Climate averages 1991–2020

Tanga weather
in July.

A warm, fairly dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.1°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 21.2°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 35 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Tanga: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Ukunda (101 km away). In July its highs average 26.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Tanga, with 74 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tanga ranks 21st of 43 for the warmest July highs and 43rd of 43 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 43 cities is 25.8°C; Tanga is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 40 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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

Every month, side by side

Tanga climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tanga, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	32.6°C25.1°C	25.1°C	31	8.1	12.412 h
February	32.9°C25.2°C	25.2°C	31	6.4	12.312 h
March	32.1°C25.1°C	25.1°C	87	18.9	12.112 h
April	29.7°C24.3°C	24.3°C	148	23.3	12.012 h
May	28.0°C23.2°C	23.2°C	165	18.4	11.912 h
June	27.4°C22.0°C	22.0°C	44	11.7	11.812 h
July, selected	27.1°C21.2°C	21.2°C	35	11.2	11.912 h
August	27.5°C21.0°C	21.0°C	40	12.9	11.912 h
September	28.5°C21.6°C	21.6°C	40	13.5	12.112 h
October	29.3°C22.5°C	22.5°C	87	16.2	12.212 h
November	29.9°C23.5°C	23.5°C	84	19.2	12.312 h
December	31.4°C24.5°C	24.5°C	68	16.5	12.412 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 Tanga

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 Tanga) is explained once on the Tanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.