Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwanza 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.
July is a warm month in Mwanza: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sengerema (32 km away). In July its highs average 28.0°C, 2.5°C warmer than Mwanza, with 7.7 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mwanza ranks 29th of 43 for the warmest July highs and joint 32nd of 43 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 43 cities is 25.8°C; Mwanza is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs stay level at 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 53 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
Mwanza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 159 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 116 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 181 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 195 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 88 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 25.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| July, selected | 25.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 25.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 53 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 104 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 211 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 266 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 224 | 25.7 | 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
- Sengerema in JulyTanzania · 32 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 7.7 mm rain
- Geita in JulyTanzania · 84 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Katoro in JulyTanzania · 120 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Bunda in JulyTanzania · 121 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Bariadi in JulyTanzania · 124 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Shinyanga in JulyTanzania · 140 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Kahama in JulyTanzania · 150 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Ushirombo in JulyTanzania · 150 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.6 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 Mwanza) is explained once on the Mwanza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.