Climate averages 1991–2020
Kotido weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kotido: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lira (159 km away). In August its highs average 26.9°C, about as warm as Kotido, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Kotido ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Kotido is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 44 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
Kotido climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 9.9 | 1.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.4°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 38 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 76 | 11.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 86 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 106 | 15.4 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.3°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 123 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 26.8°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 101 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 44 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 46 | 8.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 27 | 6.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 13 | 3.1 | 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
- Lira in AugustUganda · 159 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Lodwar in AugustKenya · 163 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Gulu in AugustUganda · 205 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Kitale in AugustKenya · 239 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 10.4°C · 224 mm rain
- Busia in AugustKenya · 280 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 168 mm rain
- Eldoret in AugustKenya · 301 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 11.6°C · 304 mm rain
- Njeru in AugustUganda · 302 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Masindi in AugustUganda · 305 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 133 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 Kotido) is explained once on the Kotido year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.