Chanika climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chanika?

Chanika has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,228 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Chanika between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1941, reaching 36.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chanika?

The coldest day measured in Chanika between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1996, at 11.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chanika?

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

Q: Has the climate of Chanika warmed?

Yes: Chanika warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Chanika?

The wettest day measured in Chanika between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 2020, with 224 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chanika?

The windiest day measured in Chanika between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2021, with winds reaching 25.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chanika?

The warmest month in Chanika is February (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chanika?

Chanika receives on average 1,228 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 204 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chanika?

Chanika gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chanika (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,228 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 February (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Chanika averages 0 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 204 rainy days per year.

Chanika has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.7 °C (on 25 March 1941) and the coldest 11.4 °C (on 4 August 1996).

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

ChanikaTanga

coords: -5.42°, 38.02°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

1,228mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

13.7km/h

Seasonal range

4.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

50 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

204 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.7 °C

Average feels-like low

20.7 °C

Average peak gust

33.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

100 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

36.7 °C

25 March 1941

Coldest day

11.4 °C

4 August 1996

Wettest day

224 mm

13 April 2020

Windiest day

25.8 km/h

24 July 2021

Strongest gust

59.0 km/h

24 July 2021

Hottest feels-like

40.6 °C

19 February 2024

Coldest feels-like

9.3 °C

27 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.3 h

22 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.2 °C26 February 2025	13.7 °C7 September 2025	22.8 °C	1,125 mm	90
2024	34.1 °C29 November 2024	14.4 °C14 July 2024	23.2 °C	1,347 mm	73
2023	34.2 °C3 March 2023	14.8 °C20 July 2023	22.9 °C	1,274 mm	83
2022	34.9 °C16 January 2022	14.0 °C21 August 2022	22.8 °C	866 mm	90
2021	33.3 °C24 November 2021	12.8 °C27 August 2021	22.7 °C	786 mm	76
2020	33.1 °C21 January 2020	14.0 °C17 July 2020	23.0 °C	1,852 mm	70
2019	33.3 °C7 March 2019	12.3 °C24 July 2019	23.0 °C	1,380 mm	83
2018	32.6 °C25 February 2018	13.8 °C27 August 2018	22.5 °C	1,362 mm	49
2017	33.3 °C28 January 2017	14.6 °C14 July 2017	22.7 °C	1,041 mm	80
2016	32.7 °C27 January 2016	14.4 °C13 October 2016	22.8 °C	1,037 mm	82
2015	34.2 °C28 February 2015	14.4 °C11 July 2015	22.9 °C	1,172 mm	85
2014	33.8 °C4 February 2014	13.9 °C13 July 2014	22.6 °C	1,241 mm	64
2013	33.0 °C20 January 2013	13.5 °C3 June 2013	22.4 °C	1,058 mm	55
2012	33.0 °C27 February 2012	12.8 °C23 July 2012	22.5 °C	974 mm	65
2011	33.3 °C29 January 2011	13.9 °C11 July 2011	22.5 °C	1,231 mm	57
2010	32.7 °C2 February 2010	14.0 °C16 August 2010	22.8 °C	924 mm	71
2009	32.8 °C14 January 2009	13.5 °C29 July 2009	22.5 °C	826 mm	45
2008	31.9 °C7 January 2008	12.8 °C29 June 2008	22.0 °C	1,287 mm	23
2007	34.0 °C23 February 2007	13.7 °C20 June 2007	22.4 °C	1,130 mm	53
2006	33.7 °C30 January 2006	13.9 °C27 June 2006	22.2 °C	1,488 mm	55
2005	34.2 °C1 March 2005	14.2 °C14 July 2005	22.4 °C	817 mm	70
2004	34.5 °C28 January 2004	13.5 °C11 July 2004	22.2 °C	1,266 mm	38
2003	34.3 °C14 December 2003	12.8 °C9 July 2003	22.6 °C	728 mm	105
