Climate averages 1991–2020
Iringa weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Iringa: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 12.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th 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 Mafinga (74 km away). In September its highs average 22.7°C, 1.5°C cooler than Iringa, with 3.1 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Iringa ranks 40th of 43 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Iringa is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 8.3 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
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 | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mafinga in SeptemberTanzania · 74 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Ifakara in SeptemberTanzania · 116 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Makumbako in SeptemberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Kilosa in SeptemberTanzania · 176 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Dodoma in SeptemberTanzania · 177 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Njombe in SeptemberTanzania · 203 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Morogoro in SeptemberTanzania · 241 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Katumba in SeptemberTanzania · 281 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 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.