Climate averages 1991–2020
Kira weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kira: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kampala (11 km away). In August its highs average 23.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kira, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kira ranks joint 15th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 19th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Kira is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 25.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 171 mm to 179 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
Kira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 110 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 106 | 18.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 174 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 235 | 28.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 215 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 154 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 133 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 171 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 179 | 27.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 212 | 28.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 208 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 145 | 23.1 | 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
- Kampala in AugustUganda · 11 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Nansana in AugustUganda · 12 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Mukono in AugustUganda · 15 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Kyengera in AugustUganda · 19 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Kajansi in AugustUganda · 23 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Lugazi in AugustUganda · 34 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Katabi in AugustUganda · 40 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Njeru in AugustUganda · 61 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 138 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 Kira) is explained once on the Kira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.