Climate averages 1991–2020
Lugazi weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Lugazi: daytime highs average 24.6°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a wet month (the 4th 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 Mukono (20 km away). In August its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Lugazi, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Lugazi ranks joint 12th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 18th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Lugazi is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 158 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
Lugazi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 140 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 133 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 212 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 266 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 230 | 28.7 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.3°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 157 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 132 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 24.6°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 150 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 158 | 26.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 201 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 226 | 28.4 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 176 | 25.5 | 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
- Mukono in AugustUganda · 20 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 16.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Njeru in AugustUganda · 28 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 18.6°C · 138 mm rain
- Kira in AugustUganda · 34 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.8°C · 171 mm rain
- Kampala in AugustUganda · 40 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 109 mm rain
- Nansana in AugustUganda · 45 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kajansi in AugustUganda · 48 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kyengera in AugustUganda · 49 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Katabi in AugustUganda · 61 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 99 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 Lugazi) is explained once on the Lugazi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.