Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbarara weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th 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 Mbarara: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Rutoma (30 km away). In August its highs average 25.7°C, about as warm as Mbarara, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Mbarara ranks 6th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Mbarara is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 70 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
Mbarara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 35 | 9.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 27.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 38 | 9.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 26.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 66 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 85 | 19.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.2°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 65 | 15.8 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 26 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| July | 26.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 13 | 3.5 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 26.1°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 46 | 11.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 70 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.4°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 101 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 103 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 25.2°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 61 | 15.2 | 12.212 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
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 30 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Ibanda in AugustUganda · 55 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AugustRwanda · 85 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Masaka in AugustUganda · 124 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 148 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Musanze in AugustRwanda · 150 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Bukoba in AugustTanzania · 153 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Mubende in AugustUganda · 154 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 83 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 Mbarara) is explained once on the Mbarara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.