Morogoro climate
Morogoro is warmest in February, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. March is the wettest month (186 mm) and July the driest (9.4 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Morogoro averages 853 mm of rain and 357 days above 25 °C.
Tanzania · population 471,409 · 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 February 31 °C
- Coldest month July 17 °C
- Driest month July 9 mm
- Wettest month March 186 mm
- Least cloud September 46 % cloud
- Hottest on record February 36 °C
- Coldest on record July 14 °C
What to expectMorogoro through the year
Morogoro has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in July to 31 °C in February, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 357 days a year reach 25 °C, 104 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in February.
Rain is strongly seasonal. March averages 186 mm against 9 mm in July — 20 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7 °C | 105 mm | 71 % |
| February | 30.9 °C | 110 mm | 71 % |
| March | 29.4 °C | 186 mm | 72 % |
| April | 27.5 °C | 152 mm | 69 % |
| May | 26.9 °C | 57 mm | 55 % |
| June | 26.7 °C | 15 mm | 51 % |
| July | 26.7 °C | 9 mm | 51 % |
| August | 27.5 °C | 10 mm | 51 % |
| September | 29.0 °C | 11 mm | 46 % |
| October | 30.0 °C | 32 mm | 50 % |
| November | 30.1 °C | 61 mm | 58 % |
| December | 30.2 °C | 103 mm | 65 % |
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 | 30.7 °C | 22.2 °C | 25.5 °C | 35.6 °C | 19.9 °C | 31 | 20 | 0 |
| February | 30.9 °C | 22.2 °C | 25.7 °C | 36.2 °C | 19.7 °C | 28 | 19 | 0 |
| March | 29.4 °C | 22.1 °C | 25.0 °C | 34.9 °C | 20.2 °C | 31 | 9 | 0 |
| April | 27.5 °C | 21.3 °C | 23.8 °C | 32.9 °C | 17.8 °C | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| May | 26.9 °C | 20.0 °C | 23.0 °C | 30.0 °C | 16.2 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 26.7 °C | 18.1 °C | 22.1 °C | 30.3 °C | 13.7 °C | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 26.7 °C | 17.4 °C | 21.8 °C | 30.4 °C | 13.5 °C | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 27.5 °C | 18.0 °C | 22.4 °C | 31.9 °C | 14.3 °C | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 29.0 °C | 18.8 °C | 23.5 °C | 33.0 °C | 15.4 °C | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| October | 30.0 °C | 20.1 °C | 24.5 °C | 34.9 °C | 16.8 °C | 31 | 16 | 0 |
| November | 30.1 °C | 21.3 °C | 24.9 °C | 34.1 °C | 18.4 °C | 30 | 16 | 0 |
| December | 30.2 °C | 21.9 °C | 25.2 °C | 34.9 °C | 19.3 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 105 mm | 16 | 12 h/day | 71 % | 78 % | 11 km/h |
| February | 110 mm | 15 | 12 h/day | 71 % | 78 % | 10 km/h |
| March | 186 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 72 % | 83 % | 8.7 km/h |
| April | 152 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 69 % | 86 % | 7.6 km/h |
| May | 57 mm | 12 | 12 h/day | 55 % | 82 % | 7.8 km/h |
| June | 15 mm | 4 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 74 % | 8.8 km/h |
| July | 9 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 69 % | 9.8 km/h |
| August | 10 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 51 % | 68 % | 11 km/h |
| September | 11 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 46 % | 67 % | 12 km/h |
| October | 32 mm | 7 | 12 h/day | 50 % | 69 % | 13 km/h |
| November | 61 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 58 % | 75 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 103 mm | 19 | 13 h/day | 65 % | 79 % | 12 km/h |
How Morogoro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morogoro | 31 °C | 17 °C | 853 mm | 357 |
| Kibaha · Tanzania | 32 °C | 20 °C | 965 mm | 363 |
| Dar es Salaam · Tanzania | 31 °C | 22 °C | 942 mm | 364 |
| Ifakara · Tanzania | 33 °C | 17 °C | 883 mm | 358 |
| Zanzibar · Tanzania | 31 °C | 22 °C | 913 mm | 364 |
| Dodoma · Tanzania | 31 °C | 15 °C | 438 mm | 352 |
| Iringa · Tanzania | 26 °C | 11 °C | 651 mm | 82 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Morogoro.
QuestionsCommon questions about Morogoro’s climate
When is the best time to visit Morogoro?
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, February is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Morogoro get?
In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 104 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Morogoro?
March, averaging 186 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is July with 9 mm. The year as a whole averages 853 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 Morogoro 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.