Climate averages 1991–2020
Masindi weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Masindi: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 133 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (48 km away). In August its highs average 26.4°C, about as warm as Masindi, with 231 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Masindi ranks 5th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 13th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Masindi is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 133 mm to 145 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
Masindi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 31 | 6.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 30.9°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 33 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 112 | 15.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 171 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 26.7°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 136 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 96 | 17.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.4°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 92 | 17.8 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 26.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 133 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.7°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 145 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 193 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 152 | 20.7 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 58 | 9.9 | 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
- Hoima in AugustUganda · 48 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 231 mm rain
- Mubende in AugustUganda · 129 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Gulu in AugustUganda · 138 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 200 mm rain
- Mityana in AugustUganda · 144 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Lira in AugustUganda · 146 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 146 mm rain
- Bunia in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Nansana in AugustUganda · 172 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Arua in AugustUganda · 174 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 137 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 Masindi) is explained once on the Masindi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.