Bugarama climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Bugarama?

Bugarama has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,188 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bugarama?

The hottest day measured in Bugarama between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1997, reaching 34.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Bugarama?

The coldest day measured in Bugarama between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1971, at 10.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Bugarama?

Almost never: Bugarama sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Bugarama warmed?

Yes: Bugarama warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Bugarama?

The wettest day measured in Bugarama between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 2014, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Bugarama?

The windiest day measured in Bugarama between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2007, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Bugarama?

The warmest month in Bugarama is August (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is December (19.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Bugarama?

Bugarama receives on average 1,188 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Bugarama?

Bugarama gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Bugarama (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,188 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is August (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is December (19.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Bugarama averages 0 frost days, 9 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 179 rainy days per year.

Bugarama has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.1 °C (on 25 September 1997) and the coldest 10.6 °C (on 8 June 1971).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

BugaramaKagera

coords: -2.87°, 30.53°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAugustColdest monthDecemberWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.5°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

15.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,188mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

2.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

9 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

179 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.5 °C

Average feels-like low

16.3 °C

Average peak gust

30.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

34.1 °C

25 September 1997

Coldest day

10.6 °C

8 June 1971

Wettest day

63 mm

3 December 2014

Windiest day

21.6 km/h

12 May 2007

Strongest gust

53.6 km/h

18 September 2007

Hottest feels-like

34.7 °C

23 February 2007

Coldest feels-like

8.2 °C

12 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.0 °C29 September 2025	13.5 °C31 July 2025	21.7 °C	773 mm	25
2024	33.5 °C16 September 2024	13.5 °C15 July 2024	22.4 °C	1,055 mm	56
2023	33.3 °C21 August 2023	13.3 °C5 July 2023	21.8 °C	1,233 mm	29
2022	31.3 °C14 October 2022	13.6 °C22 June 2022	21.4 °C	986 mm	12
2021	33.6 °C29 August 2021	13.2 °C26 June 2021	21.4 °C	933 mm	15
2020	32.3 °C17 August 2020	14.3 °C24 May 2020	21.8 °C	1,017 mm	22
2019	31.0 °C31 August 2019	14.4 °C24 February 2019	21.4 °C	1,064 mm	11
2018	32.5 °C27 September 2018	13.2 °C30 May 2018	21.1 °C	1,150 mm	11
2017	32.2 °C21 July 2017	14.4 °C2 March 2017	21.5 °C	913 mm	13
2016	32.4 °C22 August 2016	13.6 °C1 July 2016	21.8 °C	901 mm	28
2015	32.0 °C20 August 2015	13.5 °C13 July 2015	21.4 °C	1,057 mm	23
2014	30.5 °C8 July 2014	14.3 °C25 March 2014	21.1 °C	929 mm	6
2013	31.6 °C29 August 2013	13.8 °C13 July 2013	21.0 °C	973 mm	12
2012	31.3 °C6 August 2012	12.5 °C5 July 2012	20.7 °C	1,155 mm	7
2011	30.4 °C24 August 2011	13.1 °C2 June 2011	20.6 °C	1,290 mm	2
2010	32.1 °C23 August 2010	13.8 °C26 June 2010	21.4 °C	1,010 mm	22
2009	32.2 °C13 August 2009	13.6 °C7 July 2009	21.0 °C	1,026 mm	14
2008	30.9 °C27 September 2008	11.9 °C9 July 2008	20.6 °C	837 mm	6
2007	31.9 °C24 September 2007	11.9 °C19 June 2007	20.8 °C	833 mm	5
2006	31.6 °C9 February 2006	13.2 °C17 June 2006	20.8 °C	1,093 mm	9
2005	32.5 °C23 February 2005	13.3 °C29 January 2005	21.2 °C	811 mm	17
2004	30.5 °C9 October 2004	12.7 °C5 July 2004	21.0 °C	856 mm	6
2003	30.6 °C14 August 2003	14.4 °C3 February 2003	21.0 °C	643 mm	8
