Shinyanga weather in August

In August, Shinyanga sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Shinyanga's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Shinyanga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
4th warmest
Overnight low
19°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:54 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
45%
2nd clearest
Wind
14 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.6
out of 10

Shinyanga is city in 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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Shinyanga reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Shinyanga

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.

Shinyanga 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
Jan29° / 20°10215.712.24.7
Feb30° / 20°7312.312.14.5
Mar30° / 20°9113.5124.5
Apr30° / 20°7911.711.94.9
May30° / 20°183.611.85.6
Jun30° / 19°20.411.86.0
Jul30° / 18°00.111.86.3
Aug31° / 19°20.511.95.6
Sep32° / 20°40.9124.7
Oct33° / 21°244.212.14.2
Nov31° / 21°8110.712.24.3
Dec29° / 20°11316.512.24.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% 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 33%.

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

Any precipitation

Shinyanga gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.5 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 1% and peaks near 3% 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 93% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 14 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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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 6:57 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:576:48
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411.86:576:48
511.86:576:48
611.96:566:48
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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 6.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.9 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 6.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Shinyanga

In seasonPeak

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

Shinyanga's rainy season runs November–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 Shinyanga?

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

5.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Shinyanga for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Shinyanga in August

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

In August, Shinyanga sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Shinyanga 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 Shinyanga peaks around March 12 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 12UV 16Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Shinyanga 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 Shinyanga is worst in January — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (May, 7 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodJan 1916 µg/m³May 197 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar12Good
Apr10Good
May7Good
Jun8Good
Jul10Good
Aug10Good
Sep10Good
Oct9Good
Nov10Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Shinyanga?

Shinyanga sits at 3.7°S, 33.4°E, 1,133 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Old Shinyanga, 13 km away.

Topography around Shinyanga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Shinyanga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 45 m around an average of 1,130 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 248 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 440 m.

The land around Shinyanga is covered by artificial surfaces (46%) and cropland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) within 16 km, and cropland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
45 m
16 km
248 m
80 km
440 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Old Shinyanga 13 km · Songwa 19 km · Mwadui 24 km · Tinde 35 km · Kishapu 50 km · Isaka 60 km · Malampaka 60 km · Lalago 63 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 Shinyanga (-3.6639°, 33.4212°, elevation 1,133 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).