Mbeya climate

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Mbeya is warmest in October, with average highs of 27 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (407 mm) and July the driest (1.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mbeya averages 1,930 mm of rain and 124 days above 25 °C.

Tanzania · population 541,603 · 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 October 27 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month July 1 mm
Wettest month January 407 mm
Least cloud September 37 % cloud
Hottest on record November 32 °C
Coldest on record July 7.7 °C

What to expectMbeya through the year

Mbeya has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in July to 27 °C in October, a swing of 4.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 124 days a year reach 25 °C, 2 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in November.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 407 mm against 1 mm in July — 362 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.7 °C	407 mm	90 %
February	24.0 °C	329 mm	89 %
March	23.9 °C	384 mm	87 %
April	23.2 °C	193 mm	77 %
May	23.3 °C	32 mm	60 %
June	22.8 °C	3 mm	50 %
July	22.9 °C	1 mm	46 %
August	24.7 °C	3 mm	39 %
September	26.6 °C	8 mm	37 %
October	27.1 °C	45 mm	50 %
November	26.3 °C	168 mm	66 %
December	24.6 °C	355 mm	81 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.7 °C	16.1 °C	19.4 °C	28.6 °C	13.9 °C	5	0
February	24.0 °C	16.0 °C	19.5 °C	27.7 °C	13.4 °C	6	0
March	23.9 °C	15.9 °C	19.3 °C	27.4 °C	13.6 °C	5	0
April	23.2 °C	15.5 °C	18.8 °C	27.0 °C	11.8 °C	1	0
May	23.3 °C	14.3 °C	18.2 °C	26.2 °C	11.0 °C	1	0
June	22.8 °C	12.3 °C	16.9 °C	26.5 °C	8.5 °C	1	0
July	22.9 °C	11.6 °C	16.5 °C	27.5 °C	7.7 °C	2	0
August	24.7 °C	12.7 °C	18.1 °C	29.0 °C	8.9 °C	14	0
September	26.6 °C	14.3 °C	20.0 °C	30.7 °C	10.2 °C	26	0
October	27.1 °C	15.9 °C	21.1 °C	31.3 °C	12.6 °C	27	1
November	26.3 °C	16.4 °C	20.9 °C	31.5 °C	14.0 °C	23	0
December	24.6 °C	16.3 °C	19.9 °C	29.9 °C	13.7 °C	11	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	407 mm	28	13 h/day	90 %	82 %	8.6 km/h
February	329 mm	24	12 h/day	89 %	82 %	8.6 km/h
March	384 mm	28	12 h/day	87 %	83 %	8.1 km/h
April	193 mm	23	12 h/day	77 %	82 %	9.8 km/h
May	32 mm	8	12 h/day	60 %	75 %	11 km/h
June	3 mm	1	12 h/day	50 %	69 %	11 km/h
July	1 mm	0	12 h/day	46 %	64 %	12 km/h
August	3 mm	1	12 h/day	39 %	58 %	12 km/h
September	8 mm	2	12 h/day	37 %	53 %	13 km/h
October	45 mm	9	12 h/day	50 %	55 %	12 km/h
November	168 mm	17	13 h/day	66 %	63 %	11 km/h
December	355 mm	25	13 h/day	81 %	75 %	8.5 km/h

How Mbeya 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
Mbeya	27 °C	12 °C	1,930 mm	124
Tunduma · Tanzania	28 °C	10 °C	1,219 mm	98
Sumbawanga · Tanzania	26 °C	11 °C	1,376 mm	69
Iringa · Tanzania	26 °C	11 °C	651 mm	82
Kasama · Zambia	31 °C	11 °C	1,186 mm	232
Mzuzu · Malawi	26 °C	11 °C	1,382 mm	98
Songea · Tanzania	29 °C	12 °C	1,275 mm	199

Where Mbeya ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	7th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	9th of 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	12th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	12th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	15th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	16th of 50	96/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mbeya’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mbeya?

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

How hot does Mbeya get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 27 °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 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mbeya?

January, averaging 407 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,930 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 Mbeya 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: -8.900°, 33.450° (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.