Climate averages 1991–2020
Masaka weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Masaka: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mityana (89 km away). In August its highs average 25.0°C, 0.5°C warmer than Masaka, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masaka ranks joint 15th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Masaka is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 79 mm to 103 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
Masaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 78 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 78 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 117 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 143 | 24.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 23.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 112 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 56 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 24.3°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 39 | 8.8 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 24.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 79 | 15.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 103 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 125 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 133 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.5°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 94 | 19.7 | 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
- Mityana in AugustUganda · 89 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Katabi in AugustUganda · 94 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 99 mm rain
- Mubende in AugustUganda · 106 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Kajansi in AugustUganda · 108 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kyengera in AugustUganda · 110 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 109 mm rain
- Bukoba in AugustTanzania · 111 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Nansana in AugustUganda · 118 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Kampala in AugustUganda · 119 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 109 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 Masaka) is explained once on the Masaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.