Tarakea weather in August

In August, Tarakea sees average daytime highs of 19°C and overnight lows near 10°C, with 90 mm of rain across 21.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tarakea's 10th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tarakea's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 19°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 10°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 90 mm; 21.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:37 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 10th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 19°C through the month.

A typical August day in Tarakea reaches about 19°C in the afternoon and slips back to 10°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 17°C and 21°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°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)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19
Avg low (°C)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

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

Tarakea weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	21° / 13°	338	19.5	12.2	5.1
Feb	22° / 13°	332	14.7	12.1	5.6
Mar	22° / 14°	475	21.2	12	5.1
Apr	21° / 14°	593	25.1	11.9	4.1
May	20° / 13°	324	24.1	11.9	4.2
Jun	19° / 11°	118	20.6	11.8	4.4
Jul	19° / 10°	65	19.8	11.8	4.5
Aug	19° / 10°	90	21.5	11.9	4.4
Sep	20° / 11°	111	19.3	12	4.8
Oct	21° / 12°	218	21.6	12.1	4.7
Nov	21° / 13°	369	25.6	12.1	4.0
Dec	21° / 14°	375	26.3	12.2	4.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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 (%)	15	14	14	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	17	17	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16
Cloudier (%)	85	86	86	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	88	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	83	83	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	12	88
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tarakea gets around 90 mm of rain over 21.5 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 69% and peaks near 75% 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 (%)	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	69	70	71	71	72	73	74	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	69
12	69
13	69
14	68
15	68
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	70
26	71
27	71
28	72
29	73
30	74
31	75

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 99% 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 (%)	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
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12	7	calm
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27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 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 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:40 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:28 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:40	6:32
2	11.9	6:40	6:32
3	11.9	6:40	6:32
4	11.9	6:39	6:32
5	11.9	6:39	6:32
6	11.9	6:39	6:32
7	11.9	6:39	6:32
8	11.9	6:39	6:32
9	11.9	6:38	6:32
10	11.9	6:38	6:32
11	11.9	6:38	6:31
12	11.9	6:38	6:31
13	11.9	6:38	6:31
14	11.9	6:37	6:31
15	11.9	6:37	6:31
16	11.9	6:37	6:31
17	11.9	6:37	6:31
18	11.9	6:36	6:31
19	11.9	6:36	6:30
20	11.9	6:36	6:30
21	11.9	6:35	6:30
22	11.9	6:35	6:30
23	11.9	6:35	6:30
24	11.9	6:34	6:30
25	11.9	6:34	6:29
26	11.9	6:34	6:29
27	11.9	6:33	6:29
28	11.9	6:33	6:29
29	11.9	6:32	6:28
30	11.9	6:32	6:28
31	11.9	6:32	6:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.8 kWh/m² to a high of 6.23 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.18 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tarakea

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Tarakea?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

1.9

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Tarakea for sightseeing.

What to pack for Tarakea in August

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

In August, Tarakea sees daytime highs around 19°C and nights near 10°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Tarakea 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 Tarakea peaks around March 16 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.

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

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

Air quality in Tarakea 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 Tarakea is worst in July — around 16 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	15	14	13	13	12	16	16	13	11	12	10	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	15	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	12	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	12	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Tarakea?

Tarakea sits at 3.0°S, 37.6°E, 1,653 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Taveta, 46 km away.

Topography around Tarakea

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tarakea has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 377 m around an average of 1,665 m above sea level; within 16 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,919 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,314 m.

The land around Tarakea is covered by cropland (49%) and trees (47%) within 3 km, trees (36%), cropland (34%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%) and shrubs (25%) within 80 km.

3 km

377 m

cropland 49%

16 km

3,919 m

trees 36%

80 km

5,314 m

grassland 42%

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

August weather nearby: Taveta 46 km · Moshi 47 km · Boma la Ngombe 59 km · Kingori 72 km · Usangi 79 km · Makindu 85 km · Lembeni 87 km · Usa River 89 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 Tarakea (-3.0008°, 37.5642°, elevation 1,653 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	19	10
2	19	10
3	19	10
4	19	10
5	19	10
6	19	10
7	19	10
8	19	10
9	19	10
10	19	10
11	19	10
12	19	10
13	19	10
14	19	10
15	19	10
16	19	10
17	19	10
18	19	10
19	19	10
20	19	10
21	19	10
22	19	10
23	19	10
24	19	10
25	19	10
26	19	10
27	19	10
28	19	10
29	19	10
30	19	10
31	19	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	12	88
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	69
12	69
13	69
14	68
15	68
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	70
26	71
27	71
28	72
29	73
30	74
31	75

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	12	88
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	69
12	69
13	69
14	68
15	68
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	70
26	71
27	71
28	72
29	73
30	74
31	75

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	15	85
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	13	87
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	12	88
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	16	84
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	16	84
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	68
2	68
3	68
4	69
5	69
6	69
7	69
8	69
9	69
10	69
11	69
12	69
13	69
14	68
15	68
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	70
26	71
27	71
28	72
29	73
30	74
31	75

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	98	2
3	98	2
4	99	1
5	99	1
6	99	1
7	99	1
8	99	1
9	99	1
10	99	1
11	99	1
12	99	1
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	98	2
18	98	2
19	98	2
20	98	2
21	98	2
22	98	2
23	98	2
24	98	2
25	98	2
26	98	2
27	98	2
28	99	1
29	99	1
30	99	1
31	99	1