Climate averages 1991–2020
Arua weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Arua: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Yei (122 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Arua, with 199 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Arua ranks 7th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Arua is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 105 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
Arua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 9.7 | 2.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 31.2°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 17 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 30.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 50 | 9.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 80 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 70 | 12.2 | 12.312 h |
| June | 26.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 85 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 113 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 26.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 137 | 19.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 105 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 118 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.8°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 72 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 16 | 3.6 | 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
- Yei in AugustSouth Sudan · 122 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Gulu in AugustUganda · 157 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Masindi in AugustUganda · 174 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Bunia in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Hoima in AugustUganda · 183 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 231 mm rain
- Juba in AugustSouth Sudan · 217 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 135 mm rain
- Lira in AugustUganda · 237 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Mubende in AugustUganda · 279 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 83 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 Arua) is explained once on the Arua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.