Climate averages 1991–2020
Masasi weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Masasi: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lindi (128 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Masasi, with 5.5 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Masasi ranks 9th of 43 for the warmest August highs and 11th of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Masasi is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 2.1 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
Masasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 134 | 18.3 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 131 | 17.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 67 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.612 h |
| June | 28.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 8.7 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 32 | 6.0 | 12.613 h |
| December | 31.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 103 | 15.0 | 12.713 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
- Lindi in AugustTanzania · 128 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.8°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Mtwara in AugustTanzania · 159 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Montepuez in AugustMozambique · 269 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Pemba in AugustMozambique · 313 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Songea in AugustTanzania · 344 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 13.1°C · 5.1 mm rain
- Ifakara in AugustTanzania · 369 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Vikindu in AugustTanzania · 416 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 21 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in AugustTanzania · 436 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.9°C · 25 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 Masasi) is explained once on the Masasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.