Climate averages 1991–2020

Tabora weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.5°C Daytime mean, July
Average low 16.9°C Night-time mean, July
Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tabora · average highYear overview

July is a hot month in Tabora: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (97 km away). In July its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Tabora, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tabora ranks joint 5th of 43 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 43 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 43 cities is 25.8°C; Tabora is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Tabora climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tabora, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 26.9°C18.2°C18.2°C15120.912.412 h
February 27.6°C18.5°C18.5°C11616.512.312 h
March 27.5°C18.6°C18.6°C12917.012.112 h
April 27.1°C18.5°C18.5°C8012.212.012 h
May 28.3°C18.6°C18.6°C142.911.912 h
June 28.7°C17.8°C17.8°C0.40.111.812 h
July, selected 28.5°C16.9°C16.9°C0.10.011.912 h
August 29.6°C17.8°C17.8°C0.60.211.912 h
September 31.1°C19.1°C19.1°C1.60.412.112 h
October 31.4°C20.2°C20.2°C183.012.212 h
November 29.3°C19.7°C19.7°C9411.612.312 h
December 27.2°C18.5°C18.5°C15519.712.412 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

Distance from Tabora

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tabora) is explained once on the Tabora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.