Climate averages 1991–2020
Hoima weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Hoima: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 231 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masindi (48 km away). In August its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Hoima, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Hoima ranks 4th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 21st of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Hoima is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 231 mm to 280 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
Hoima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 66 | 10.6 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 63 | 11.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 199 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 291 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 251 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.6°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 174 | 23.3 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 164 | 23.6 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 26.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 231 | 27.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 280 | 28.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 376 | 30.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 352 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 27.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 166 | 18.5 | 12.012 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
- Masindi in AugustUganda · 48 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Mubende in AugustUganda · 97 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Bunia in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 123 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Mityana in AugustUganda · 135 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Nansana in AugustUganda · 177 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kyengera in AugustUganda · 180 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Gulu in AugustUganda · 183 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Kira in AugustUganda · 183 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 171 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 Hoima) is explained once on the Hoima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.