Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifakara weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Ifakara: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 9.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (116 km away). In August its highs average 22.6°C, 5.3°C cooler than Ifakara, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Ifakara ranks joint 18th of 43 for the warmest August highs and 24th of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Ifakara is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.2°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 9.3 mm to 7.1 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
Ifakara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 129 | 17.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 119 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 52 | 10.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 36 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| December | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 87 | 14.8 | 12.613 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
- Iringa in AugustTanzania · 116 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Kilosa in AugustTanzania · 148 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Mafinga in AugustTanzania · 154 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Morogoro in AugustTanzania · 181 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Makumbako in AugustTanzania · 219 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Dodoma in AugustTanzania · 242 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Njombe in AugustTanzania · 250 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Kibaha in AugustTanzania · 289 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 23 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 Ifakara) is explained once on the Ifakara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.