Gombe Weather in August
Gombe in August
The short of it: Gombe in August averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 83 mm (3.3 in) of rain and about 12 h 7 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 27° · low 16° · rain 83 mm · daylight 12 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Gombe an average August high of 27°, a low of 16° and some 83 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 27°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 83 mm, the 7th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 12 h 7 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack light clothes and a jacket for the evening, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gombe runs warmer than most and about as wet in August. Mityana, 25 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Gombe, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 9th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 7th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 44 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MityanaCentral Region | 25 km NNW | 27° | 16° | 93 mm |
| MpigiCentral Region | 25 km E | 27° | 16° | 82 mm |
| KasanjeCentral Region | 35 km E | 27° | 17° | 75 mm |
| NamayumbaCentral Region | 40 km NNE | 27° | 17° | 86 mm |
| KakiriCentral Region | 41 km NE | 27° | 16° | 83 mm |
| LukayaCentral Region | 44 km SW | 27° | 16° | 61 mm |
| KatabiCentral Region | 44 km ESE | 26° | 17° | 69 mm |
| KizibaCentral Region | 45 km NE | 27° | 17° | 86 mm |