Tingi weather in August

In August, Tingi sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 11 mm of rain across 3.8 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Tingi's 2nd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tingi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 11 mm; 3.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:55 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 42%; 2nd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 22°C in the first days to 24°C by the end.

A typical August day in Tingi reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C warmer than July and about 3°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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Tingi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-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	25° / 19°	437	29.8	12.6	3.6
Feb	25° / 19°	340	25.9	12.4	3.7
Mar	25° / 19°	310	29	12.1	3.8
Apr	24° / 18°	136	23.9	11.8	4.7
May	23° / 15°	40	11.2	11.5	6.7
Jun	22° / 13°	18	5.9	11.4	7.3
Jul	21° / 12°	19	6.3	11.4	7.2
Aug	23° / 14°	11	3.8	11.6	8.2
Sep	26° / 16°	6	1.8	11.9	8.3
Oct	28° / 18°	23	5.6	12.3	7.1
Nov	28° / 19°	108	12.4	12.5	5.6
Dec	26° / 19°	320	25.7	12.7	4.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 27% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. 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 (%)	65	65	65	64	64	64	64	64	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	76	77	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80
Cloudier (%)	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	35	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	24	23	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20
31	80	20

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tingi gets around 11 mm of rain over 3.8 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 12% and peaks near 17% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

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 85% 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 (%)	81	81	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	85	85	85
Comfortable (%)	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
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 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 7:01 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:33 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	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	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:47
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	7:01	6:31
2	11.5	7:01	6:31
3	11.5	7:00	6:31
4	11.5	7:00	6:31
5	11.5	7:00	6:31
6	11.5	6:59	6:32
7	11.5	6:59	6:32
8	11.6	6:59	6:32
9	11.6	6:58	6:32
10	11.6	6:58	6:32
11	11.6	6:58	6:32
12	11.6	6:57	6:32
13	11.6	6:57	6:32
14	11.6	6:56	6:33
15	11.6	6:56	6:33
16	11.6	6:55	6:33
17	11.6	6:55	6:33
18	11.6	6:54	6:33
19	11.7	6:54	6:33
20	11.7	6:53	6:33
21	11.7	6:53	6:33
22	11.7	6:52	6:33
23	11.7	6:52	6:33
24	11.7	6:51	6:33
25	11.7	6:50	6:33
26	11.7	6:50	6:33
27	11.7	6:49	6:33
28	11.7	6:49	6:33
29	11.7	6:48	6:33
30	11.8	6:47	6:33
31	11.8	6:47	6:33

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.74 kWh/m² in October across the year — August's 5.42 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	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9
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	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.5	Bright
18	5.5	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.9	Bright
30	5.9	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tingi

In seasonPeak

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

Tingi sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

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

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Tingi?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.4

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tingi in August

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

In August, Tingi sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Tingi 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 Tingi peaks around February 12 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 9 (very high).

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	15	13	10	9	10	11	12	13	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Tingi 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 Tingi is worst in September — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (December, 8 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)	10	10	9	9	9	10	16	36	55	42	12	8
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	10	Good
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	36	Poor
Sep	55	Unhealthy
Oct	42	Poor
Nov	12	Good
Dec	8	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Tingi?

Tingi sits at 11.3°S, 35.0°E, 1,203 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mbinga, 41 km away.

Topography around Tingi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tingi has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 365 m around an average of 1,215 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,334 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,616 m.

The land around Tingi is covered by cropland (54%) within 3 km, cropland (30%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and trees (31%) and water (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

365 m

cropland 54%

16 km

1,334 m

cropland 30%

80 km

1,616 m

trees 31%

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

August weather nearby: Mbinga 41 km · Kigonsera 56 km · Matiri 63 km · Nkhata Bay 88 km · Maposeni 89 km · Songea 96 km · Mzuzu 112 km · Rumphi 132 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 Tingi (-11.3°, 35.0333°, elevation 1,203 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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	22	13
2	22	13
3	22	13
4	22	13
5	22	13
6	22	13
7	22	13
8	22	13
9	23	13
10	23	13
11	23	13
12	23	13
13	23	13
14	23	13
15	23	13
16	23	13
17	23	14
18	23	14
19	23	14
20	24	14
21	24	14
22	24	14
23	24	14
24	24	14
25	24	14
26	24	14
27	24	14
28	24	14
29	24	14
30	24	14
31	24	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	64	36
7	64	36
8	64	36
9	65	35
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	68	32
13	69	31
14	70	30
15	71	29
16	72	28
17	73	27
18	74	26
19	75	25
20	76	24
21	76	24
22	77	23
23	78	22
24	79	21
25	79	21
26	79	21
27	79	21
28	79	21
29	79	21
30	80	20
31	80	20

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	81	19
2	81	19
3	82	18
4	82	18
5	82	18
6	82	18
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	84	16
11	84	16
12	85	15
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	86	14
20	86	14
21	86	14
22	87	13
23	87	13
24	87	13
25	86	14
26	86	14
27	86	14
28	86	14
29	85	15
30	85	15
31	85	15