Climate averages 1991–2020
Songea weather
in June.
A warm, very dry month: the 11th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a warm month in Songea: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 13.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 4.3 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes June a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (177 km away). In June its highs average 18.0°C, 4.8°C cooler than Songea, with 3.0 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Songea ranks 35th of 43 for the warmest June highs and 18th of 43 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 43 cities is 25.9°C; Songea is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From June to July, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 22.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 4.3 mm to 3.8 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
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, selected | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 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
June in nearby cities
- Njombe in JuneTanzania · 177 kmHigh 18.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Mzuzu in JuneMalawi · 198 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 11.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Makumbako in JuneTanzania · 223 kmHigh 20.7°C · Low 11.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mafinga in JuneTanzania · 268 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 11.1°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Katumba in JuneTanzania · 275 kmHigh 20.1°C · Low 12.4°C · 9.3 mm rain
- Lichinga in JuneMozambique · 296 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 10.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Ifakara in JuneTanzania · 305 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.9°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Iringa in JuneTanzania · 324 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 12.2°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 Songea) is explained once on the Songea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.