Climate averages 1991–2020

Geita weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 17.4°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 8.5 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Geita: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 8.5 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Katoro (36 km away). In July its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Geita, with 6.0 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Geita ranks 10th of 43 for the warmest July highs and 29th of 43 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 43 cities is 25.8°C; Geita is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.5 mm to 41 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Geita climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Geita, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.2°C17.3°C	17.3°C	135	22.1	12.312 h
February	27.2°C17.7°C	17.7°C	100	16.5	12.212 h
March	27.1°C17.9°C	17.9°C	149	20.3	12.112 h
April	26.3°C17.8°C	17.8°C	163	20.0	12.012 h
May	26.9°C17.9°C	17.9°C	60	9.6	12.012 h
June	27.7°C17.6°C	17.6°C	20	3.6	12.012 h
July, selected	28.2°C17.4°C	17.4°C	8.5	1.5	12.012 h
August	28.5°C17.9°C	17.9°C	41	6.4	12.012 h
September	28.4°C18.0°C	18.0°C	81	12.4	12.112 h
October	27.1°C17.9°C	17.9°C	152	21.4	12.212 h
November	25.7°C17.5°C	17.5°C	215	26.3	12.212 h
December	25.6°C17.3°C	17.3°C	191	25.0	12.312 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

Distance from Geita

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Geita) is explained once on the Geita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.