Climate averages 1991–2020
Geita weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Geita: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katoro (36 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Geita, with 29 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Geita ranks joint 12th of 43 for the warmest August highs and joint 39th of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Geita is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 81 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
Geita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 135 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 100 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 149 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 163 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 60 | 9.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 8.5 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 41 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 81 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 152 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 215 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 191 | 25.0 | 12.312 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
- Katoro in AugustTanzania · 36 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Sengerema in AugustTanzania · 52 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Ushirombo in AugustTanzania · 75 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Mwanza in AugustTanzania · 84 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Kahama in AugustTanzania · 114 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Shinyanga in AugustTanzania · 159 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Bukoba in AugustTanzania · 178 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Nzega in AugustTanzania · 183 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.5 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 Geita) is explained once on the Geita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.