Songea climate

Name: Songea
Address: TZ

Songea is warmest in November, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (295 mm) and July the driest (4.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Songea averages 1,275 mm of rain and 199 days above 25 °C.

Tanzania · population 286,285 · 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 November 29 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month July 4 mm
Wettest month January 295 mm
Least cloud September 34 % cloud
Hottest on record October 34 °C
Coldest on record July 7.3 °C

What to expectSongea through the year

Songea has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 23 °C in July to 29 °C in November, a swing of 6.2 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 199 days a year reach 25 °C, 28 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 295 mm against 4 mm in July — 73 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.2 °C	295 mm	86 %
February	25.9 °C	258 mm	86 %
March	25.2 °C	247 mm	82 %
April	24.0 °C	121 mm	65 %
May	23.6 °C	28 mm	46 %
June	22.8 °C	4 mm	38 %
July	22.5 °C	4 mm	38 %
August	24.4 °C	5 mm	37 %
September	27.0 °C	5 mm	34 %
October	28.8 °C	21 mm	41 %
November	29.2 °C	72 mm	56 %
December	27.1 °C	214 mm	74 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.2 °C	18.3 °C	21.6 °C	32.6 °C	15.5 °C	24	0
February	25.9 °C	18.1 °C	21.4 °C	29.5 °C	14.1 °C	21	0
March	25.2 °C	17.9 °C	20.9 °C	29.1 °C	15.1 °C	18	0
April	24.0 °C	17.0 °C	20.0 °C	27.4 °C	12.3 °C	6	0
May	23.6 °C	15.2 °C	19.2 °C	28.2 °C	9.8 °C	5	0
June	22.8 °C	13.1 °C	17.8 °C	27.9 °C	8.8 °C	2	0
July	22.5 °C	12.3 °C	17.4 °C	27.2 °C	7.3 °C	3	0
August	24.4 °C	12.8 °C	18.8 °C	29.7 °C	8.5 °C	11	0
September	27.0 °C	14.6 °C	20.9 °C	32.1 °C	10.1 °C	26	1
October	28.8 °C	17.0 °C	22.8 °C	34.2 °C	12.2 °C	29	9
November	29.2 °C	18.4 °C	23.6 °C	33.9 °C	14.0 °C	28	13
December	27.1 °C	18.4 °C	22.2 °C	33.3 °C	14.8 °C	25	4

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	295 mm	27	13 h/day	86 %	85 %	10 km/h
February	258 mm	24	12 h/day	86 %	86 %	10 km/h
March	247 mm	28	12 h/day	82 %	87 %	9.9 km/h
April	121 mm	20	12 h/day	65 %	84 %	12 km/h
May	28 mm	6	12 h/day	46 %	73 %	12 km/h
June	4 mm	1	12 h/day	38 %	65 %	13 km/h
July	4 mm	1	12 h/day	38 %	61 %	14 km/h
August	5 mm	1	12 h/day	37 %	57 %	14 km/h
September	5 mm	1	12 h/day	34 %	53 %	15 km/h
October	21 mm	5	12 h/day	41 %	54 %	15 km/h
November	72 mm	9	13 h/day	56 %	60 %	14 km/h
December	214 mm	22	13 h/day	74 %	77 %	11 km/h

How Songea 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
Songea	29 °C	12 °C	1,275 mm	199
Mzuzu · Malawi	26 °C	11 °C	1,382 mm	98
Lichinga · Mozambique	27 °C	9.8 °C	1,090 mm	109
Ifakara · Tanzania	33 °C	17 °C	883 mm	358
Mbeya · Tanzania	27 °C	12 °C	1,930 mm	124
Iringa · Tanzania	26 °C	11 °C	651 mm	82
Tunduma · Tanzania	28 °C	10 °C	1,219 mm	98

Where Songea ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	3rdof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	3rdof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in July	3rdof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in the world in June	3rdof 50	98/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in August	6thof 50	97/100
Places with the best weather in the world in August	8thof 50	97/100

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Songea’s climate

When is the best time to visit Songea?

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

How hot does Songea get?

In November, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 28 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °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 Songea?

January, averaging 295 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is July with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,275 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 Songea 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.