Mpanda climate

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Mpanda is warmest in September, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 15 °C. January is the wettest month (174 mm) and July the driest (0.3 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mpanda averages 909 mm of rain and 346 days above 25 °C.

Tanzania · population 204,338 · 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 32 °C
Coldest month July 15 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 174 mm
Least cloud July 30 % cloud
Hottest on record September 35 °C
Coldest on record July 11 °C

What to expectMpanda through the year

Mpanda has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in July to 32 °C in September, a swing of 4.0 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 346 days a year reach 25 °C, 94 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 174 mm against 0 mm in July — 599 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.9 °C	174 mm	84 %
February	27.4 °C	149 mm	83 %
March	27.4 °C	157 mm	79 %
April	27.0 °C	116 mm	71 %
May	27.9 °C	21 mm	50 %
June	28.4 °C	under 1 mm	38 %
July	28.5 °C	under 1 mm	30 %
August	30.1 °C	under 1 mm	32 %
September	31.9 °C	3 mm	42 %
October	31.9 °C	25 mm	66 %
November	29.3 °C	99 mm	80 %
December	27.1 °C	165 mm	82 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.9 °C	18.1 °C	22.0 °C	31.4 °C	15.0 °C	27	0
February	27.4 °C	18.3 °C	22.3 °C	32.6 °C	16.0 °C	26	1
March	27.4 °C	18.3 °C	22.3 °C	31.6 °C	15.0 °C	28	1
April	27.0 °C	18.1 °C	22.1 °C	31.8 °C	15.1 °C	28	0
May	27.9 °C	17.5 °C	22.5 °C	30.8 °C	13.6 °C	30	1
June	28.4 °C	16.1 °C	22.1 °C	31.2 °C	11.9 °C	30	1
July	28.5 °C	15.3 °C	21.8 °C	31.5 °C	11.1 °C	31	2
August	30.1 °C	16.9 °C	23.4 °C	32.9 °C	12.6 °C	31	17
September	31.9 °C	18.8 °C	25.3 °C	35.4 °C	14.6 °C	30	28
October	31.9 °C	20.0 °C	25.8 °C	35.4 °C	16.6 °C	31	27
November	29.3 °C	19.2 °C	23.9 °C	35.3 °C	15.3 °C	28	12
December	27.1 °C	18.3 °C	22.2 °C	32.9 °C	15.7 °C	27	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	174 mm	26	12 h/day	84 %	81 %	9.0 km/h
February	149 mm	21	12 h/day	83 %	80 %	9.4 km/h
March	157 mm	23	12 h/day	79 %	80 %	9.6 km/h
April	116 mm	18	12 h/day	71 %	78 %	11 km/h
May	21 mm	4	12 h/day	50 %	64 %	12 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	38 %	50 %	12 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	45 %	13 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	32 %	40 %	13 km/h
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	42 %	38 %	14 km/h
October	25 mm	5	12 h/day	66 %	45 %	13 km/h
November	99 mm	15	12 h/day	80 %	65 %	11 km/h
December	165 mm	24	12 h/day	82 %	78 %	9.3 km/h

How Mpanda 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
Mpanda	32 °C	15 °C	909 mm	346
Sumbawanga · Tanzania	26 °C	11 °C	1,376 mm	69
Kalemie · Democratic Republic of the Congo	30 °C	20 °C	1,133 mm	344
Kasulu · Tanzania	30 °C	16 °C	1,540 mm	291
Kigoma · Tanzania	28 °C	22 °C	1,808 mm	333
Tabora · Tanzania	31 °C	17 °C	769 mm	348
Kahama · Tanzania	30 °C	17 °C	761 mm	344

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Mpanda’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mpanda?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, April, July 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 Mpanda get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 94 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 15 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mpanda?

January, averaging 174 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 909 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 Mpanda 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: -6.344°, 31.070° (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.