Climate averages 1991–2020
Geita weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Geita: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katoro (36 km away). In September its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Geita, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Geita ranks 23rd of 43 for the warmest September highs and 41st of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Geita is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 152 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
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 | 28.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 41 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Katoro in SeptemberTanzania · 36 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Sengerema in SeptemberTanzania · 52 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 66 mm rain
- Ushirombo in SeptemberTanzania · 75 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Mwanza in SeptemberTanzania · 84 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Kahama in SeptemberTanzania · 114 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Shinyanga in SeptemberTanzania · 159 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Bukoba in SeptemberTanzania · 178 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Nzega in SeptemberTanzania · 183 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 3.6 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.