Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilosa weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 9th warmest and the 4th 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 Kilosa: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 4th 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 Morogoro (75 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Kilosa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kilosa ranks 27th of 43 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Kilosa is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 12 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
Kilosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 145 | 15.2 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 144 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 116 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 52 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.4 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 52 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 13.4 | 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
- Morogoro in AugustTanzania · 75 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Ifakara in AugustTanzania · 148 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Dodoma in AugustTanzania · 156 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Iringa in AugustTanzania · 176 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Handeni in AugustTanzania · 193 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Kibaha in AugustTanzania · 214 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 23 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in AugustTanzania · 217 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 20 mm rain
- Mafinga in AugustTanzania · 248 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 0.6 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 Kilosa) is explained once on the Kilosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.