2002	32.0 °C9 January 2002	13.6 °C23 July 2002	22.0 °C	1,351 mm	28
2001	32.0 °C10 December 2001	13.6 °C16 July 2001	22.0 °C	1,041 mm	31
2000	35.9 °C22 February 2000	13.2 °C8 July 2000	22.0 °C	1,126 mm	67
1999	33.0 °C10 February 1999	13.9 °C28 July 1999	21.8 °C	1,062 mm	61
1998	32.5 °C4 March 1998	13.7 °C27 July 1998	22.4 °C	1,407 mm	52
1997	34.3 °C1 February 1997	12.8 °C24 August 1997	22.2 °C	1,569 mm	72
1996	33.2 °C13 December 1996	11.4 °C4 August 1996	21.8 °C	1,080 mm	64
1995	32.8 °C21 January 1995	13.2 °C8 July 1995	22.0 °C	1,166 mm	38
1994	34.2 °C7 February 1994	12.3 °C15 July 1994	22.0 °C	1,260 mm	35
1993	31.7 °C28 December 1993	12.7 °C24 July 1993	21.9 °C	958 mm	37
1992	33.1 °C27 February 1992	11.5 °C11 August 1992	21.8 °C	1,143 mm	32
1991	33.0 °C19 February 1991	13.1 °C21 July 1991	22.1 °C	1,084 mm	58
1990	32.0 °C16 February 1990	13.1 °C11 July 1990	21.8 °C	1,252 mm	15
1989	32.9 °C25 February 1989	12.6 °C19 July 1989	21.6 °C	1,618 mm	23
1988	33.4 °C3 March 1988	12.3 °C2 October 1988	22.2 °C	1,132 mm	65
1987	32.9 °C3 April 1987	12.8 °C11 July 1987	22.4 °C	999 mm	82
1986	32.8 °C16 March 1986	13.3 °C27 June 1986	21.8 °C	1,253 mm	32
1985	32.6 °C16 February 1985	13.7 °C8 June 1985	21.6 °C	1,113 mm	19
1984	31.2 °C8 February 1984	12.1 °C8 September 1984	21.4 °C	1,529 mm	11
1983	32.1 °C12 February 1983	13.1 °C6 September 1983	22.2 °C	1,194 mm	46
1982	33.7 °C31 January 1982	12.8 °C17 July 1982	22.0 °C	1,380 mm	64
1981	32.0 °C28 November 1981	13.5 °C19 June 1981	21.8 °C	1,249 mm	36
1980	32.2 °C24 January 1980	13.5 °C21 June 1980	21.9 °C	1,288 mm	25
1979	33.0 °C4 March 1979	13.6 °C31 July 1979	21.6 °C	1,653 mm	29
1978	31.8 °C24 January 1978	12.3 °C31 August 1978	21.8 °C	1,618 mm	25
1977	31.3 °C27 January 1977	13.6 °C9 September 1977	22.0 °C	1,481 mm	18
1976	32.3 °C8 December 1976	12.5 °C19 July 1976	21.9 °C	1,101 mm	46
1975	31.8 °C3 January 1975	11.5 °C27 July 1975	21.7 °C	1,185 mm	40
1974	32.4 °C9 February 1974	12.3 °C29 July 1974	21.8 °C	932 mm	56
1973	34.3 °C1 February 1973	13.2 °C16 July 1973	21.9 °C	1,428 mm	44
1972	32.9 °C29 January 1972	13.6 °C27 June 1972	21.7 °C	1,635 mm	25
1971	32.7 °C18 February 1971	12.3 °C8 June 1971	21.6 °C	1,047 mm	61
1970	32.1 °C16 November 1970	13.9 °C25 July 1970	21.8 °C	1,274 mm	33
1969	31.7 °C12 November 1969	12.5 °C16 June 1969	21.7 °C	1,010 mm	24
1968	31.5 °C15 February 1968	12.4 °C24 June 1968	21.4 °C	1,538 mm	24
1967	33.5 °C19 February 1967	14.0 °C12 July 1967	21.8 °C	1,283 mm	71
1966	33.5 °C24 December 1966	12.5 °C18 August 1966	21.9 °C	1,114 mm	39
1965	31.9 °C17 February 1965	11.7 °C27 June 1965	21.4 °C	1,319 mm	27
1964	31.5 °C26 February 1964	12.3 °C29 June 1964	21.6 °C	1,281 mm	26
1963	32.7 °C5 February 1963	13.8 °C21 August 1963	21.5 °C	1,348 mm	33
1962	31.5 °C7 December 1962	13.3 °C27 July 1962	21.5 °C	1,192 mm	13
1961	33.4 °C23 January 1961	13.2 °C10 August 1961	22.1 °C	1,884 mm	62
1960	33.3 °C5 January 1960	12.8 °C24 July 1960	22.0 °C	1,459 mm	60
1959	33.6 °C10 February 1959	13.7 °C17 August 1959	22.3 °C	1,299 mm	101
1958	33.5 °C22 January 1958	13.1 °C14 August 1958	22.1 °C	1,237 mm	61
1957	31.7 °C13 March 1957	13.5 °C12 July 1957	21.8 °C	1,672 mm	25
1956	31.6 °C27 November 1956	13.5 °C20 July 1956	21.4 °C	1,140 mm	24
1955	32.9 °C5 January 1955	12.7 °C21 July 1955	21.6 °C	1,149 mm	68
1954	31.6 °C29 December 1954	13.2 °C30 August 1954	21.7 °C	1,130 mm	26
1953	30.9 °C13 January 1953	14.0 °C5 July 1953	21.3 °C	1,929 mm	10
1952	31.5 °C18 March 1952	12.9 °C29 August 1952	21.5 °C	1,191 mm	19
1951	30.9 °C28 November 1951	13.3 °C24 July 1951	21.2 °C	1,728 mm	6
1950	31.5 °C8 February 1950	13.1 °C5 July 1950	21.3 °C	1,169 mm	17
1949	31.5 °C31 January 1949	12.3 °C1 August 1949	21.5 °C	1,229 mm	24
1948	32.3 °C30 December 1948	14.0 °C26 July 1948	21.3 °C	1,420 mm	9
1947	34.1 °C28 February 1947	13.6 °C17 September 1947	21.3 °C	1,366 mm	46
1946	34.7 °C20 February 1946	13.6 °C2 June 1946	22.1 °C	805 mm	119
1945	33.3 °C2 January 1945	13.3 °C28 August 1945	21.3 °C	1,267 mm	46
1944	35.3 °C20 February 1944	12.5 °C5 July 1944	22.0 °C	783 mm	106
1943	34.7 °C24 January 1943	13.0 °C8 August 1943	21.9 °C	674 mm	85
1942	34.0 °C28 February 1942	12.8 °C21 September 1942	21.8 °C	754 mm	83
1941	36.7 °C25 March 1941	13.4 °C11 August 1941	21.8 °C	1,311 mm	67
1940	33.2 °C30 December 1940	14.0 °C23 March 1940	21.8 °C	1,137 mm	28

