Kitgum Weather in August
Kitgum in August
The short of it: Kitgum in August averages a high of 29 °C (85 °F) and a low of 18 °C (64 °F), with 149 mm (5.9 in) of rain and about 12 h 13 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and November. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 29° · low 18° · rain 149 mm · daylight 12 h 13 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: December & November
Thirty years of records give Kitgum an average August high of 29°, a low of 18° and some 149 mm of rain. Much like July: highs about 29°, nights near 18°. Easy travelling weather. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 149 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 13 min in mid-August.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and November.
Against its neighbours, Kitgum runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Pader, 45 km to the SE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Kitgum, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- about the same, 9.0 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 13 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PaderNorthern Region | 45 km SE | 28° | 17° | 159 mm |
| PaderNorthern Region | 50 km SSE | 28° | 17° | 166 mm |
| Pader PalwoNorthern Region | 60 km SSE | 29° | 17° | 165 mm |
| PajokEastern Equatoria | 79 km NW | 30° | 19° | 160 mm |
| GuluNorthern Region | 86 km SW | 28° | 17° | 179 mm |
| OpitNorthern Region | 87 km SSW | 28° | 17° | 175 mm |
| AbimNorthern Region | 109 km SE | 26° | 16° | 151 mm |
| LiraNorthern Region | 114 km S | 28° | 17° | 157 mm |