Climate averages 1991–2020
Dar es Salaam weather
in July.
A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the joint 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Dar es Salaam: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vikindu (21 km away). In July its highs average 26.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Dar es Salaam, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam ranks joint 17th of 43 for the warmest July highs and joint 39th of 43 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 43 cities is 25.8°C; Dar es Salaam is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 25 mm.
The annual picture
July in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Dar es Salaam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 53 | 10.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 52 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 156 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 229 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 152 | 20.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 39 | 11.4 | 11.712 h |
| July, selected | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 25 | 8.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 25 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 57 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 92 | 17.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 18.0 | 12.513 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
July in nearby cities
- Vikindu in JulyTanzania · 21 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Kibaha in JulyTanzania · 39 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in JulyTanzania · 59 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Zanzibar in JulyTanzania · 74 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 22 mm rain
- Morogoro in JulyTanzania · 178 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.3°C · 9.1 mm rain
- Tanga in JulyTanzania · 196 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.2°C · 35 mm rain
- Handeni in JulyTanzania · 208 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 29 mm rain
- Kilosa in JulyTanzania · 252 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.5°C · 8.4 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Dar es Salaam) is explained once on the Dar es Salaam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.