Climate averages 1991–2020
Handeni weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Handeni: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanga (126 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, 2.6°C warmer than Handeni, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Handeni ranks 33rd 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; Handeni is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 38 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
Handeni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 119 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 110 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 160 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 189 | 26.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 25.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 123 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 29 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 26.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 107 | 19.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 141 | 20.7 | 12.412 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
- Tanga in AugustTanzania · 126 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in AugustTanzania · 149 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Zanzibar in AugustTanzania · 154 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Morogoro in AugustTanzania · 159 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Kibaha in AugustTanzania · 179 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Kilosa in AugustTanzania · 193 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in AugustTanzania · 208 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Ukunda in AugustKenya · 213 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 61 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 Handeni) is explained once on the Handeni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.