Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaka (111 km away). In August its highs average 24.5°C, about as warm as Bukoba, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks joint 35th of 43 for the warmest August highs and 43rd of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Bukoba is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 110 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
Bukoba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 120 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 151 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 186 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 110 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 169 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 140 | 24.1 | 12.212 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
- Masaka in AugustUganda · 111 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Mbarara in AugustUganda · 153 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AugustRwanda · 166 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Katabi in AugustUganda · 174 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Sengerema in AugustTanzania · 175 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Geita in AugustTanzania · 178 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Mwanza in AugustTanzania · 179 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 180 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 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 Bukoba) is explained once on the Bukoba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.