Climate averages 1991–2020
Shinyanga weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Shinyanga: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.9 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes June a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (67 km away). In June its highs average 28.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Shinyanga, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Shinyanga ranks joint 1st of 43 for the warmest June highs and 14th of 43 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 43 cities is 25.9°C; Shinyanga is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 1.9 mm to under 1 mm.
The annual picture
June 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
Shinyanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 102 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 74 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 91 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| June, selected | 29.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 24 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 80 | 10.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 113 | 16.4 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Nzega in JuneTanzania · 67 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Kahama in JuneTanzania · 93 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 2.4 mm rain
- Bariadi in JuneTanzania · 115 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 7.1 mm rain
- Mwanza in JuneTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 33 mm rain
- Sengerema in JuneTanzania · 140 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Geita in JuneTanzania · 159 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Ushirombo in JuneTanzania · 163 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Tabora in JuneTanzania · 164 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 0.4 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 Shinyanga) is explained once on the Shinyanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.