Climate averages 1991–2020
Iringa weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 8th warmest and the 2nd 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 Iringa: daytime highs average 22.6°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the 2nd 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 Mafinga (74 km away). In August its highs average 20.8°C, 1.8°C cooler than Iringa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Iringa ranks 39th of 43 for the warmest August highs and joint 4th of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Iringa is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 24.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.2 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
Iringa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 163 | 23.7 | 12.513 h |
| February | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 127 | 20.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 130 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 57 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 21.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August, selected | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 24.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 46 | 7.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 24.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 131 | 19.2 | 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
- Mafinga in AugustTanzania · 74 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Ifakara in AugustTanzania · 116 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Makumbako in AugustTanzania · 154 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kilosa in AugustTanzania · 176 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 13 mm rain
- Dodoma in AugustTanzania · 177 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Njombe in AugustTanzania · 203 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Morogoro in AugustTanzania · 241 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Katumba in AugustTanzania · 281 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 7.5 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 Iringa) is explained once on the Iringa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.