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Kampala in August

Warm and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Kampala is warm: highs near 78°F, lows near 64°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 7 minutes.August in Kampala is warm: highs near 26°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 7 minutes.

High
78°F26°Caverage
Low
64°F18°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 67% of days
Daylight
12h 07mon average

Is August a good time to visit Kampala?

Yes. August is one of Kampala's best months (January, or July to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 78°F in August, against 77°F to 81°F through the year.Highs near 26°C in August, against 25°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

67% of days in August, against 51% to 93% through the year.

Cloud cover

59% cover in August, against 59% to 80% through the year.

Daylight

12h 07m in August, against 12h 06m to 12h 08m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July77°25°low 64°low 18°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. August78°26°low 64°low 18°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. September79°26°low 65°low 18°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Kampala sits, in August

Africa/Kampala
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:51 AMsets 6:58 PM
Above the sea
1,230 mupland
Latitude
0.3°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
our one place here

The land around Kampala, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Kampala is our one place in Uganda so far. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Kampala

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kampala. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,180 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,230 m) against the climate model's (1,180 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.