Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanga weather
in August.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Tanga: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ukunda (101 km away). In August its highs average 26.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Tanga, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tanga ranks 23rd of 43 for the warmest August highs and 38th of 43 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 43 cities is 26.7°C; Tanga is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 40 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
Tanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 31 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 148 | 23.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 165 | 18.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 44 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 35 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 40 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 87 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 84 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 68 | 16.5 | 12.412 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
- Ukunda in AugustKenya · 101 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Matuga in AugustKenya · 113 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 61 mm rain
- Zanzibar in AugustTanzania · 122 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 21 mm rain
- Handeni in AugustTanzania · 126 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Mombasa in AugustKenya · 129 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Jomvu in AugustKenya · 133 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Mtwapa in AugustKenya · 145 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.1°C · 49 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in AugustTanzania · 154 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.0°C · 20 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 Tanga) is explained once on the Tanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.