Climate averages 1991–2020
Lira weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Lira: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gulu (89 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Lira, with 200 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lira ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Lira is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 117 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
Lira climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 22 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.2°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 29 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.0°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 95 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 182 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.2°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 169 | 23.6 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 114 | 19.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 116 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 146 | 22.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 117 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.9°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 157 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 103 | 14.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 38 | 6.5 | 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
- Gulu in AugustUganda · 89 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Masindi in AugustUganda · 146 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Kotido in AugustUganda · 159 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 17.1°C · 101 mm rain
- Hoima in AugustUganda · 194 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 231 mm rain
- Njeru in AugustUganda · 203 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Kira in AugustUganda · 208 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Lugazi in AugustUganda · 209 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 150 mm rain
- Mukono in AugustUganda · 212 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 136 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 Lira) is explained once on the Lira year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.