Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigoma weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 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 Kigoma: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasulu (62 km away). In September its highs average 30.0°C, 2.0°C warmer than Kigoma, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks joint 25th of 43 for the warmest September highs and joint 30th of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Kigoma is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 142 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
Kigoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 255 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 203 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 26.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 264 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September, selected | 27.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 24 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 142 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 276 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 25.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 298 | 29.5 | 12.412 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
- Kasulu in SeptemberTanzania · 62 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Kalemie in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Gitega in SeptemberBurundi · 165 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Bujumbura in SeptemberBurundi · 169 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Kalima in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 170 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Uvira in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Mpanda in SeptemberTanzania · 228 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 246 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 12 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 Kigoma) is explained once on the Kigoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.