Climate averages 1991–2020
Musoma weather
in July.
A warm, fairly 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 warm month in Musoma: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bunda (59 km away). In July its highs average 28.1°C, 1.6°C warmer than Musoma, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Musoma ranks joint 26th 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; Musoma is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 54 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
Musoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 12.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 140 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 178 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 115 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 42 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July, selected | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 25 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 67 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 126 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 150 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 140 | 20.3 | 12.212 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
- Bunda in JulyTanzania · 59 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Tarime in JulyTanzania · 65 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 15.8°C · 21 mm rain
- Migori in JulyKenya · 89 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Kisii in JulyKenya · 141 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Bariadi in JulyTanzania · 146 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Mwanza in JulyTanzania · 151 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 12 mm rain
- Sengerema in JulyTanzania · 182 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Kisumu in JulyKenya · 189 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 92 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 Musoma) is explained once on the Musoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.