Singida climate

Name: Singida
Address: TZ

Singida is warmest in October, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. January is the wettest month (139 mm) and August the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Singida averages 608 mm of rain and 257 days above 25 °C.

Tanzania · population 232,459 · 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 29 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month August 0 mm
Wettest month January 139 mm
Least cloud September 33 % cloud
Hottest on record February 33 °C
Coldest on record July 10 °C

What to expectSingida through the year

Singida has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 29 °C in October, a swing of 3.4 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 257 days a year reach 25 °C, 13 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C, in February.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 139 mm against 0 mm in August — 649 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.4 °C	139 mm	68 %
February	26.1 °C	103 mm	67 %
March	25.9 °C	112 mm	64 %
April	25.4 °C	65 mm	64 %
May	25.5 °C	11 mm	50 %
June	25.3 °C	under 1 mm	43 %
July	24.9 °C	under 1 mm	36 %
August	26.0 °C	under 1 mm	36 %
September	27.6 °C	1 mm	33 %
October	28.6 °C	6 mm	46 %
November	28.0 °C	51 mm	58 %
December	26.1 °C	120 mm	64 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.4 °C	16.6 °C	20.8 °C	31.4 °C	14.4 °C	17	1
February	26.1 °C	16.8 °C	21.3 °C	32.7 °C	14.1 °C	19	1
March	25.9 °C	16.9 °C	21.1 °C	32.0 °C	14.2 °C	21	1
April	25.4 °C	16.6 °C	20.6 °C	31.4 °C	14.6 °C	17	0
May	25.5 °C	15.7 °C	20.3 °C	29.8 °C	12.8 °C	21	0
June	25.3 °C	14.2 °C	19.5 °C	28.7 °C	11.7 °C	18	0
July	24.9 °C	13.3 °C	18.9 °C	28.8 °C	10.3 °C	14	0
August	26.0 °C	13.7 °C	19.8 °C	29.7 °C	11.1 °C	26	0
September	27.6 °C	14.8 °C	21.2 °C	30.7 °C	12.4 °C	29	0
October	28.6 °C	16.1 °C	22.2 °C	32.0 °C	13.4 °C	30	3
November	28.0 °C	17.0 °C	22.3 °C	32.0 °C	14.3 °C	26	4
December	26.1 °C	16.9 °C	21.3 °C	32.4 °C	14.1 °C	19	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	139 mm	16	12 h/day	68 %	73 %	13 km/h
February	103 mm	14	12 h/day	67 %	70 %	15 km/h
March	112 mm	14	12 h/day	64 %	71 %	17 km/h
April	65 mm	8	12 h/day	64 %	72 %	22 km/h
May	11 mm	2	12 h/day	50 %	64 %	25 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	43 %	55 %	25 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	52 %	26 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	51 %	26 km/h
September	1 mm	0	12 h/day	33 %	48 %	26 km/h
October	6 mm	1	12 h/day	46 %	49 %	24 km/h
November	51 mm	5	12 h/day	58 %	56 %	20 km/h
December	120 mm	14	12 h/day	64 %	67 %	15 km/h

How Singida 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
Singida	29 °C	13 °C	608 mm	257
Dodoma · Tanzania	31 °C	15 °C	438 mm	352
Tabora · Tanzania	31 °C	17 °C	769 mm	348
Bariadi · Tanzania	30 °C	17 °C	877 mm	341
Kahama · Tanzania	30 °C	17 °C	761 mm	344
Arusha · Tanzania	28 °C	12 °C	844 mm	172
Bunda · Tanzania	29 °C	17 °C	1,169 mm	323

Where Singida ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in September	30thof 50	0.6 mm
The driest places in Africa in October	39thof 50	5.8 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	46thof 50	0.2 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Singida’s climate

When is the best time to visit Singida?

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, October is the warmest month and August the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Singida get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 13 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 33 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Singida?

January, averaging 139 mm over 16 days with rain. The driest month is August with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 608 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 Singida 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: 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.