Nansio weather in August

In August, Nansio sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 70 mm of rain across 10.4 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 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in August, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nansio's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nansio's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
10th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
70 mm
10.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:54 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover
46%
2nd clearest
Wind
16 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

Nansio is town in Mwanza Region, 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 Nansio reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Nansio 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan25° / 22°20023.912.14.7
Feb26° / 22°14918.212.15.1
Mar26° / 22°23021.7124.9
Apr25° / 22°25721.8124.7
May26° / 22°12816.311.95.9
Jun25° / 22°458.211.97.2
Jul25° / 21°173.911.98.2
Aug25° / 21°7010.411.97.1
Sep25° / 22°12817.6125.7
Oct25° / 22°25325.8124.3
Nov25° / 21°3032712.14.0
Dec25° / 22°27026.912.14.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 48% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 37%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26337
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56436
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276139
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nansio gets around 70 mm of rain over 10.4 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 34% and peaks near 46% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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2139
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2641
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2843
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3045
3146

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 41% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 14% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1454339
2454339
3453349
4452359
54503610
64503710
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Wind in August

Winds average 16 km/h in August.

Across August, 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
116light breeze
216light breeze
316light breeze
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516light breeze
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916light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:576:51
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311.96:566:51
411.96:566:51
511.96:566:51
611.96:566:51
711.96:566:51
811.96:566:51
911.96:566:51
1011.96:556:51
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1211.96:556:50
1311.96:556:50
1411.96:546:50
1511.96:546:50
1611.96:546:50
1711.96:546:50
1811.96:536:49
1911.96:536:49
2011.96:536:49
2111.96:536:49
2211.96:526:49
2311.96:526:48
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2812.06:506:47
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3112.06:496:47

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.56 kWh/m² to a high of 6.53 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 6.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nansio

In seasonPeak

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

Nansio's rainy season runs October–April, 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 Nansio?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.2
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nansio in August

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

In August, Nansio sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 21°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes and rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

sun protectionlight clothesrain gear

UV index in Nansio 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 Nansio peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 16UV 16Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Nansio 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 Nansio is worst in January — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodJan 2117 µg/m³Nov 128 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May10Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov8Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nansio?

Nansio sits at 2.1°S, 33.0°E, 1,134 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Muriti, 22 km away.

Sengerema

Topography around Nansio

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nansio has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m around an average of 1,143 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 473 m.

The land around Nansio is covered by water (69%) within 3 km, water (63%) within 16 km, and water (66%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
72 m
16 km
188 m
80 km
473 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Muriti 22 km · Kibara 44 km · Mwanza 46 km · Kisesa 46 km · Kihangara 60 km · Usagara 61 km · Magu 67 km · Sengerema 74 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 Nansio (-2.1333°, 33.05°, elevation 1,134 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).