Climate averages 1991–2020
Ibanda weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ibanda: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Rutoma (50 km away). In August its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Ibanda, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Ibanda ranks joint 8th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Ibanda is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 132 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
Ibanda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 76 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 80 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 141 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 172 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 143 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 70 | 11.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 38 | 6.4 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 25.7°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 104 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 132 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 183 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 175 | 25.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 116 | 19.2 | 12.112 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
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 50 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Mbarara in AugustUganda · 55 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Mubende in AugustUganda · 126 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AugustRwanda · 131 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Butembo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 137 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Masaka in AugustUganda · 139 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Hyosha in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 143 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 165 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 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 Ibanda) is explained once on the Ibanda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.