2002	32.0 °C1 October 2002	13.4 °C15 June 2002	20.7 °C	1,006 mm	14
2001	29.9 °C24 August 2001	13.1 °C14 June 2001	20.2 °C	976 mm	0
2000	31.8 °C5 September 2000	13.3 °C9 February 2000	20.8 °C	697 mm	16
1999	31.1 °C25 October 1999	13.7 °C30 December 1999	20.5 °C	783 mm	5
1998	30.5 °C15 September 1998	13.6 °C5 July 1998	21.2 °C	1,000 mm	5
1997	34.1 °C25 September 1997	13.1 °C17 July 1997	20.8 °C	1,183 mm	26
1996	29.7 °C3 August 1996	12.2 °C8 August 1996	20.4 °C	995 mm	0
1995	30.6 °C2 September 1995	13.1 °C30 December 1995	20.7 °C	1,033 mm	10
1994	30.6 °C2 September 1994	12.4 °C17 June 1994	20.3 °C	1,130 mm	2
1993	31.5 °C28 September 1993	13.7 °C21 March 1993	20.8 °C	982 mm	15
1992	30.4 °C6 September 1992	13.0 °C19 July 1992	20.6 °C	998 mm	1
1991	30.5 °C21 September 1991	12.3 °C21 July 1991	20.4 °C	1,115 mm	3
1990	30.3 °C20 August 1990	12.9 °C10 July 1990	20.7 °C	1,269 mm	2
1989	29.8 °C27 August 1989	11.5 °C17 June 1989	20.3 °C	1,217 mm	0
1988	29.8 °C17 September 1988	13.1 °C5 February 1988	20.6 °C	1,154 mm	0
1987	31.4 °C4 September 1987	14.1 °C5 July 1987	21.2 °C	1,361 mm	15
1986	31.8 °C4 October 1986	13.3 °C24 February 1986	20.5 °C	1,517 mm	17
1985	29.8 °C20 September 1985	13.4 °C10 June 1985	20.3 °C	1,336 mm	0
1984	29.7 °C26 September 1984	13.2 °C8 February 1984	20.2 °C	1,127 mm	0
1983	30.2 °C15 September 1983	13.4 °C20 December 1983	20.7 °C	1,213 mm	1
1982	31.2 °C2 September 1982	13.0 °C12 January 1982	20.5 °C	1,210 mm	6
1981	31.3 °C2 August 1981	12.4 °C24 November 1981	20.3 °C	1,319 mm	2
1980	30.9 °C4 September 1980	13.5 °C4 June 1980	20.3 °C	1,188 mm	2
1979	31.4 °C2 October 1979	13.2 °C12 July 1979	20.5 °C	1,292 mm	14
1978	31.3 °C3 September 1978	13.2 °C13 June 1978	20.2 °C	1,411 mm	4
1977	30.8 °C21 August 1977	12.7 °C5 June 1977	20.3 °C	1,495 mm	5
1976	30.6 °C13 September 1976	12.7 °C29 June 1976	19.7 °C	1,447 mm	2
1975	29.0 °C22 February 1975	11.0 °C30 July 1975	19.5 °C	1,353 mm	0
1974	31.1 °C22 August 1974	12.5 °C2 February 1974	19.6 °C	1,398 mm	7
1973	32.5 °C29 August 1973	12.0 °C29 June 1973	20.1 °C	1,338 mm	3
1972	30.2 °C1 August 1972	10.7 °C1 July 1972	19.5 °C	1,928 mm	3
1971	30.0 °C20 August 1971	10.6 °C8 June 1971	19.6 °C	1,486 mm	1
1970	31.3 °C27 September 1970	12.8 °C19 December 1970	20.2 °C	1,445 mm	8
1969	31.0 °C9 October 1969	12.1 °C23 June 1969	20.3 °C	1,310 mm	7
1968	30.4 °C8 September 1968	11.9 °C1 July 1968	19.9 °C	1,630 mm	2
1967	30.7 °C4 September 1967	11.7 °C12 July 1967	20.0 °C	1,315 mm	4
1966	30.7 °C17 August 1966	12.3 °C14 December 1966	20.0 °C	1,369 mm	8
1965	30.7 °C19 August 1965	10.9 °C14 June 1965	19.9 °C	1,406 mm	5
1964	29.4 °C11 March 1964	11.4 °C10 December 1964	19.7 °C	1,350 mm	0
1963	31.4 °C13 September 1963	12.4 °C16 June 1963	19.9 °C	1,576 mm	6
1962	29.4 °C30 July 1962	12.1 °C19 June 1962	19.4 °C	1,641 mm	0
1961	30.0 °C2 September 1961	11.3 °C6 June 1961	19.9 °C	1,613 mm	1
1960	30.1 °C15 August 1960	11.4 °C31 July 1960	20.3 °C	1,399 mm	1
1959	29.4 °C13 August 1959	13.0 °C23 June 1959	20.4 °C	1,531 mm	0
1958	30.6 °C10 September 1958	12.9 °C14 June 1958	20.8 °C	1,280 mm	3
1957	31.2 °C23 September 1957	11.4 °C28 June 1957	20.3 °C	1,729 mm	10
1956	29.7 °C21 September 1956	12.1 °C14 July 1956	19.6 °C	1,320 mm	0
1955	30.0 °C20 August 1955	12.8 °C14 June 1955	19.8 °C	1,310 mm	1
1954	30.2 °C7 September 1954	11.9 °C13 June 1954	20.2 °C	1,087 mm	2
1953	30.9 °C11 September 1953	12.4 °C6 July 1953	19.7 °C	1,938 mm	7
1952	30.4 °C26 August 1952	13.3 °C17 August 1952	20.1 °C	1,362 mm	1
1951	30.9 °C6 September 1951	12.0 °C15 June 1951	19.9 °C	1,661 mm	8
1950	30.2 °C12 September 1950	11.8 °C3 June 1950	19.6 °C	1,443 mm	1
1949	31.7 °C22 August 1949	12.6 °C19 May 1949	20.3 °C	1,153 mm	14
1948	30.2 °C31 August 1948	12.6 °C12 June 1948	20.0 °C	1,250 mm	1
1947	31.6 °C25 September 1947	12.6 °C24 July 1947	20.2 °C	1,177 mm	11
1946	30.3 °C25 August 1946	12.9 °C10 January 1946	20.3 °C	882 mm	5
1945	31.3 °C2 September 1945	11.5 °C8 June 1945	20.2 °C	785 mm	18
1944	33.4 °C20 September 1944	12.1 °C12 July 1944	20.7 °C	795 mm	24
1943	30.8 °C18 October 1943	11.7 °C9 June 1943	20.3 °C	700 mm	7
1942	31.8 °C1 October 1942	11.8 °C12 January 1942	20.4 °C	765 mm	27
1941	30.7 °C21 October 1941	12.1 °C28 December 1941	20.4 °C	1,136 mm	8
1940	30.4 °C15 August 1940	12.6 °C5 December 1940	19.6 °C	1,282 mm	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.9 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

