Climate averages 1991–2020
Rutoma weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th 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 Rutoma: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 13 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 Mbarara (30 km away). In August its highs average 26.1°C, about as warm as Rutoma, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Uganda, Rutoma ranks joint 8th of 21 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 21 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 21 cities is 25.3°C; Rutoma is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 116 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
Rutoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 80 | 14.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 26.3°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 80 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| March | 25.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 121 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.9°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 144 | 23.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 117 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 52 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| July | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 28 | 4.7 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 25.7°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 89 | 13.1 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 116 | 18.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.8°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 163 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 24.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 158 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 24.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 116 | 18.0 | 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
- Mbarara in AugustUganda · 30 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Ibanda in AugustUganda · 50 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AugustRwanda · 81 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Musanze in AugustRwanda · 133 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Butembo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 145 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Masaka in AugustUganda · 152 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.5°C · 79 mm rain
- Kigali in AugustRwanda · 158 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 24 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 Rutoma) is explained once on the Rutoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.