Lembeni weather in August

In August, Lembeni sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.1 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Lembeni's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lembeni's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 9 mm; 2.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:37 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.3; 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Lembeni reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

How August really feels in Lembeni

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Lembeni 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	32° / 21°	33	5.8	12.2	4.5
Feb	33° / 21°	33	5.1	12.1	4.1
Mar	32° / 21°	81	12.1	12	3.8
Apr	30° / 21°	120	20.2	11.9	3.9
May	27° / 19°	81	13.3	11.8	5.8
Jun	26° / 17°	12	3.1	11.8	7.2
Jul	26° / 16°	8	2.4	11.8	7.4
Aug	27° / 17°	9	2.1	11.9	7.3
Sep	29° / 18°	7	1.7	12	6.3
Oct	31° / 19°	27	5.6	12.1	5.2
Nov	31° / 20°	43	8.7	12.2	4.7
Dec	31° / 21°	40	8.8	12.2	4.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. 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 (%)	20	20	19	20	19	19	19	19	20	20	22	23	23	26	26	28	29	30	31	33	33	33	33	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	33
Cloudier (%)	80	80	81	80	81	81	81	81	80	80	78	77	77	74	74	72	71	70	69	67	67	67	67	66	66	66	66	67	67	67	67

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lembeni gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.1 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 7% and peaks near 8% 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 (%)	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	4

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

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the comfortable band about 75% 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 (%)	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	15
Comfortable (%)	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	79
Humid (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	22	70	8
2	22	70	8
3	21	71	8
4	21	71	8
5	21	71	8
6	20	72	8
7	20	72	8
8	19	74	7
9	19	74	7
10	19	74	7
11	18	75	7
12	18	75	7
13	18	75	7
14	18	75	7
15	18	75	7
16	18	75	7
17	18	75	7
18	18	75	7
19	18	75	7
20	18	75	7
21	18	75	7
22	18	75	7
23	18	75	7
24	18	76	6
25	18	76	6
26	18	76	6
27	17	77	6
28	17	77	6
29	17	77	6
30	16	78	6
31	15	79	6

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:27 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	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	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:41	6:31
2	11.8	6:40	6:31
3	11.8	6:40	6:31
4	11.8	6:40	6:31
5	11.8	6:40	6:31
6	11.8	6:40	6:31
7	11.8	6:40	6:31
8	11.9	6:39	6:31
9	11.9	6:39	6:30
10	11.9	6:39	6:30
11	11.9	6:39	6:30
12	11.9	6:38	6:30
13	11.9	6:38	6:30
14	11.9	6:38	6:30
15	11.9	6:38	6:30
16	11.9	6:37	6:30
17	11.9	6:37	6:30
18	11.9	6:37	6:30
19	11.9	6:36	6:30
20	11.9	6:36	6:29
21	11.9	6:36	6:29
22	11.9	6:35	6:29
23	11.9	6:35	6:29
24	11.9	6:35	6:29
25	11.9	6:34	6:29
26	11.9	6:34	6:28
27	11.9	6:34	6:28
28	11.9	6:33	6:28
29	11.9	6:33	6:28
30	11.9	6:32	6:28
31	11.9	6:32	6:27

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 6.68 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.93 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)	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	4.6	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.2	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Lembeni?

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

7.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.6

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Lembeni in August

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

In August, Lembeni sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Lembeni 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 Lembeni peaks around March 16 at about 15 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	14	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	13	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Lembeni?

Lembeni sits at 3.8°S, 37.6°E, 979 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Usangi, 11 km away.

Topography around Lembeni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lembeni has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 914 m around an average of 1,076 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,431 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,506 m.

The land around Lembeni is covered by cropland (30%), shrubs (29%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (59%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (49%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

914 m

cropland 30%

16 km

1,431 m

shrubs 59%

80 km

4,506 m

shrubs 49%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Usangi 11 km · Same 34 km · Taveta 43 km · Moshi 58 km · Boma la Ngombe 72 km · Merelani 75 km · Mbuguni 78 km · Hedaru 86 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 Lembeni (-3.7833°, 37.6167°, elevation 979 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	27	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	27	16
5	27	16
6	27	16
7	27	16
8	27	17
9	27	17
10	27	17
11	27	17
12	27	17
13	27	17
14	27	17
15	27	17
16	27	17
17	27	17
18	27	17
19	27	17
20	27	17
21	28	17
22	28	17
23	28	17
24	28	17
25	28	17
26	28	17
27	28	17
28	28	17
29	28	17
30	28	17
31	28	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	22	70	8
2	22	70	8
3	21	71	8
4	21	71	8
5	21	71	8
6	20	72	8
7	20	72	8
8	19	74	7
9	19	74	7
10	19	74	7
11	18	75	7
12	18	75	7
13	18	75	7
14	18	75	7
15	18	75	7
16	18	75	7
17	18	75	7
18	18	75	7
19	18	75	7
20	18	75	7
21	18	75	7
22	18	75	7
23	18	75	7
24	18	76	6
25	18	76	6
26	18	76	6
27	17	77	6
28	17	77	6
29	17	77	6
30	16	78	6
31	15	79	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	22	70	8
2	22	70	8
3	21	71	8
4	21	71	8
5	21	71	8
6	20	72	8
7	20	72	8
8	19	74	7
9	19	74	7
10	19	74	7
11	18	75	7
12	18	75	7
13	18	75	7
14	18	75	7
15	18	75	7
16	18	75	7
17	18	75	7
18	18	75	7
19	18	75	7
20	18	75	7
21	18	75	7
22	18	75	7
23	18	75	7
24	18	76	6
25	18	76	6
26	18	76	6
27	17	77	6
28	17	77	6
29	17	77	6
30	16	78	6
31	15	79	6

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	19	81
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	22	78
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	28	72
17	29	71
18	30	70
19	31	69
20	33	67
21	33	67
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	34	66
25	34	66
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	33	67
31	33	67

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	22	70	8
2	22	70	8
3	21	71	8
4	21	71	8
5	21	71	8
6	20	72	8
7	20	72	8
8	19	74	7
9	19	74	7
10	19	74	7
11	18	75	7
12	18	75	7
13	18	75	7
14	18	75	7
15	18	75	7
16	18	75	7
17	18	75	7
18	18	75	7
19	18	75	7
20	18	75	7
21	18	75	7
22	18	75	7
23	18	75	7
24	18	76	6
25	18	76	6
26	18	76	6
27	17	77	6
28	17	77	6
29	17	77	6
30	16	78	6
31	15	79	6