Climate averages 1991–2020
Songea weather
in July.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest 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 Songea: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 12.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.8 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (177 km away). In July its highs average 17.5°C, 5.0°C cooler than Songea, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Songea ranks joint 35th of 43 for the warmest July highs and 22nd of 43 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 43 cities is 25.8°C; Songea is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.8 mm to 5.1 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
Songea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 315 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 273 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 29 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| July, selected | 22.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| August | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 22 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 71 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 224 | 21.4 | 12.713 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
- Njombe in JulyTanzania · 177 kmHigh 17.5°C · Low 7.6°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Mzuzu in JulyMalawi · 198 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Makumbako in JulyTanzania · 223 kmHigh 20.2°C · Low 11.1°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mafinga in JulyTanzania · 268 kmHigh 19.4°C · Low 10.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Katumba in JulyTanzania · 275 kmHigh 19.7°C · Low 11.5°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Lichinga in JulyMozambique · 296 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 9.6°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Ifakara in JulyTanzania · 305 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 7.0 mm rain
- Iringa in JulyTanzania · 324 kmHigh 21.4°C · Low 11.3°C · 0.1 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 Songea) is explained once on the Songea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.