Kigoma climate
Kigoma is warmest in September, with average highs of 28 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 22 °C. December is the wettest month (291 mm) and July the driest (1.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Kigoma averages 1,808 mm of rain and 333 days above 25 °C.
Tanzania · population 232,388 · 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 28 °C
- Coldest month July 22 °C
- Driest month July 1 mm
- Wettest month December 291 mm
- Least cloud July 36 % cloud
- Hottest on record October 32 °C
- Coldest on record June 17 °C
What to expectKigoma through the year
Kigoma changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 27 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, 333 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in October.
Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 291 mm against 1 mm in July — 227 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0 °C | 244 mm | 86 % |
| February | 26.6 °C | 202 mm | 85 % |
| March | 26.3 °C | 264 mm | 85 % |
| April | 26.1 °C | 247 mm | 82 % |
| May | 26.6 °C | 98 mm | 62 % |
| June | 26.7 °C | 12 mm | 45 % |
| July | 26.6 °C | 1 mm | 36 % |
| August | 27.3 °C | 7 mm | 38 % |
| September | 28.0 °C | 28 mm | 51 % |
| October | 27.1 °C | 142 mm | 76 % |
| November | 25.8 °C | 270 mm | 87 % |
| December | 25.6 °C | 291 mm | 87 % |
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 | 26.0 °C | 22.5 °C | 24.5 °C | 29.2 °C | 19.8 °C | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 26.6 °C | 23.0 °C | 25.0 °C | 31.7 °C | 20.8 °C | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 26.3 °C | 22.8 °C | 24.7 °C | 29.1 °C | 20.7 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 26.1 °C | 22.4 °C | 24.3 °C | 31.3 °C | 20.2 °C | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 26.6 °C | 22.8 °C | 24.7 °C | 30.9 °C | 17.9 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 26.7 °C | 22.6 °C | 24.8 °C | 30.2 °C | 17.0 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 26.6 °C | 22.0 °C | 24.5 °C | 29.5 °C | 17.0 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 27.3 °C | 22.7 °C | 25.2 °C | 31.5 °C | 17.3 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 28.0 °C | 23.7 °C | 25.9 °C | 31.9 °C | 19.1 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 27.1 °C | 23.6 °C | 25.5 °C | 32.3 °C | 20.4 °C | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 25.8 °C | 22.8 °C | 24.5 °C | 30.1 °C | 19.7 °C | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 25.6 °C | 22.4 °C | 24.1 °C | 28.1 °C | 20.3 °C | 23 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 244 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 79 % | 9.1 km/h |
| February | 202 mm | 24 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 78 % | 9.4 km/h |
| March | 264 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 80 % | 9.4 km/h |
| April | 247 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 81 % | 9.7 km/h |
| May | 98 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 62 % | 75 % | 11 km/h |
| June | 12 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 45 % | 66 % | 13 km/h |
| July | 1 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 36 % | 61 % | 15 km/h |
| August | 7 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 38 % | 61 % | 15 km/h |
| September | 28 mm | 5 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 62 % | 15 km/h |
| October | 142 mm | 18 | 12 h/day | 76 % | 70 % | 13 km/h |
| November | 270 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 78 % | 10 km/h |
| December | 291 mm | 29 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 80 % | 9.2 km/h |
How Kigoma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kigoma | 28 °C | 22 °C | 1,808 mm | 333 |
| Kasulu · Tanzania | 30 °C | 16 °C | 1,540 mm | 291 |
| Kalemie · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 30 °C | 20 °C | 1,133 mm | 344 |
| Gitega · Burundi | 26 °C | 14 °C | 758 mm | 70 |
| Bujumbura · Burundi | 28 °C | 22 °C | 475 mm | 344 |
| Uvira · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 28 °C | 22 °C | 499 mm | 350 |
| Mpanda · Tanzania | 32 °C | 15 °C | 909 mm | 346 |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Kigoma’s climate
When is the best time to visit Kigoma?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. April, 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 Kigoma get?
In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 28 °C. About 2 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 22 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Kigoma?
December, averaging 291 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,808 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 Kigoma 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
- -4.877°, 29.627° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- 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.