Climate averages 1991–2020
Vikindu weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Vikindu: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dar es Salaam (21 km away). In September its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Vikindu, with 23 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Vikindu ranks joint 20th of 43 for the warmest September highs and joint 27th of 43 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 43 cities is 28.0°C; Vikindu is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 54 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
Vikindu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 54 | 10.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 60 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 158 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 200 | 25.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 130 | 19.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 32 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 20 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 21 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| September, selected | 28.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 20 | 6.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 54 | 11.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 89 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 91 | 17.6 | 12.513 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
- Dar es Salaam in SeptemberTanzania · 21 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 23 mm rain
- Kibaha in SeptemberTanzania · 50 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 24 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in SeptemberTanzania · 76 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 19 mm rain
- Zanzibar in SeptemberTanzania · 94 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 23.1°C · 19 mm rain
- Morogoro in SeptemberTanzania · 182 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Tanga in SeptemberTanzania · 217 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Handeni in SeptemberTanzania · 225 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Kilosa in SeptemberTanzania · 256 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 12 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 Vikindu) is explained once on the Vikindu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.