Climate averages 1991–2020
Lodwar weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lodwar: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 19 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kotido (163 km away). In August its highs average 26.8°C, 6.0°C cooler than Lodwar, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Lodwar ranks 2nd of 37 for the warmest August highs and 10th of 37 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 37 cities is 24.3°C; Lodwar is 8.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 34.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 19 mm to 10 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lodwar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 12 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 36.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 7.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 35.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 36 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 74 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 33.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 49 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 32.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 22 | 4.4 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 32.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 19 | 3.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 34.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 32 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 33.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 60 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 33.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 26 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Kotido in AugustUganda · 163 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Kitale in AugustKenya · 243 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Eldoret in AugustKenya · 291 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 304 mm rain
- Lira in AugustUganda · 315 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Kakamega in AugustKenya · 329 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 14.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Busia in AugustKenya · 339 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Khwisero in AugustKenya · 346 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 139 mm rain
- Gulu in AugustUganda · 368 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 200 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lodwar) is explained once on the Lodwar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.