Climate averages 1991–2020
Katoro weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Katoro: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 29 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geita (36 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Katoro, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katoro ranks joint 14th of 43 for the warmest August highs and 34th of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Katoro is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 29 mm to 73 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
Katoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 98 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 176 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 146 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 232 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 201 | 25.1 | 12.312 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
- Geita in AugustTanzania · 36 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Ushirombo in AugustTanzania · 55 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Sengerema in AugustTanzania · 88 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 34 mm rain
- Kahama in AugustTanzania · 119 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Mwanza in AugustTanzania · 120 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Shinyanga in AugustTanzania · 181 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Bukoba in AugustTanzania · 186 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Nzega in AugustTanzania · 194 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.5 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 Katoro) is explained once on the Katoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.