Climate averages 1991–2020

Tunduma weather
in July.

A mild, 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.

Average high 21.8°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 10.5°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a mild month in Tunduma: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

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 38 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakonde (5 km away). In July its highs average 22.8°C, 1.0°C warmer than Tunduma, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tunduma ranks 37th of 43 for the warmest July highs and joint 5th of 43 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 43 cities is 25.8°C; Tunduma is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 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

Tunduma climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tunduma, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	22.9°C14.9°C	14.9°C	277	28.5	12.613 h
February	23.2°C14.9°C	14.9°C	221	24.9	12.412 h
March	23.0°C15.1°C	15.1°C	248	27.5	12.212 h
April	22.3°C14.7°C	14.7°C	121	17.1	11.912 h
May	22.7°C13.3°C	13.3°C	14	3.2	11.712 h
June	22.1°C11.3°C	11.3°C	0.3	0.1	11.612 h
July, selected	21.8°C10.5°C	10.5°C	0.2	0.0	11.612 h
August	24.1°C11.6°C	11.6°C	0.7	0.2	11.812 h
September	26.5°C13.1°C	13.1°C	2.6	0.6	12.012 h
October	27.8°C14.9°C	14.9°C	20	4.8	12.312 h
November	26.8°C15.4°C	15.4°C	110	14.4	12.513 h
December	24.0°C15.1°C	15.1°C	249	25.2	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

Distance from Tunduma

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