Climate averages 1991–2020
Kibaha weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 9th 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 hot month in Kibaha: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 23 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagamoyo (36 km away). In August its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Kibaha, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kibaha ranks joint 12th of 43 for the warmest August highs and 32nd of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Kibaha is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 23 mm to 24 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
Kibaha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 60 | 12.5 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 62 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 164 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 203 | 25.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 128 | 18.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 28 | 7.9 | 11.712 h |
| July | 28.0°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 17 | 5.8 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 23 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 24 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 63 | 12.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 104 | 18.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 104 | 19.3 | 12.513 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
- Bagamoyo in AugustTanzania · 36 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in AugustTanzania · 39 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Vikindu in AugustTanzania · 50 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Zanzibar in AugustTanzania · 74 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Morogoro in AugustTanzania · 139 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Handeni in AugustTanzania · 179 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Tanga in AugustTanzania · 190 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Kilosa in AugustTanzania · 214 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.3°C · 13 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 Kibaha) is explained once on the Kibaha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.