	9
27	36	54	10
28	35	55	10
29	33	56	11
30	31	57	12
31	29	59	12