Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilosa weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 7th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kilosa: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Morogoro (75 km away). In September its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Kilosa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kilosa ranks 18th of 43 for the warmest September highs and joint 22nd of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Kilosa is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 35 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
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 | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Morogoro in SeptemberTanzania · 75 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Ifakara in SeptemberTanzania · 148 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Dodoma in SeptemberTanzania · 156 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Iringa in SeptemberTanzania · 176 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Handeni in SeptemberTanzania · 193 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Kibaha in SeptemberTanzania · 214 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in SeptemberTanzania · 217 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Mafinga in SeptemberTanzania · 248 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 3.1 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 Kilosa) is explained once on the Kilosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.