Climate averages 1991–2020
Sengerema weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sengerema: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwanza (32 km away). In August its highs average 25.5°C, 2.6°C cooler than Sengerema, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sengerema ranks 16th of 43 for the warmest August highs and joint 35th of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Sengerema is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 66 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
Sengerema climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 112 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 85 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 122 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 128 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 44 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 7.7 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 66 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 144 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 197 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 167 | 23.0 | 12.312 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
- Mwanza in AugustTanzania · 32 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Geita in AugustTanzania · 52 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.9°C · 41 mm rain
- Katoro in AugustTanzania · 88 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 29 mm rain
- Ushirombo in AugustTanzania · 119 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Kahama in AugustTanzania · 130 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Shinyanga in AugustTanzania · 140 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Bariadi in AugustTanzania · 149 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 11 mm rain
- Bunda in AugustTanzania · 153 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 34 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 Sengerema) is explained once on the Sengerema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.