Merelani weather in August

In August, Merelani sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 15 mm of rain across 4.4 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 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 Merelani's 9th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Merelani's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
10th warmest
Overnight low
15°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
15 mm
4.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:40 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
65%
9th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.5
out of 10

Merelani is town in Manyara Tanzania.

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 25°C through the month.

A typical August day in Merelani reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Merelani 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
Jan31° / 19°549.212.24.8
Feb31° / 20°498.112.14.5
Mar30° / 20°11816.4124.1
Apr28° / 19°15323.711.94.3
May26° / 18°8716.211.85.7
Jun24° / 15°206.311.87.2
Jul24° / 14°154.611.87.5
Aug25° / 15°154.411.97.5
Sep27° / 16°92.8127.4
Oct29° / 18°246.212.16.1
Nov29° / 19°6111.712.25.1
Dec30° / 19°7412.412.24.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% 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 64%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32674
42773
52674
62773
72773
82773
92872
103070
113169
123169
133367
143466
153565
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194159
204258
214357
224357
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264456
274555
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294654
304753
314654

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Merelani gets around 15 mm of rain over 4.4 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 14% and peaks near 15% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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215
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715
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1015
1115
1215
1315
1415
1515
1615
1715
1815
1915
2015
2115
2214
2314
2414
2514
2613
2713
2813
2912
3012
3112

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 58% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
144542
243552
342553
441563
541563
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740573
839583
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1138593
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2640573
2739583
2839583
2938593
3038602
3137612

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 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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318calm

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 6:43 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:436:33
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311.86:436:33
411.96:426:33
511.96:426:33
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1711.96:396:33
1811.96:396:32
1911.96:396:32
2011.96:386:32
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2211.96:386:32
2311.96:376:32
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2911.96:356:30
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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 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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44.9Bright
54.9Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Merelani

In seasonPeak

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

Merelani's rainy season runs March–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is August a good time to visit Merelani?

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

7.5
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Merelani in August

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

In August, Merelani sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Merelani 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 Merelani 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
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Merelani?

Merelani sits at 3.6°S, 37.0°E, 916 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mbuguni, 3.0 km away.

LembeniUsangi

Topography around Merelani

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Merelani has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 159 m around an average of 934 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 389 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,230 m.

The land around Merelani is covered by grassland (46%) within 3 km, shrubs (37%), grassland (32%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and shrubs (37%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
159 m
16 km
389 m
80 km
5,230 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Mbuguni 3.0 km · Usa River 26 km · Kingori 31 km · Boma la Ngombe 32 km · Arusha 39 km · Moshi 46 km · Lembeni 75 km · Usangi 78 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 Merelani (-3.5618°, 36.9789°, elevation 916 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).