Kampala Weather in August
Kampala in August
The short of it: Kampala in August averages a high of 27 °C (80 °F) and a low of 16 °C (61 °F), with 77 mm (3.0 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 77 mm · daylight 12 h 7 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Kampala an average August high of 27°, a low of 16° and some 77 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 27°, nights near 16°. Easy travelling weather. Wet spells are common — about 77 mm, the 8th 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, Kampala runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Bunamwaya, 8 km to the SSW, sees much the same highs.
August in Kampala, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 8th wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 22 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 7 min
- Average wind
- 6 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BunamwayaCentral Region | 8 km SSW | 27° | 16° | 70 mm |
| NansanaCentral Region | 8 km NW | 27° | 16° | 78 mm |
| KirekaCentral Region | 8 km ENE | 27° | 16° | 79 mm |
| KyengeraCentral Region | 9 km WSW | 27° | 16° | 75 mm |
| BweyogerereCentral Region | 10 km ENE | 27° | 16° | 79 mm |
| KiraCentral Region | 11 km NNE | 27° | 16° | 78 mm |
| LweezaCentral Region | 12 km S | 26° | 17° | 66 mm |
| KajansiCentral Region | 12 km SSW | 26° | 16° | 67 mm |