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Dongwe in August

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Dongwe is warm: highs near 83°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 55 minutes.August in Dongwe is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 55 minutes.

High
83°F28°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 37% of days
Daylight
11h 55mon average

Is August a good time to visit Dongwe?

Yes. August is one of Dongwe's best months (July to September).

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 83°F in August, against 83°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in August, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

37% of days in August, against 23% to 93% through the year.

Cloud cover

37% cover in August, against 37% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

11h 55m in August, against 11h 46m to 12h 29m 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. July83°28°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. August83°28°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. September85°29°low 74°low 23°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Dongwe sits, in August

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
6:30 AMsets 6:24 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zanzibar (Stone Town)38 km west

The land around Dongwe, 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 Dongwe

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dongwe. 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.