Climate averages 1991–2020
Dar es Salaam weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 10th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Dar es Salaam: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vikindu (21 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Dar es Salaam, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam ranks 17th of 43 for the warmest August highs and 33rd of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Dar es Salaam is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 23 mm.
The annual picture
August 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
Dar es Salaam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 53 | 10.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 52 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 156 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 229 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 152 | 20.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 39 | 11.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 25 | 8.2 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 25 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 57 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 92 | 17.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 18.0 | 12.513 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
August in nearby cities
- Vikindu in AugustTanzania · 21 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Kibaha in AugustTanzania · 39 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in AugustTanzania · 59 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Zanzibar in AugustTanzania · 74 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Morogoro in AugustTanzania · 178 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Tanga in AugustTanzania · 196 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Handeni in AugustTanzania · 208 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Kilosa in AugustTanzania · 252 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 13 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 Dar es Salaam) is explained once on the Dar es Salaam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.