Ilembula weather in August

In August, Ilembula sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 13°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ilembula's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ilembula's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 13°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:55 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 36%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 5.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.0; out of 10

Ilembula is town in Iringa Region, Tanzania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ilembula reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 13°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	24	12
11	24	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

Ilembula weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 16°	194	22.1	12.5	4.8
Feb	25° / 16°	190	20	12.3	4.7
Mar	25° / 16°	175	21.5	12.1	5.0
Apr	24° / 16°	52	10.1	11.8	6.8
May	24° / 15°	8	1.9	11.6	8.5
Jun	23° / 12°	0	0	11.5	8.9
Jul	23° / 12°	0	0.1	11.5	8.9
Aug	24° / 13°	0	0.1	11.7	9.0
Sep	26° / 14°	2	0.3	11.9	8.6
Oct	27° / 15°	16	2.6	12.2	7.9
Nov	27° / 16°	42	6.9	12.4	6.9
Dec	25° / 17°	119	16	12.5	5.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 57% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 24%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	75	75	74	74	74	74	75	74	74	74	75	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	78	78	77	77
Cloudier (%)	25	25	26	26	26	26	25	26	26	26	25	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	22	22	23	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	77	23

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ilembula gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 1% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 100% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Dry (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	14	light breeze
2	14	light breeze
3	14	light breeze
4	14	light breeze
5	14	light breeze
6	14	light breeze
7	14	light breeze
8	14	light breeze
9	14	light breeze
10	14	light breeze
11	14	light breeze
12	14	light breeze
13	14	light breeze
14	14	light breeze
15	14	light breeze
16	14	light breeze
17	14	light breeze
18	14	light breeze
19	14	light breeze
20	14	light breeze
21	14	light breeze
22	14	light breeze
23	14	light breeze
24	14	light breeze
25	14	light breeze
26	15	light breeze
27	15	light breeze
28	15	light breeze
29	15	light breeze
30	15	light breeze
31	15	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:00 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:36 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	7:00	6:36
2	11.6	6:59	6:36
3	11.6	6:59	6:36
4	11.6	6:59	6:36
5	11.6	6:59	6:36
6	11.6	6:58	6:36
7	11.6	6:58	6:37
8	11.6	6:58	6:37
9	11.7	6:57	6:37
10	11.7	6:57	6:37
11	11.7	6:57	6:37
12	11.7	6:56	6:37
13	11.7	6:56	6:37
14	11.7	6:55	6:37
15	11.7	6:55	6:37
16	11.7	6:55	6:37
17	11.7	6:54	6:37
18	11.7	6:54	6:37
19	11.7	6:53	6:37
20	11.7	6:53	6:37
21	11.7	6:52	6:37
22	11.7	6:52	6:37
23	11.8	6:51	6:37
24	11.8	6:51	6:37
25	11.8	6:50	6:37
26	11.8	6:50	6:37
27	11.8	6:49	6:37
28	11.8	6:49	6:37
29	11.8	6:48	6:36
30	11.8	6:48	6:36
31	11.8	6:47	6:36

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.2	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.3	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ilembula

In seasonPeak

None of Ilembula's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Ilembula's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ilembula?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

9.0

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.6

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Ilembula for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Ilembula in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Ilembula sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 13°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Ilembula in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ilembula peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 at about 10 (extreme).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	16	14	11	10	11	11	13	15	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Ilembula in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ilembula is worst in October — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	11	10	8	7	8	11	14	17	21	17	10
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ilembula?

Ilembula sits at 8.9°S, 34.6°E, 1,425 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mtwango, 27 km away.

Topography around Ilembula

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Ilembula.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ilembula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 1,404 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,930 m.

The land around Ilembula is covered by cropland (81%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and shrubs (43%) within 16 km, and shrubs (31%), grassland (25%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

102 m

cropland 81%

16 km

610 m

cropland 51%

80 km

1,930 m

shrubs 31%

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← July Ilembula year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Mtwango 27 km · Makumbako 28 km · Rujewa 31 km · Urunda 42 km · Njombe 54 km · Chimala 62 km · Igurusi 81 km · Mlangali 98 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,319; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 3.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 31.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 479
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Ilembula (-8.9°, 34.5833°, elevation 1,425 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	24	12
11	24	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	24	12
11	24	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	23	12
2	23	12
3	23	12
4	23	12
5	24	12
6	24	12
7	24	12
8	24	12
9	24	12
10	24	12
11	24	13
12	24	13
13	24	13
14	24	13
15	24	13
16	24	13
17	24	13
18	24	13
19	24	13
20	24	13
21	24	13
22	24	13
23	24	13
24	25	13
25	25	13
26	25	13
27	25	13
28	25	13
29	25	13
30	25	13
31	25	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	74	26
7	75	25
8	74	26
9	74	26
10	74	26
11	75	25
12	76	24
13	76	24
14	76	24
15	76	24
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	77	23

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	1
28	1
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100