Climate averages 1991–2020
Kahama weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 4th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kahama: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (77 km away). In July its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Kahama, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kahama ranks joint 5th of 43 for the warmest July highs and 14th of 43 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 43 cities is 25.8°C; Kahama is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.0 mm to 7.1 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
Kahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 114 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 87 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 104 | 15.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| July, selected | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.1 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 42 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 117 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 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
- Nzega in JulyTanzania · 77 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 16.6°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Ushirombo in JulyTanzania · 80 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.6 mm rain
- Shinyanga in JulyTanzania · 93 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Geita in JulyTanzania · 114 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Katoro in JulyTanzania · 119 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Sengerema in JulyTanzania · 130 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Tabora in JulyTanzania · 134 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mwanza in JulyTanzania · 150 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 12 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 Kahama) is explained once on the Kahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.