Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpanda weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Mpanda: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th 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 Baudhuinville (169 km away). In September its highs average 28.9°C, 3.0°C cooler than Mpanda, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mpanda ranks 1st of 43 for the warmest September highs and 8th of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Mpanda is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs stay level at 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 25 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
Mpanda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 176 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 147 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 116 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 30.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September, selected | 31.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 101 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 165 | 23.7 | 12.512 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
- Baudhuinville in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in SeptemberTanzania · 190 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 14.2°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Kalemie in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Kasulu in SeptemberTanzania · 224 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Kigoma in SeptemberTanzania · 228 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Tabora in SeptemberTanzania · 244 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Kahama in SeptemberTanzania · 327 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Kalima in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 330 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 55 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 Mpanda) is explained once on the Mpanda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.