Climate averages 1991–2020

Kigoma weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the joint 6th 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 26.5°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 22.5°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 1.3 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Kigoma: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 1.3 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 52 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasulu (62 km away). In July its highs average 27.6°C, 1.1°C warmer than Kigoma, with 2.8 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks joint 26th of 43 for the warmest July highs and 16th of 43 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 43 cities is 25.8°C; Kigoma is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.3 mm to 6.2 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

Kigoma climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kigoma, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.1°C22.8°C	22.8°C	255	27.9	12.412 h
February	26.6°C23.3°C	23.3°C	203	24.0	12.312 h
March	26.4°C23.0°C	23.0°C	271	27.8	12.112 h
April	26.0°C22.6°C	22.6°C	264	26.3	12.012 h
May	26.5°C23.1°C	23.1°C	104	15.6	11.912 h
June	26.6°C23.1°C	23.1°C	11	2.2	11.812 h
July, selected	26.5°C22.5°C	22.5°C	1.3	0.3	11.912 h
August	27.2°C23.2°C	23.2°C	6.2	1.2	12.012 h
September	27.9°C24.2°C	24.2°C	24	4.9	12.112 h
October	27.1°C24.0°C	24.0°C	142	18.0	12.212 h
November	25.9°C23.1°C	23.1°C	276	27.0	12.312 h
December	25.6°C22.6°C	22.6°C	298	29.5	12.412 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 Kigoma

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 Kigoma) is explained once on the Kigoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.