Tabora climate

Name: Tabora
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Tabora is warmest in October, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. December is the wettest month (159 mm) and July the driest (0.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Tabora averages 769 mm of rain and 348 days above 25 °C.

Tanzania · population 308,741 · 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 31 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 159 mm
Least cloud July 36 % cloud
Hottest on record October 35 °C
Coldest on record July 14 °C

What to expectTabora through the year

Tabora has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 29 °C in July to 31 °C in October, a swing of 3.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 348 days a year reach 25 °C, 94 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 159 mm against 0 mm in July — 1,445 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.0 °C	152 mm	75 %
February	27.6 °C	115 mm	73 %
March	27.6 °C	130 mm	69 %
April	27.1 °C	84 mm	65 %
May	28.3 °C	14 mm	51 %
June	28.6 °C	under 1 mm	45 %
July	28.5 °C	under 1 mm	36 %
August	29.6 °C	1 mm	38 %
September	31.2 °C	2 mm	39 %
October	31.5 °C	17 mm	53 %
November	29.3 °C	96 mm	69 %
December	27.2 °C	159 mm	72 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.0 °C	18.2 °C	22.3 °C	32.8 °C	16.1 °C	27	1
February	27.6 °C	18.4 °C	22.8 °C	34.2 °C	15.9 °C	26	3
March	27.6 °C	18.5 °C	22.8 °C	33.1 °C	15.6 °C	29	3
April	27.1 °C	18.5 °C	22.5 °C	32.0 °C	16.6 °C	28	1
May	28.3 °C	18.6 °C	23.3 °C	32.0 °C	14.7 °C	30	3
June	28.6 °C	17.7 °C	23.1 °C	31.5 °C	14.1 °C	30	2
July	28.5 °C	16.9 °C	22.7 °C	31.9 °C	13.5 °C	31	2
August	29.6 °C	17.8 °C	23.8 °C	32.4 °C	14.7 °C	31	11
September	31.2 °C	19.1 °C	25.2 °C	34.5 °C	16.4 °C	30	25
October	31.5 °C	20.2 °C	25.8 °C	35.0 °C	16.8 °C	31	26
November	29.3 °C	19.7 °C	24.3 °C	34.4 °C	15.8 °C	28	13
December	27.2 °C	18.5 °C	22.6 °C	34.1 °C	15.3 °C	27	3

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	152 mm	21	12 h/day	75 %	76 %	9.6 km/h
February	115 mm	17	12 h/day	73 %	73 %	11 km/h
March	130 mm	17	12 h/day	69 %	74 %	12 km/h
April	84 mm	12	12 h/day	65 %	71 %	15 km/h
May	14 mm	3	12 h/day	51 %	56 %	16 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	45 %	44 %	17 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	36 %	40 %	18 km/h
August	1 mm	0	12 h/day	38 %	39 %	19 km/h
September	2 mm	0	12 h/day	39 %	36 %	19 km/h
October	17 mm	3	12 h/day	53 %	41 %	17 km/h
November	96 mm	12	12 h/day	69 %	57 %	13 km/h
December	159 mm	20	12 h/day	72 %	72 %	10 km/h

How Tabora 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
Tabora	31 °C	17 °C	769 mm	348
Kahama · Tanzania	30 °C	17 °C	761 mm	344
Singida · Tanzania	29 °C	13 °C	608 mm	257
Mpanda · Tanzania	32 °C	15 °C	909 mm	346
Geita · Tanzania	28 °C	17 °C	1,308 mm	311
Bariadi · Tanzania	30 °C	17 °C	877 mm	341
Mwanza · Tanzania	26 °C	20 °C	1,613 mm	224

Where Tabora ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in September	45thof 50	2.0 mm
The driest places in Africa in July	48thof 50	0.1 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Tabora’s climate

When is the best time to visit Tabora?

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

How hot does Tabora get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °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 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Tabora?

December, averaging 159 mm over 20 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 769 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 Tabora 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.