Kingori weather in August

In August, Kingori sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kingori's 4th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kingori's year-round climate.

Daytime high
21°
10th warmest
Overnight low
11°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:39 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
62%
4th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.29 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.7
out of 10

Kingori is ward of Tanzania.

Density
430/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kingori reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Kingori 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 15°22020.612.25.2
Feb26° / 15°18217.512.15.3
Mar25° / 16°32725.1124.5
Apr23° / 16°25323.111.94.6
May22° / 14°7013.311.96.0
Jun21° / 12°72.111.87.2
Jul20° / 11°30.811.87.5
Aug21° / 11°40.911.97.7
Sep23° / 12°71.9128.1
Oct24° / 14°528.312.17.2
Nov24° / 15°22620.712.15.2
Dec24° / 15°29424.812.24.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kingori gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.9 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 3% and peaks near 4% on the wettest days.

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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 89% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 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 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:426:34
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2011.96:386:32
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3011.96:346:30
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.29 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.58 kWh/m² to a high of 6.15 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.29 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kingori

In seasonPeak

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

Kingori's monsoon runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kingori?

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

7.7
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Kingori for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Kingori in August

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

In August, Kingori sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Kingori 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 Kingori peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 16Jun 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Kingori 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 Kingori is worst in June — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJun 2316 µg/m³Nov 1210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr12Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kingori?

Kingori sits at 3.3°S, 37.0°E, 1,165 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Usa River, 17 km away.

TarakeaTaveta

Topography around Kingori

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kingori has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m around an average of 1,206 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 950 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,208 m.

The land around Kingori is covered by trees (46%), shrubs (28%) and cropland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (38%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
343 m
16 km
950 m
80 km
5,208 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Usa River 17 km · Boma la Ngombe 19 km · Merelani 31 km · Mbuguni 32 km · Arusha 35 km · Moshi 40 km · Tarakea 72 km · Taveta 79 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
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

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 Kingori (-3.2833°, 36.9833°, elevation 1,165 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).