Climate averages 1991–2020
Katumba weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 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 Katumba: daytime highs average 22.2°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 7.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vwawa (76 km away). In August its highs average 25.3°C, 3.1°C warmer than Katumba, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katumba ranks 40th of 43 for the warmest August highs and 22nd of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Katumba is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 7.5 mm to 11 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
Katumba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 456 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 370 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 24.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 362 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 44 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 9.3 | 3.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.5 | 3.4 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 22.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 7.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 25.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 48 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 400 | 27.0 | 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
- Vwawa in AugustTanzania · 76 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 12.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Tunduma in AugustTanzania · 94 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 11.6°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Nakonde in AugustZambia · 96 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 12.4°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Njombe in AugustTanzania · 127 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Makumbako in AugustTanzania · 140 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mafinga in AugustTanzania · 211 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Mzuzu in AugustMalawi · 252 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in AugustTanzania · 261 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.5°C · 2.1 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 Katumba) is explained once on the Katumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.