Mtwango weather in August

In August, Mtwango sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% 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 Mtwango's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mtwango's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 22°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 42 min; 6:54 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.5; out of 10

Mtwango is town in Njombe Region, Tanzania.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mtwango reaches about 22°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 24°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

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

Mtwango 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	24° / 16°	216	25.8	12.5	4.3
Feb	24° / 16°	198	23.3	12.3	4.2
Mar	23° / 16°	181	24.8	12.1	4.4
Apr	22° / 15°	56	12.6	11.8	6.1
May	22° / 13°	9	2.4	11.6	7.9
Jun	21° / 11°	1	0.1	11.5	8.3
Jul	20° / 11°	0	0.1	11.5	8.2
Aug	22° / 11°	1	0.1	11.7	8.5
Sep	23° / 12°	2	0.3	11.9	8.8
Oct	25° / 14°	13	3.3	12.2	8.2
Nov	25° / 15°	49	8.6	12.4	6.9
Dec	24° / 16°	150	19.6	12.5	5.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. 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 (%)	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	72	72	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	77	78	78	77	77	76
Cloudier (%)	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	28	28	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	23	22	22	23	23	24

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mtwango gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 16 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)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

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 6:59 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:35 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)	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:59	6:35
2	11.6	6:59	6:35
3	11.6	6:58	6:35
4	11.6	6:58	6:35
5	11.6	6:58	6:35
6	11.6	6:58	6:35
7	11.6	6:57	6:35
8	11.6	6:57	6:36
9	11.7	6:57	6:36
10	11.7	6:56	6:36
11	11.7	6:56	6:36
12	11.7	6:55	6:36
13	11.7	6:55	6:36
14	11.7	6:55	6:36
15	11.7	6:54	6:36
16	11.7	6:54	6:36
17	11.7	6:53	6:36
18	11.7	6:53	6:36
19	11.7	6:53	6:36
20	11.7	6:52	6:36
21	11.7	6:52	6:36
22	11.7	6:51	6:36
23	11.8	6:51	6:36
24	11.8	6:50	6:36
25	11.8	6:50	6:36
26	11.8	6:49	6:36
27	11.8	6:49	6:36
28	11.8	6:48	6:36
29	11.8	6:47	6:36
30	11.8	6:47	6:35
31	11.8	6:46	6:35

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.69 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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1
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	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	6.0	Bright
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.0	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.1	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mtwango

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monsoon

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Mtwango?

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

8.5

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mtwango in August

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

In August, Mtwango sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Mtwango in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mtwango peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 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)	16	16	16	15	11	10	11	12	13	15	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Mtwango 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 Mtwango is worst in October — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	11	11	10	8	7	8	11	14	17	21	17	10
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Mtwango?

Mtwango sits at 9.0°S, 34.8°E, 1,767 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Makumbako, 19 km away.

Topography around Mtwango

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mtwango has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 1,774 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,233 m.

The land around Mtwango is covered by cropland (69%) within 3 km, cropland (47%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and shrubs (32%), trees (27%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

125 m

cropland 69%

16 km

424 m

cropland 47%

80 km

2,233 m

shrubs 32%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

August weather nearby: Makumbako 19 km · Ilembula 27 km · Njombe 37 km · Rujewa 58 km · Urunda 68 km · Chimala 87 km · Mlangali 91 km · Mafinga 96 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 Mtwango (-9.0167°, 34.8°, elevation 1,767 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).

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	1
3	1
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	1
30	1
31	1

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100