Geita climate
Geita is warmest in August, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in December, when nights average 17 °C. November is the wettest month (213 mm) and July the driest (8.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Geita averages 1,308 mm of rain and 311 days above 25 °C.
Tanzania · population 318,006 · 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 August 28 °C
- Coldest month December 17 °C
- Driest month July 8 mm
- Wettest month November 213 mm
- Least cloud July 49 % cloud
- Hottest on record February 33 °C
- Coldest on record September 13 °C
What to expectGeita through the year
Geita changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 26 and 28 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 311 days a year reach 25 °C, 18 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in February.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 213 mm against 8 mm in July — 26 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1 °C | 136 mm | 72 % |
| February | 27.1 °C | 98 mm | 70 % |
| March | 27.0 °C | 150 mm | 73 % |
| April | 26.2 °C | 160 mm | 78 % |
| May | 26.8 °C | 60 mm | 65 % |
| June | 27.6 °C | 21 mm | 58 % |
| July | 28.1 °C | 8 mm | 49 % |
| August | 28.4 °C | 42 mm | 52 % |
| September | 28.2 °C | 82 mm | 57 % |
| October | 27.0 °C | 148 mm | 72 % |
| November | 25.6 °C | 213 mm | 79 % |
| December | 25.6 °C | 191 mm | 74 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1 °C | 17.2 °C | 21.3 °C | 30.5 °C | 14.5 °C | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 27.1 °C | 17.5 °C | 22.0 °C | 33.1 °C | 14.7 °C | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 27.0 °C | 17.8 °C | 22.0 °C | 32.7 °C | 15.4 °C | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| April | 26.2 °C | 17.7 °C | 21.6 °C | 30.9 °C | 14.7 °C | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 26.8 °C | 17.8 °C | 22.0 °C | 31.0 °C | 13.8 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 27.6 °C | 17.4 °C | 22.3 °C | 30.8 °C | 13.4 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 28.1 °C | 17.2 °C | 22.4 °C | 31.0 °C | 13.2 °C | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| August | 28.4 °C | 17.7 °C | 22.7 °C | 31.8 °C | 14.1 °C | 29 | 4 | 0 |
| September | 28.2 °C | 17.8 °C | 22.6 °C | 33.1 °C | 13.1 °C | 28 | 7 | 0 |
| October | 27.0 °C | 17.8 °C | 22.0 °C | 32.4 °C | 15.2 °C | 26 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 25.6 °C | 17.4 °C | 21.1 °C | 30.2 °C | 15.1 °C | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 25.6 °C | 17.2 °C | 21.0 °C | 29.6 °C | 15.0 °C | 20 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 136 mm | 22 | 12 h/day | 72 % | 80 % | 9.8 km/h |
| February | 98 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 70 % | 77 % | 10 km/h |
| March | 150 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 73 % | 78 % | 10 km/h |
| April | 160 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 79 % | 11 km/h |
| May | 60 mm | 9 | 12 h/day | 65 % | 69 % | 12 km/h |
| June | 21 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 56 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 8 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 49 % | 47 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 42 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 52 % | 53 % | 14 km/h |
| September | 82 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 57 % | 63 % | 13 km/h |
| October | 148 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 72 % | 74 % | 11 km/h |
| November | 213 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 79 % | 82 % | 9.5 km/h |
| December | 191 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 74 % | 82 % | 9.2 km/h |
How Geita 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geita | 28 °C | 17 °C | 1,308 mm | 311 |
| Mwanza · Tanzania | 26 °C | 20 °C | 1,613 mm | 224 |
| Kahama · Tanzania | 30 °C | 17 °C | 761 mm | 344 |
| Bariadi · Tanzania | 30 °C | 17 °C | 877 mm | 341 |
| Bunda · Tanzania | 29 °C | 17 °C | 1,169 mm | 323 |
| Musoma · Tanzania | 27 °C | 19 °C | 1,186 mm | 270 |
| Tabora · Tanzania | 31 °C | 17 °C | 769 mm | 348 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Geita.
QuestionsCommon questions about Geita’s climate
When is the best time to visit Geita?
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, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Geita get?
In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 18 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 17 °C in December, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Geita?
November, averaging 213 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is July with 8 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,308 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 Geita 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.