Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifakara weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Ifakara: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (116 km away). In September its highs average 24.2°C, 5.9°C cooler than Ifakara, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Ifakara ranks 9th of 43 for the warmest September highs and 17th of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Ifakara is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.1 mm to 20 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
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 | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Iringa in SeptemberTanzania · 116 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kilosa in SeptemberTanzania · 148 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Mafinga in SeptemberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Morogoro in SeptemberTanzania · 181 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Makumbako in SeptemberTanzania · 219 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Dodoma in SeptemberTanzania · 242 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Njombe in SeptemberTanzania · 250 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Kibaha in SeptemberTanzania · 289 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 24 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.