Climate averages 1991–2020
Songea weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Songea: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.1 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 4th 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 Njombe (177 km away). In August its highs average 18.9°C, 5.4°C cooler than Songea, with 3.7 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Songea ranks 34th of 43 for the warmest August highs and 17th of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Songea is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 5.1 mm to 4.2 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
Songea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 315 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 273 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 29 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 22.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 22 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 71 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 224 | 21.4 | 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
- Njombe in AugustTanzania · 177 kmHigh 18.9°C · Low 8.4°C · 3.7 mm rain
- Mzuzu in AugustMalawi · 198 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Makumbako in AugustTanzania · 223 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Mafinga in AugustTanzania · 268 kmHigh 20.8°C · Low 10.9°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Katumba in AugustTanzania · 275 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.5°C · 7.5 mm rain
- Lichinga in AugustMozambique · 296 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 11.2°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ifakara in AugustTanzania · 305 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Iringa in AugustTanzania · 324 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.8°C · 0.3 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 Songea) is explained once on the Songea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.