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Places with the best weather in Africa in August: ranked by comfort score

Sumbawanga tops the list at 98 /100 in August. Ranked from 1991–2020 climate normals across 50 destinations in Africa.

Top three in August: Sumbawanga (98 /100) , Kitengela (98 /100) , Blantyre (97 /100) . Between first and 50th place the comfort differs by 6.8 /100.

# Destination Country Comfort Avg high Avg low Rainfall Wet days Sunshine Sea temp
1 Sumbawanga Tanzania 98 /100 24 °C 12 °C 2 mm 0 360 h –
2 Kitengela Kenya 98 /100 23 °C 13 °C 16 mm 3 265 h –
3 Blantyre Malawi 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 7 mm 2 326 h –
4 Lichinga Mozambique 97 /100 23 °C 11 °C 2 mm 0 324 h –
5 Nairobi Kenya 97 /100 22 °C 13 °C 22 mm 4 267 h –
6 Songea Tanzania 97 /100 24 °C 13 °C 5 mm 1 324 h –
7 Mwala Kenya 97 /100 24 °C 14 °C 5 mm 2 255 h –
8 Arusha Tanzania 97 /100 23 °C 13 °C 8 mm 2 323 h –
9 Mutare Zimbabwe 96 /100 23 °C 11 °C 6 mm 2 331 h –
10 Gitega Burundi 96 /100 25 °C 15 °C 6 mm 1 342 h –
11 Mzuzu Malawi 96 /100 21 °C 12 °C 17 mm 5 353 h –
12 Mbeya Tanzania 96 /100 25 °C 13 °C 3 mm 1 358 h –
13 Gweru Zimbabwe 96 /100 24 °C 11 °C 1 mm 0 334 h –
14 Harare Zimbabwe 96 /100 23 °C 9.6 °C 1 mm 0 340 h –
15 Chimoio Mozambique 95 /100 25 °C 13 °C 9 mm 3 320 h –
16 Polokwane South Africa 95 /100 22 °C 8.7 °C 4 mm 1 326 h –
17 Iringa Tanzania 95 /100 23 °C 12 °C 0 mm 0 349 h –
18 Tunduma Tanzania 95 /100 24 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 355 h –
19 Bukavu Democratic Republic of the Congo 95 /100 25 °C 16 °C 28 mm 4 344 h –
20 Moshi Tanzania 95 /100 24 °C 16 °C 17 mm 4 312 h –
21 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe 95 /100 24 °C 9.5 °C 1 mm 0 338 h –
22 Gurúè Mozambique 95 /100 25 °C 14 °C 24 mm 5 325 h –
23 Lilongwe Malawi 95 /100 25 °C 12 °C 1 mm 0 339 h –
24 KwaDukuza South Africa 94 /100 23 °C 14 °C 32 mm 6 282 h 21 °C
25 Lusaka Zambia 94 /100 25 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 346 h –
26 Kigali Rwanda 94 /100 26 °C 15 °C 22 mm 4 321 h –
27 Soshanguve South Africa 93 /100 23 °C 8.3 °C 6 mm 1 327 h –
28 Rustenburg South Africa 93 /100 23 °C 8.1 °C 7 mm 1 329 h –
29 Bulawayo Zimbabwe 93 /100 24 °C 10.0 °C 1 mm 0 332 h –
30 Chipata Zambia 93 /100 26 °C 14 °C 1 mm 0 340 h –
31 Mthatha South Africa 93 /100 21 °C 8.3 °C 31 mm 5 285 h –
32 Mbabane Eswatini 92 /100 21 °C 8.4 °C 32 mm 6 292 h –
33 Pretoria South Africa 92 /100 22 °C 7.6 °C 7 mm 1 324 h –
34 East London South Africa 92 /100 21 °C 13 °C 40 mm 6 292 h 20 °C
35 Pietermaritzburg South Africa 92 /100 23 °C 8.5 °C 32 mm 6 284 h –
36 Mossamedes Angola 92 /100 22 °C 15 °C 0 mm 0 327 h 19 °C
37 Maputo Mozambique 92 /100 25 °C 16 °C 14 mm 3 301 h –
38 Thika Kenya 92 /100 23 °C 13 °C 33 mm 9 256 h –
39 Musanze Rwanda 92 /100 24 °C 15 °C 61 mm 9 330 h –
40 Gaborone Botswana 92 /100 25 °C 8.9 °C 3 mm 1 330 h –
41 Benguela Angola 92 /100 24 °C 18 °C 1 mm 0 343 h 21 °C
42 Centurion South Africa 92 /100 22 °C 7.0 °C 7 mm 1 325 h –
43 Durban South Africa 91 /100 22 °C 15 °C 35 mm 6 286 h 21 °C
44 Kabwe Zambia 91 /100 26 °C 13 °C 0 mm 0 344 h –
45 Middelburg South Africa 91 /100 21 °C 6.5 °C 9 mm 2 322 h –
46 Antananarivo Madagascar 91 /100 20 °C 10 °C 4 mm 1 299 h –
47 Vryheid South Africa 91 /100 22 °C 6.9 °C 23 mm 4 291 h –
48 Kariega South Africa 91 /100 21 °C 9.8 °C 36 mm 5 297 h 17 °C
49 Antsirabe Madagascar 91 /100 21 °C 8.0 °C 6 mm 1 336 h –
50 Karuri Kenya 91 /100 23 °C 14 °C 28 mm 9 272 h –

Monthly values for the month named in the ranking; only destinations with a published climate page are ranked. Download this ranking as CSV.

The same ranking one month earlier and later

July: top 5

  1. Musanze 99 /100
  2. Gitega 99 /100
  3. Songea 98 /100
  4. Sumbawanga 98 /100
  5. Mwala 97 /100

Full ranking for July

September: top 5

  1. Ongata Rongai 97 /100
  2. Asmara 97 /100
  3. Kikuyu 97 /100
  4. Mzuzu 97 /100
  5. Arusha 96 /100

Full ranking for September

How this ranking is built

What is ranked
Our 0–100 comfort score for sightseeing weather (formula on the methodology page), in August, highest first.
Period
1991–2020 climate normals: the same 30 years for every destination, so the list compares like with like.
Who is included
50 destinations in Africa with a published climate page. Neighbouring places that share a climate series are shown once.
Ties
Equal values are ordered by fewest wet days.
Sources
ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis via Open-Meteo; sea temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1. Measured values are reproduced unchanged; only the ordering and the score is ours.

Data sources and method

Normal period
1991–2020
Dataset version
era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: ranking order, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.