Iringa climate

Name: Iringa
Address: TZ

Iringa is warmest in November, with average highs of 26 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (158 mm) and July the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Iringa averages 651 mm of rain and 82 days above 25 °C.

Tanzania · population 202,490 · 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 26 °C
Coldest month July 11 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 158 mm
Least cloud September 28 % cloud
Hottest on record October 32 °C
Coldest on record July 7.8 °C

What to expectIringa through the year

Iringa has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 22 °C in July to 26 °C in November, a swing of 4.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 82 days a year reach 25 °C, 0 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 158 mm against 0 mm in July — 751 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.3 °C	158 mm	79 %
February	23.5 °C	120 mm	79 %
March	23.3 °C	126 mm	76 %
April	22.6 °C	58 mm	65 %
May	22.8 °C	10 mm	45 %
June	22.3 °C	1 mm	35 %
July	21.6 °C	under 1 mm	28 %
August	22.8 °C	under 1 mm	30 %
September	24.5 °C	1 mm	28 %
October	25.7 °C	9 mm	38 %
November	26.0 °C	40 mm	53 %
December	24.5 °C	128 mm	67 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C
January	23.3 °C	15.2 °C	19.0 °C	28.8 °C	12.4 °C	4
February	23.5 °C	15.3 °C	19.1 °C	27.6 °C	12.0 °C	4
March	23.3 °C	15.6 °C	19.0 °C	28.2 °C	11.9 °C	3
April	22.6 °C	15.5 °C	18.4 °C	27.2 °C	12.1 °C	1
May	22.8 °C	14.2 °C	17.8 °C	26.0 °C	10.5 °C	1
June	22.3 °C	12.3 °C	16.5 °C	26.8 °C	8.7 °C	1
July	21.6 °C	11.4 °C	15.8 °C	27.1 °C	7.8 °C	1
August	22.8 °C	11.9 °C	16.7 °C	29.1 °C	8.0 °C	3
September	24.5 °C	12.8 °C	18.0 °C	30.0 °C	10.4 °C	10
October	25.7 °C	14.2 °C	19.4 °C	32.1 °C	11.1 °C	20
November	26.0 °C	15.1 °C	20.1 °C	30.2 °C	12.0 °C	22
December	24.5 °C	15.4 °C	19.6 °C	29.7 °C	12.0 °C	12

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	158 mm	23	13 h/day	79 %	81 %	12 km/h
February	120 mm	19	12 h/day	79 %	81 %	12 km/h
March	126 mm	20	12 h/day	76 %	82 %	13 km/h
April	58 mm	10	12 h/day	65 %	79 %	17 km/h
May	10 mm	2	12 h/day	45 %	71 %	19 km/h
June	1 mm	0	12 h/day	35 %	65 %	20 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	62 %	21 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	61 %	21 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	28 %	59 %	21 km/h
October	9 mm	2	12 h/day	38 %	59 %	20 km/h
November	40 mm	7	12 h/day	53 %	64 %	18 km/h
December	128 mm	18	13 h/day	67 %	74 %	13 km/h

How Iringa 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
Iringa	26 °C	11 °C	651 mm	82
Ifakara · Tanzania	33 °C	17 °C	883 mm	358
Dodoma · Tanzania	31 °C	15 °C	438 mm	352
Morogoro · Tanzania	31 °C	17 °C	853 mm	357
Mbeya · Tanzania	27 °C	12 °C	1,930 mm	124
Songea · Tanzania	29 °C	12 °C	1,275 mm	199
Singida · Tanzania	29 °C	13 °C	608 mm	257

Where Iringa ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	11th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa year-round	16th of 50	86/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	17th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	25th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in May	29th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in October	29th of 50	92/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Iringa’s climate

When is the best time to visit Iringa?

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

How hot does Iringa get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 26 °C. About 0 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Iringa?

January, averaging 158 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 651 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 Iringa 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: -7.767°, 35.700° (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.