Bunda climate

Name: Bunda
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Bunda is warmest in September, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. November is the wettest month (170 mm) and July the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bunda averages 1,169 mm of rain and 323 days above 25 °C.

Tanzania · population 182,970 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month September 29 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month July 11 mm
Wettest month November 170 mm
Least cloud August 53 % cloud
Hottest on record February 36 °C
Coldest on record June 13 °C

What to expectBunda through the year

Bunda changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 28 and 29 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 323 days a year reach 25 °C, 45 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 170 mm against 11 mm in July — 16 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.7 °C	119 mm	65 %
February	27.8 °C	99 mm	63 %
March	27.6 °C	142 mm	67 %
April	26.8 °C	170 mm	78 %
May	26.9 °C	79 mm	65 %
June	27.5 °C	25 mm	60 %
July	28.2 °C	11 mm	54 %
August	28.6 °C	32 mm	53 %
September	29.2 °C	53 mm	58 %
October	28.5 °C	107 mm	72 %
November	26.9 °C	170 mm	77 %
December	26.3 °C	162 mm	68 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.7 °C	17.9 °C	22.0 °C	35.1 °C	15.1 °C	25	2
February	27.8 °C	18.3 °C	22.7 °C	36.2 °C	15.6 °C	26	5
March	27.6 °C	18.3 °C	22.6 °C	34.8 °C	15.1 °C	27	5
April	26.8 °C	18.1 °C	22.1 °C	34.0 °C	15.2 °C	25	2
May	26.9 °C	18.0 °C	22.2 °C	31.7 °C	13.9 °C	28	1
June	27.5 °C	17.8 °C	22.5 °C	32.1 °C	13.2 °C	28	1
July	28.2 °C	17.4 °C	22.7 °C	31.9 °C	13.6 °C	30	2
August	28.6 °C	18.0 °C	23.1 °C	33.0 °C	14.6 °C	30	7
September	29.2 °C	18.6 °C	23.5 °C	34.8 °C	14.8 °C	29	11
October	28.5 °C	18.8 °C	23.1 °C	34.5 °C	15.9 °C	28	8
November	26.9 °C	18.1 °C	22.0 °C	33.7 °C	15.4 °C	24	2
December	26.3 °C	17.8 °C	21.7 °C	33.0 °C	15.2 °C	23	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	119 mm	18	12 h/day	65 %	76 %	12 km/h
February	99 mm	15	12 h/day	63 %	73 %	13 km/h
March	142 mm	19	12 h/day	67 %	75 %	12 km/h
April	170 mm	21	12 h/day	78 %	78 %	11 km/h
May	79 mm	13	12 h/day	65 %	73 %	11 km/h
June	25 mm	5	12 h/day	60 %	63 %	12 km/h
July	11 mm	2	12 h/day	54 %	56 %	14 km/h
August	32 mm	6	12 h/day	53 %	57 %	14 km/h
September	53 mm	9	12 h/day	58 %	60 %	14 km/h
October	107 mm	16	12 h/day	72 %	68 %	14 km/h
November	170 mm	22	12 h/day	77 %	76 %	12 km/h
December	162 mm	22	12 h/day	68 %	78 %	12 km/h

How Bunda compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bunda	29 °C	17 °C	1,169 mm	323
Musoma · Tanzania	27 °C	19 °C	1,186 mm	270
Bariadi · Tanzania	30 °C	17 °C	877 mm	341
Mwanza · Tanzania	26 °C	20 °C	1,613 mm	224
Geita · Tanzania	28 °C	17 °C	1,308 mm	311
Kisumu · Kenya	30 °C	18 °C	1,785 mm	343
Kahama · Tanzania	30 °C	17 °C	761 mm	344

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bunda.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bunda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bunda?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bunda get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 45 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bunda?

November, averaging 170 mm over 22 days with rain. The driest month is July with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,169 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bunda rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -2.022°, 33.871° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.