Moshi climate

Name: Moshi
Address: TZ

Moshi is warmest in February, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 16 °C. April is the wettest month (149 mm) and September the driest (11 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Moshi averages 630 mm of rain and 232 days above 25 °C.

Tanzania · population 221,733 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month July 16 °C
Driest month September 11 mm
Wettest month April 149 mm
Least cloud September 53 % cloud
Hottest on record March 36 °C
Coldest on record August 12 °C

What to expectMoshi through the year

Moshi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in July to 29 °C in February, a swing of 4.9 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 232 days a year reach 25 °C, 27 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in March.

Rain is strongly seasonal. April averages 149 mm against 11 mm in September — 13 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	28.5 °C	40 mm	54 %
February	29.3 °C	39 mm	54 %
March	28.3 °C	107 mm	60 %
April	25.8 °C	149 mm	73 %
May	24.0 °C	90 mm	73 %
June	23.0 °C	23 mm	71 %
July	22.9 °C	20 mm	68 %
August	24.1 °C	17 mm	64 %
September	26.1 °C	11 mm	53 %
October	27.3 °C	28 mm	54 %
November	27.1 °C	50 mm	59 %
December	27.5 °C	55 mm	56 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	28.5 °C	18.3 °C	23.4 °C	34.6 °C	12.9 °C	30	6
February	29.3 °C	18.7 °C	24.0 °C	35.9 °C	14.3 °C	28	8
March	28.3 °C	19.5 °C	23.6 °C	36.1 °C	15.0 °C	29	5
April	25.8 °C	19.3 °C	22.1 °C	31.7 °C	16.6 °C	20	0
May	24.0 °C	18.1 °C	20.7 °C	28.0 °C	12.7 °C	6	0
June	23.0 °C	16.5 °C	19.6 °C	26.8 °C	12.4 °C	1	0
July	22.9 °C	15.6 °C	19.1 °C	27.7 °C	12.6 °C	2	0
August	24.1 °C	16.1 °C	19.8 °C	29.2 °C	11.7 °C	9	0
September	26.1 °C	17.1 °C	21.2 °C	31.1 °C	12.2 °C	22	1
October	27.3 °C	18.1 °C	22.3 °C	34.8 °C	13.5 °C	28	3
November	27.1 °C	18.9 °C	22.6 °C	34.1 °C	15.1 °C	27	2
December	27.5 °C	18.7 °C	22.9 °C	34.2 °C	13.9 °C	29	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	40 mm	7	12 h/day	54 %	71 %	12 km/h
February	39 mm	6	12 h/day	54 %	69 %	12 km/h
March	107 mm	15	12 h/day	60 %	74 %	12 km/h
April	149 mm	23	12 h/day	73 %	83 %	10.0 km/h
May	90 mm	16	12 h/day	73 %	83 %	8.4 km/h
June	23 mm	6	12 h/day	71 %	77 %	8.4 km/h
July	20 mm	5	12 h/day	68 %	73 %	8.8 km/h
August	17 mm	4	12 h/day	64 %	72 %	10 km/h
September	11 mm	3	12 h/day	53 %	68 %	12 km/h
October	28 mm	6	12 h/day	54 %	70 %	14 km/h
November	50 mm	10	12 h/day	59 %	75 %	13 km/h
December	55 mm	10	12 h/day	56 %	75 %	12 km/h

How Moshi 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
Moshi	29 °C	16 °C	630 mm	232
Arusha · Tanzania	28 °C	12 °C	844 mm	172
Kitengela · Kenya	27 °C	13 °C	668 mm	128
Mwala · Kenya	28 °C	14 °C	631 mm	200
Ongata Rongai · Kenya	26 °C	12 °C	570 mm	95
Nairobi · Kenya	27 °C	12 °C	656 mm	124
Kikuyu · Kenya	25 °C	11 °C	639 mm	31

Where Moshi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	20th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	21st of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in September	30th of 50	91/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	37th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	39th of 50	96/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	49th of 50	93/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Moshi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Moshi?

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

How hot does Moshi get?

In February, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 27 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 16 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Moshi?

April, averaging 149 mm over 23 days with rain. The driest month is September with 11 mm. The year as a whole averages 630 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 Moshi 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: -3.350°, 37.333° (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.