Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunda weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Bunda: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately 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 Musoma (59 km away). In September its highs average 27.1°C, 1.9°C cooler than Bunda, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bunda ranks joint 15th of 43 for the warmest September highs and 37th of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Bunda is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 113 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
Bunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 120 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 171 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 25 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 34 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| September, selected | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 56 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 164 | 22.2 | 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
- Musoma in SeptemberTanzania · 59 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Bariadi in SeptemberTanzania · 87 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Tarime in SeptemberTanzania · 93 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Mwanza in SeptemberTanzania · 121 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Migori in SeptemberKenya · 126 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.1°C · 67 mm rain
- Sengerema in SeptemberTanzania · 153 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Kisii in SeptemberKenya · 179 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 93 mm rain
- Shinyanga in SeptemberTanzania · 189 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 4.1 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 Bunda) is explained once on the Bunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.