Climate averages 1991–2020
Sengerema weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Sengerema: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwanza (32 km away). In September its highs average 25.7°C, 2.2°C cooler than Sengerema, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sengerema ranks joint 25th of 43 for the warmest September highs and 38th of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Sengerema is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 66 mm to 144 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
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 | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mwanza in SeptemberTanzania · 32 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Geita in SeptemberTanzania · 52 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 81 mm rain
- Katoro in SeptemberTanzania · 88 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 73 mm rain
- Ushirombo in SeptemberTanzania · 119 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 24 mm rain
- Kahama in SeptemberTanzania · 130 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 13 mm rain
- Shinyanga in SeptemberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Bariadi in SeptemberTanzania · 149 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Bunda in SeptemberTanzania · 153 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.6°C · 56 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.