25 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

773 mm

-415 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.6 °C	+1.2 °C	55 mm	-66 mm
Feb	28.0 °C	+2.1 °C	33 mm	-88 mm
Mar	27.3 °C	+1.5 °C	107 mm	-58 mm
Apr	26.3 °C	+1.2 °C	203 mm	+12 mm
May	25.4 °C	+0.3 °C	53 mm	-37 mm
Jun	26.6 °C	+0.5 °C	9 mm	+1 mm
Jul	27.3 °C	+0.2 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Aug	27.6 °C	-0.3 °C	14 mm	+2 mm
Sep	29.4 °C	+1.6 °C	9 mm	-32 mm
Oct	26.7 °C	+0.1 °C	94 mm	-10 mm
Nov	26.2 °C	+1.2 °C	65 mm	-112 mm
Dec	25.3 °C	+0.3 °C	130 mm	-26 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.0 °C

29 Sep 2025

Coldest day

13.5 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

22.0 mm

12 Apr 2025

Windiest day

18.4 km/h

3 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

43.9 km/h

3 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.7 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.3 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

1 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Bugarama?

Bugarama has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,188 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Bugarama?

The hottest day measured in Bugarama between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1997, reaching 34.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Bugarama?

The coldest day measured in Bugarama between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1971, at 10.6 °C.

Does it snow in Bugarama?

Almost never: Bugarama sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Bugarama warmed?

Yes: Bugarama warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Bugarama?

The wettest day measured in Bugarama between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 2014, with 63 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Bugarama?

The windiest day measured in Bugarama between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2007, with winds reaching 21.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Bugarama?

The warmest month in Bugarama is August (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is December (19.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Bugarama?

Bugarama receives on average 1,188 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 179 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Bugarama?

Bugarama gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Bugarama?

Yes: Bugarama has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Bugarama?

In Bugarama, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.7 °C on 23 February 2007, and the lowest was 8.2 °C on 12 July 1944.

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