Matundasi weather in August

In August, Matundasi sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% 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 Matundasi's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Matundasi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
16°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:59 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
30%
2nd clearest
Wind
10 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
6.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Matundasi reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Matundasi

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Matundasi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 19°18423.912.44.2
Feb28° / 19°12119.812.34.3
Mar28° / 19°14821.412.14.2
Apr29° / 18°7111.111.85.5
May29° / 17°41.211.66.6
Jun28° / 15°0011.57.7
Jul28° / 15°0011.68.2
Aug29° / 16°0011.77.0
Sep31° / 18°00.1125.8
Oct32° / 20°81.812.24.7
Nov32° / 20°698.412.44.3
Dec29° / 19°17719.912.54.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28416
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Matundasi gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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.

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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 100% 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 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 7:04 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:42 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.67:046:42
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311.67:046:42
411.67:036:42
511.67:036:42
611.77:036:42
711.77:036:42
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1611.76:596:43
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1911.76:586:43
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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 6.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 6.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
56.0Bright
66.0Intense
76.0Intense
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96.1Intense
106.1Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Matundasi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monsoon
Jan
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May
Jun
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Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Matundasi?

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

7.0
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
9.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Matundasi in August

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

In August, Matundasi sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Matundasi 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 Matundasi peaks around March 10 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 10UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Matundasi 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 Matundasi is worst in September — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1318 µg/m³May 207 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb11Good
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May7Good
Jun7Good
Jul13Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Matundasi?

Matundasi sits at 8.4°S, 33.3°E, 1,317 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Makongolosi, 16 km away.

MlowoIgurusiVwawaKiwiraChimala

Topography around Matundasi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Matundasi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 141 m around an average of 1,302 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 557 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,984 m.

The land around Matundasi is covered by shrubs (44%) and cropland (23%) within 3 km, shrubs (50%) and trees (28%) within 16 km, and trees (37%), cropland (30%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
141 m
16 km
557 m
80 km
1,984 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Makongolosi 16 km · Utengule 50 km · Mbeya 53 km · Mlowo 69 km · Igurusi 77 km · Vwawa 83 km · Kiwira 85 km · Chimala 93 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 Matundasi (-8.45°, 33.2833°, elevation 1,317 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).