Dodoma climate

Name: Dodoma
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Dodoma is warmest in November, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 15 °C. January is the wettest month (103 mm) and August the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Dodoma averages 438 mm of rain and 352 days above 25 °C.

Tanzania · population 765,179 · 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 November 31 °C
Coldest month July 15 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 103 mm
Least cloud September 27 % cloud
Hottest on record March 35 °C
Coldest on record August 11 °C

What to expectDodoma through the year

Dodoma has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in July to 31 °C in November, a swing of 4.1 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 352 days a year reach 25 °C, 111 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 103 mm against 0 mm in August — 492 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.4 °C	103 mm	69 %
February	28.7 °C	85 mm	68 %
March	28.6 °C	85 mm	64 %
April	28.3 °C	44 mm	58 %
May	28.5 °C	7 mm	46 %
June	27.5 °C	1 mm	38 %
July	26.8 °C	under 1 mm	33 %
August	27.8 °C	under 1 mm	32 %
September	29.6 °C	under 1 mm	27 %
October	30.8 °C	4 mm	37 %
November	31.1 °C	25 mm	49 %
December	29.6 °C	83 mm	59 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.4 °C	19.0 °C	23.4 °C	34.6 °C	16.2 °C	29	9
February	28.7 °C	19.0 °C	23.6 °C	34.9 °C	16.2 °C	27	9
March	28.6 °C	19.1 °C	23.4 °C	35.3 °C	16.5 °C	29	9
April	28.3 °C	18.6 °C	22.9 °C	34.1 °C	15.9 °C	29	5
May	28.5 °C	17.6 °C	22.5 °C	33.1 °C	14.0 °C	30	5
June	27.5 °C	15.7 °C	21.2 °C	30.6 °C	11.9 °C	29	0
July	26.8 °C	14.6 °C	20.3 °C	30.0 °C	11.5 °C	29	0
August	27.8 °C	15.3 °C	21.1 °C	32.1 °C	11.2 °C	30	1
September	29.6 °C	16.4 °C	22.5 °C	33.8 °C	14.1 °C	30	11
October	30.8 °C	17.9 °C	23.8 °C	34.4 °C	15.3 °C	31	24
November	31.1 °C	18.9 °C	24.4 °C	34.3 °C	16.1 °C	30	24
December	29.6 °C	19.2 °C	24.0 °C	34.6 °C	16.8 °C	29	16

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	103 mm	14	12 h/day	69 %	69 %	14 km/h
February	85 mm	12	12 h/day	68 %	68 %	15 km/h
March	85 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	70 %	16 km/h
April	44 mm	8	12 h/day	58 %	68 %	19 km/h
May	7 mm	2	12 h/day	46 %	61 %	21 km/h
June	1 mm	0	12 h/day	38 %	54 %	21 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	33 %	52 %	21 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	32 %	53 %	23 km/h
September	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	27 %	52 %	24 km/h
October	4 mm	1	12 h/day	37 %	52 %	24 km/h
November	25 mm	3	12 h/day	49 %	56 %	22 km/h
December	83 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	63 %	18 km/h

How Dodoma 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
Dodoma	31 °C	15 °C	438 mm	352
Iringa · Tanzania	26 °C	11 °C	651 mm	82
Singida · Tanzania	29 °C	13 °C	608 mm	257
Morogoro · Tanzania	31 °C	17 °C	853 mm	357
Ifakara · Tanzania	33 °C	17 °C	883 mm	358
Arusha · Tanzania	28 °C	12 °C	844 mm	172
Tabora · Tanzania	31 °C	17 °C	769 mm	348

Where Dodoma ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in September	22nd of 50	0.3 mm
The driest places in Africa in October	26th of 50	3.7 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	45th of 50	0.2 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Dodoma’s climate

When is the best time to visit Dodoma?

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

How hot does Dodoma get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 111 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Dodoma?

January, averaging 103 mm over 14 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 438 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 Dodoma 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: -6.172°, 35.739° (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.