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.0 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

90 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1125 mm

-103 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.4 °C	+0.8 °C	99 mm	-37 mm
Feb	30.8 °C	+0.8 °C	29 mm	-90 mm
Mar	29.7 °C	+0.7 °C	196 mm	+33 mm
Apr	27.3 °C	+0.6 °C	294 mm	+98 mm
May	26.1 °C	+0.9 °C	111 mm	-4 mm
Jun	24.9 °C	+0.2 °C	64 mm	+28 mm
Jul	25.0 °C	+0.6 °C	26 mm	-8 mm
Aug	25.9 °C	+1.0 °C	22 mm	-18 mm
Sep	27.3 °C	+1.4 °C	25 mm	-18 mm
Oct	28.1 °C	+1.0 °C	77 mm	-4 mm
Nov	29.7 °C	+1.6 °C	45 mm	-66 mm
Dec	30.5 °C	+1.6 °C	138 mm	-17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.2 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.7 °C

7 Sep 2025

Wettest day

64.1 mm

6 Apr 2025

Windiest day

22.2 km/h

10 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

10 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.8 °C

5 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

25 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chanika?

Chanika has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,228 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chanika?

The hottest day measured in Chanika between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1941, reaching 36.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chanika?

The coldest day measured in Chanika between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1996, at 11.4 °C.

Does it snow in Chanika?

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

Has the climate of Chanika warmed?

Yes: Chanika warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Chanika?

The wettest day measured in Chanika between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 2020, with 224 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chanika?

The windiest day measured in Chanika between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 2021, with winds reaching 25.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chanika?

The warmest month in Chanika is February (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Chanika?

Chanika receives on average 1,228 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 204 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chanika?

Chanika gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chanika?

Yes: Chanika has on average 100 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chanika?

In Chanika, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.6 °C on 19 February 2024, and the lowest was 9.3 °C on 27 July 1975.

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