Climate averages 1991–2020
Songea weather
in September.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Songea: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 14.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.2 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (177 km away). In September its highs average 20.9°C, 6.1°C cooler than Songea, with 3.6 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Songea ranks 32nd of 43 for the warmest September highs and 16th of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Songea is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.2 mm to 22 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
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 | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Njombe in SeptemberTanzania · 177 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.4°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Mzuzu in SeptemberMalawi · 198 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Makumbako in SeptemberTanzania · 223 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 12.6°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Mafinga in SeptemberTanzania · 268 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 12.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Katumba in SeptemberTanzania · 275 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Lichinga in SeptemberMozambique · 296 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 13.9°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Ifakara in SeptemberTanzania · 305 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.3°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Iringa in SeptemberTanzania · 324 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 1.2 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.