Climate averages 1991–2020
Katabi weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Katabi: daytime highs average 23.8°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes August a wet month (the 2nd 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 Kajansi (16 km away). In August its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Katabi, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Katabi ranks joint 20th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Katabi is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 106 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
Katabi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 134 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 25.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 127 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| March | 24.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 194 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 23.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 250 | 27.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.7°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 207 | 27.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 23.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 113 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 23.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 78 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 23.8°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 99 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 106 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.0°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 144 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 199 | 26.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 161 | 25.1 | 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
- Kajansi in AugustUganda · 16 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kyengera in AugustUganda · 24 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Kampala in AugustUganda · 29 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Nansana in AugustUganda · 32 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kira in AugustUganda · 40 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Mukono in AugustUganda · 44 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Lugazi in AugustUganda · 61 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Mityana in AugustUganda · 62 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 124 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 Katabi) is explained once on the Katabi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.