Kibaigwa weather in August

In August, Kibaigwa sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-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 30% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kibaigwa's 4th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kibaigwa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:44 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 53%; 4th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.5; out of 10

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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 Kibaigwa reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°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 on par with 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	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Kibaigwa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 18°	102	15.5	12.3	5.6
Feb	27° / 18°	82	12.6	12.2	5.7
Mar	27° / 18°	99	17.8	12	5.3
Apr	25° / 18°	66	16.3	11.9	5.7
May	25° / 16°	20	5.3	11.7	7.6
Jun	24° / 14°	3	1.1	11.7	8.4
Jul	23° / 13°	1	0.4	11.7	8.4
Aug	24° / 14°	2	0.5	11.8	8.5
Sep	25° / 14°	2	0.8	12	8.5
Oct	27° / 16°	11	2.9	12.1	7.8
Nov	28° / 17°	38	7	12.3	6.9
Dec	28° / 18°	75	12.7	12.3	6.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 30% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	48	49	50	51	53	54	56	57	57	59	60	61	61	61	63	63	63	63	64	65	65	66	66	67
Cloudier (%)	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	51	50	49	47	46	44	43	43	41	40	39	39	39	37	37	37	37	36	35	35	34	34	33

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	53	47
13	54	46
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kibaigwa gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.5 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 2% and peaks near 2% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	2
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	2
6	2
7	2
8	2
9	2
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	2
16	2
17	2
18	2
19	2
20	2
21	2
22	2
23	2
24	2
25	2
26	2
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 74% 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 (%)	76	75	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	74	73	73	72	71	70
Comfortable (%)	24	25	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	26	27	27	28	29	30

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	70	30

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	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
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	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	15	light breeze
22	15	light breeze
23	15	light breeze
24	15	light breeze
25	15	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 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 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 6:48 AM to 6:37 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:30 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)	11.7	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	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:48	6:31
2	11.7	6:47	6:31
3	11.7	6:47	6:32
4	11.7	6:47	6:32
5	11.7	6:47	6:32
6	11.8	6:46	6:32
7	11.8	6:46	6:32
8	11.8	6:46	6:32
9	11.8	6:46	6:32
10	11.8	6:45	6:32
11	11.8	6:45	6:32
12	11.8	6:45	6:32
13	11.8	6:45	6:32
14	11.8	6:44	6:32
15	11.8	6:44	6:32
16	11.8	6:44	6:31
17	11.8	6:43	6:31
18	11.8	6:43	6:31
19	11.8	6:42	6:31
20	11.8	6:42	6:31
21	11.8	6:42	6:31
22	11.8	6:41	6:31
23	11.8	6:41	6:31
24	11.8	6:40	6:31
25	11.8	6:40	6:31
26	11.9	6:39	6:31
27	11.9	6:39	6:30
28	11.9	6:39	6:30
29	11.9	6:38	6:30
30	11.9	6:38	6:30
31	11.9	6:37	6:30

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 6.71 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.46 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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.5	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kibaigwa

In seasonPeak

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

Kibaigwa's rainy season runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kibaigwa?

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

8.5

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

7.2

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kibaigwa in August

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

In August, Kibaigwa sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Kibaigwa 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 Kibaigwa peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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	15	11	10	11	11	14	14	13	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	15	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Kibaigwa?

Kibaigwa sits at 6.1°S, 36.6°E, 1,186 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Geiro, 26 km away.

Topography around Kibaigwa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kibaigwa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 1,178 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 733 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,821 m.

The land around Kibaigwa is covered by cropland (58%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and cropland (39%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km

86 m

cropland 58%

16 km

733 m

cropland 64%

80 km

1,821 m

cropland 39%

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

August weather nearby: Geiro 26 km · Mpwapwa 35 km · Kibakwe 77 km · Msowero 79 km · Dumila 84 km · Magole 87 km · Lubata 89 km · Kilosa 92 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 Kibaigwa (-6.0812°, 36.6466°, elevation 1,186 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. 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	13
2	23	13
3	23	13
4	24	13
5	24	13
6	24	13
7	24	13
8	24	13
9	24	13
10	24	13
11	24	13
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	24	14
17	24	14
18	24	14
19	24	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	25	14
30	25	14
31	25	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	53	47
13	54	46
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	70	30

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	53	47
13	54	46
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	70	30

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	49	51
2	49	51
3	49	51
4	49	51
5	49	51
6	48	52
7	48	52
8	48	52
9	49	51
10	50	50
11	51	49
12	53	47
13	54	46
14	56	44
15	57	43
16	57	43
17	59	41
18	60	40
19	61	39
20	61	39
21	61	39
22	63	37
23	63	37
24	63	37
25	63	37
26	64	36
27	65	35
28	65	35
29	66	34
30	66	34
31	67	33

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	76	24
2	75	25
3	74	26
4	74	26
5	74	26
6	73	27
7	73	27
8	73	27
9	73	27
10	74	26
11	74	26
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	75	25
17	75	25
18	76	24
19	76	24
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	76	24
23	76	24
24	75	25
25	75	25
26	74	26
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	72	28
30	71	29
31	70	30