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Dar es Salaam in August

Hot and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Dar es Salaam is hot: highs near 85°F, lows near 72°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 54 minutes.August in Dar es Salaam is hot: highs near 29°C, lows near 22°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 54 minutes.

High
85°F29°Caverage
Low
72°F22°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
11h 54mon average

Is August a good time to visit Dar es Salaam?

Yes. August is one of Dar es Salaam's best months (June to August).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 85°F in August, against 84°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in August, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in August, against 23% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

35% cover in August, against 35% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

11h 54m in August, against 11h 44m to 12h 31m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July84°29°low 72°low 22°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. August85°29°low 72°low 22°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. September87°31°low 73°low 23°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Dar es Salaam sits, in August

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:31 AMsets 6:24 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zanzibar (Stone Town)73 km north

The land around Dar es Salaam, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Dar es Salaam

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 10 km south of Dar es Salaam. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.