Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes September a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaka (111 km away). In September its highs average 24.8°C, about as warm as Bukoba, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks 39th of 43 for the warmest September highs and 43rd of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Bukoba is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 160 mm.
The annual picture
September 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
Bukoba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 120 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 151 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 186 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| September, selected | 24.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 110 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 169 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 140 | 24.1 | 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
September in nearby cities
- Masaka in SeptemberUganda · 111 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Mbarara in SeptemberUganda · 153 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 70 mm rain
- Nyagatare in SeptemberRwanda · 166 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 16.0°C · 65 mm rain
- Katabi in SeptemberUganda · 174 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Sengerema in SeptemberTanzania · 175 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Geita in SeptemberTanzania · 178 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Mwanza in SeptemberTanzania · 179 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Rutoma in SeptemberUganda · 180 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 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 Bukoba) is explained once on the Bukoba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.