Climate averages 1991–2020

Weather in Tanzania.

ClimaNote covers 43 cities in Tanzania, starting with Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and Dodoma. Open a city for charts and a table of all 12 months, or open a month for a side-by-side comparison of cities in the atlas.

Across these cities the yearly average high ranges from 20.4°C in Njombe to 30.0°C in Masasi, and yearly rainfall from 431 mm in Dodoma to 2,083 mm in Katumba. The hottest city-month is February in Tanga, with an average high of 32.9°C (tied with November in Masasi), and the coolest is July in Njombe, at 17.5°C. By single month, the most rain falls in January in Katumba, with 456 mm.

February is the warmest month in 10 cities, September in 9, October in 9, November in 9 and August in 3 (in 3 other cities two or more months tie); July is the coolest in 20 cities, December in 8, January in 4, June in 3, April in 2 and November in 1 (in 5 other cities two or more months tie). January is the wettest month in 12 cities, April in 9, March in 7, November in 7, December in 7 and May in 1; July is the driest in 33 cities, August in 5 and September in 2 (in 3 other cities two or more months tie). Of these cities, 13 have a month with under 1 mm of rain and 4 have a month with more than 300 mm of rain; none has a month with an average high below 2.0°C.

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Cities in Tanzania

Yearly averages

Dar es Salaam Region

Yearly climate averages for cities in Dar es Salaam Region
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Dar es Salaam	29°C	24°C	997

Mwanza

Yearly climate averages for cities in Mwanza
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Mwanza	25°C	21°C	1,642
Sengerema	27°C	18°C	1,125

Dodoma

Yearly climate averages for cities in Dodoma
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Dodoma	29°C	18°C	431
Kondoa	27°C	15°C	531

Morogoro

Yearly climate averages for cities in Morogoro
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Morogoro	29°C	20°C	875
Ifakara	29°C	21°C	808
Kilosa	29°C	20°C	843

Zanzibar Urban/West

Yearly climate averages for cities in Zanzibar Urban/West
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Zanzibar	29°C	24°C	873

Arusha

Yearly climate averages for cities in Arusha
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Arusha	25°C	15°C	752

Shinyanga

Yearly climate averages for cities in Shinyanga
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Kahama	28°C	18°C	762
Shinyanga	30°C	19°C	591

Tanga

Yearly climate averages for cities in Tanga
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Tanga	30°C	23°C	859
Handeni	27°C	19°C	1,173

Geita

Yearly climate averages for cities in Geita
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Geita	27°C	18°C	1,315
Ushirombo	28°C	18°C	918
Katoro	27°C	18°C	1,330

Mara

Yearly climate averages for cities in Mara
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Bunda	27°C	18°C	1,191
Musoma	26°C	20°C	1,209
Tarime	27°C	16°C	1,083

Kigoma

Yearly climate averages for cities in Kigoma
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Kasulu	27°C	17°C	1,568
Kigoma	27°C	23°C	1,854

Tabora

Yearly climate averages for cities in Tabora
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Tabora	29°C	19°C	760
Nzega	29°C	18°C	705

Pwani

Yearly climate averages for cities in Pwani
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Kibaha	30°C	22°C	979
Bagamoyo	30°C	23°C	867
Vikindu	29°C	24°C	930

Songwe

Yearly climate averages for cities in Songwe
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Tunduma	24°C	14°C	1,264
Vwawa	25°C	15°C	1,225

Rukwa

Yearly climate averages for cities in Rukwa
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Sumbawanga	23°C	14°C	1,497

Iringa

Yearly climate averages for cities in Iringa
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Iringa	23°C	14°C	671
Mafinga	22°C	13°C	1,415

Ruvuma

Yearly climate averages for cities in Ruvuma
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Songea	26°C	16°C	1,341

Simiyu

Yearly climate averages for cities in Simiyu
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Bariadi	28°C	18°C	894

Singida

Yearly climate averages for cities in Singida
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Singida	26°C	16°C	609

Mtwara

Yearly climate averages for cities in Mtwara
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Mtwara	29°C	24°C	879
Masasi	30°C	20°C	647

Njombe

Yearly climate averages for cities in Njombe
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Makumbako	23°C	14°C	784
Njombe	20°C	11°C	1,115

Katavi

Yearly climate averages for cities in Katavi
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Mpanda	29°C	18°C	909

Kagera

Yearly climate averages for cities in Kagera
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Bukoba	24°C	20°C	1,420

Mbeya

Yearly climate averages for cities in Mbeya
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Katumba	24°C	15°C	2,083

Lindi

Yearly climate averages for cities in Lindi
City	Average high	Average low	Rain mm/year
Lindi	30°C	23°C	904

Yearly average of the 12 monthly values for 1991–2020. Open a city for every month.