Mungaa weather in September

In September, Mungaa sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Mungaa's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mungaa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
15°
4th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:36 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
38%
1st clearest
Wind
16 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
7.06 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.1
out of 10

Mungaa is constituency of Tanzania.

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

Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical September day in Mungaa reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 2°C warmer than August and about 1°C cooler than October.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Mungaa weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 17°14615.712.35.6
Feb27° / 17°10413.412.25.7
Mar27° / 17°12514.1125.9
Apr26° / 17°6610.411.96.5
May25° / 16°142.911.87.8
Jun25° / 14°00.111.78.5
Jul25° / 13°0011.78.7
Aug26° / 14°00.111.88.4
Sep28° / 15°10.1128.1
Oct29° / 16°61.312.16.8
Nov29° / 17°445.112.26.2
Dec27° / 17°11213.512.35.8

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 53% of the time in September, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17525
27624
37723
47723
57723
67723
77723
87822
97822
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Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Mungaa gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in September. 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 2% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 99% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)
11000
21000
31000
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
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30955

Wind in September

Winds average 16 km/h in September, the windiest month of the year.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
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516light breeze
616light breeze
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916light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:43 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:436:37
211.96:436:37
311.96:426:37
411.96:426:37
511.96:416:36
611.96:416:36
711.96:406:36
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1712.06:356:34
1812.06:356:34
1912.06:346:33
2012.06:346:33
2112.06:336:33
2212.06:336:33
2312.06:326:32
2412.06:326:32
2512.06:316:32
2612.06:316:32
2712.06:306:32
2812.06:306:31
2912.06:296:31
3012.06:296:31

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 7.06 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.26 kWh/m² to a high of 7.11 kWh/m² in October across the year — September's 7.06 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.7Intense
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Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Mungaa

In seasonPeak

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

Mungaa's rainy season runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is September a good time to visit Mungaa?

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

8.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mungaa in September

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

In September, Mungaa sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mungaa in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mungaa peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 16Jun 17UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mungaa in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Mungaa is worst in October — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.8× the cleanest month (May, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1314 µg/m³May 195 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb10Good
Mar9Good
Apr7Good
May5Good
Jun6Good
Jul8Good
Aug9Good
Sep12Good
Oct15Moderate
Nov7Good
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mungaa?

Mungaa sits at 5.0°S, 34.9°E, 1,608 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Puma, 17 km away.

Basotu

Topography around Mungaa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mungaa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 1,617 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 545 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,306 m.

The land around Mungaa is covered by cropland (45%) and grassland (37%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (41%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
545 m
80 km
2,306 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
September weather nearby: Puma 17 km · Ikungi 23 km · Singida 23 km · Ilongero 33 km · Sepuka 46 km · Mtinko 46 km · Igugunu 52 km · Basotu 70 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 Mungaa (-4.9667°, 34.8833°, elevation 1,608 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).