Dodoma climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dodoma?

Dodoma has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 473 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dodoma between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2022, reaching 35.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dodoma?

The coldest day measured in Dodoma between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1964, at 10.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dodoma?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dodoma warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Dodoma?

The wettest day measured in Dodoma between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1957, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dodoma?

The windiest day measured in Dodoma between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1945, with winds reaching 31.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dodoma?

The warmest month in Dodoma is November (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dodoma?

Dodoma receives on average 473 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dodoma?

Dodoma gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dodoma (Tanzania) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 473 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 November (24.7 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Dodoma averages 0 frost days, 121 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 67 rainy days per year.

Dodoma 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 35.9 °C (on 13 January 2022) and the coldest 10.7 °C (on 29 June 1964).

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

DodomaDodoma

coords: -6.17°, 35.74°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

22.8°C

Average daily high

28.9°C

Average daily low

17.8°C

Annual rainfall

473mm

Sunshine / day

11.1h

Mean relative humidity

61%

Average peak wind

18.9km/h

Seasonal range

4.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

121 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

67 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.4 °C

Average feels-like low

17.9 °C

Average peak gust

36.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

41 d/yr

Solar radiation

22.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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

35.9 °C

13 January 2022

Coldest day

10.7 °C

29 June 1964

Wettest day

116 mm

15 December 1957

Windiest day

31.1 km/h

30 September 1945

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

13 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

39.4 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

7.7 °C

11 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.4 h

9 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.7 °C17 November 2025	13.4 °C4 August 2025	23.8 °C	346 mm	169
2024	34.3 °C29 October 2024	13.1 °C5 August 2024	23.5 °C	808 mm	119
2023	35.6 °C14 October 2023	14.6 °C20 July 2023	23.8 °C	494 mm	167
2022	35.9 °C13 January 2022	13.9 °C28 June 2022	23.2 °C	513 mm	143
2021	35.4 °C30 December 2021	13.4 °C26 July 2021	23.5 °C	381 mm	156
2020	33.8 °C25 November 2020	11.6 °C17 July 2020	23.0 °C	822 mm	101
2019	34.6 °C17 November 2019	12.7 °C24 July 2019	23.8 °C	500 mm	167
2018	35.0 °C7 December 2018	13.0 °C9 June 2018	23.0 °C	672 mm	112
2017	35.2 °C12 October 2017	13.3 °C10 July 2017	24.0 °C	313 mm	186
2016	35.8 °C19 March 2016	12.4 °C10 July 2016	23.5 °C	481 mm	147
2015	34.7 °C24 November 2015	13.7 °C11 July 2015	23.9 °C	394 mm	176
2014	34.6 °C25 November 2014	13.3 °C12 July 2014	23.3 °C	530 mm	130
2013	35.0 °C25 January 2013	13.5 °C14 July 2013	23.7 °C	396 mm	172
2012	34.5 °C21 November 2012	13.0 °C8 July 2012	23.3 °C	373 mm	138
2011	34.6 °C26 October 2011	12.3 °C11 July 2011	23.3 °C	561 mm	135
2010	34.4 °C14 March 2010	13.3 °C8 July 2010	23.8 °C	270 mm	188
2009	34.9 °C15 January 2009	13.1 °C19 July 2009	23.5 °C	349 mm	184
2008	35.0 °C14 November 2008	12.3 °C11 June 2008	22.9 °C	365 mm	128
2007	34.2 °C10 November 2007	11.9 °C20 June 2007	23.2 °C	334 mm	143
2006	35.4 °C11 February 2006	12.2 °C3 July 2006	23.4 °C	404 mm	150
2005	35.6 °C25 February 2005	13.5 °C5 July 2005	23.6 °C	244 mm	180
2004	34.1 °C21 November 2004	12.6 °C10 July 2004	23.1 °C	512 mm	133
2003	35.0 °C27 November 2003	11.8 °C9 July 2003	23.4 °C	293 mm	174
2002	34.5 °C13 December 2002	13.1 °C23 June 2002	22.7 °C	584 mm	108
2001	33.6 °C17 December 2001	12.9 °C13 July 2001	22.8 °C	308 mm	125
2000	33.2 °C12 November 2000	13.2 °C1 July 2000	22.9 °C	430 mm	139
1999	34.4 °C24 February 1999	12.7 °C5 July 1999	22.9 °C	257 mm	146
1998	35.0 °C22 December 1998	13.3 °C1 July 1998	23.0 °C	444 mm	113
1997	34.8 °C13 March 1997	13.5 °C15 July 1997	23.0 °C	491 mm	112
1996	33.5 °C2 November 1996	11.6 °C1 July 1996	22.6 °C	428 mm	97
1995	33.9 °C26 November 1995	12.9 °C17 July 1995	22.9 °C	487 mm	118
1994	34.2 °C22 October 1994	13.0 °C14 July 1994	23.1 °C	418 mm	125
1993	34.7 °C12 November 1993	12.3 °C24 July 1993	23.0 °C	317 mm	144
1992	33.9 °C25 January 1992	11.2 °C1 August 1992	22.7 °C	397 mm	92
1991	35.4 °C22 March 1991	12.6 °C21 July 1991	23.2 °C	459 mm	130
1990	34.9 °C13 February 1990	13.0 °C8 July 1990	22.8 °C	395 mm	104
1989	33.8 °C13 November 1989	13.1 °C17 June 1989	22.2 °C	642 mm	69
1988	33.9 °C3 March 1988	13.5 °C29 July 1988	23.1 °C	294 mm	117
1987	35.3 °C29 December 1987	13.0 °C22 June 1987	23.2 °C	463 mm	121
1986	33.5 °C16 October 1986	11.8 °C27 June 1986	22.6 °C	429 mm	112
1985	33.2 °C17 January 1985	11.9 °C8 June 1985	22.3 °C	504 mm	68
1984	32.5 °C29 November 1984	13.3 °C10 August 1984	22.1 °C	556 mm	50
1983	34.1 °C9 February 1983	12.1 °C14 August 1983	23.2 °C	402 mm	146
1982	34.2 °C7 November 1982	12.2 °C17 July 1982	23.0 °C	540 mm	116
1981	34.2 °C28 January 1981	12.4 °C5 July 1981	22.7 °C	447 mm	117
1980	34.2 °C24 October 1980	13.2 °C13 June 1980	22.7 °C	477 mm	106
1979	33.8 °C4 November 1979	12.9 °C15 July 1979	22.5 °C	493 mm	103
1978	33.5 °C15 November 1978	13.3 °C17 July 1978	22.6 °C	665 mm	82
1977	34.2 °C6 December 1977	13.5 °C20 June 1977	23.0 °C	562 mm	129
1976	34.3 °C15 November 1976	13.2 °C27 June 1976	23.2 °C	306 mm	144
1975	34.5 °C22 February 1975	11.9 °C27 July 1975	22.8 °C	437 mm	111
1974	34.4 °C25 February 1974	13.1 °C21 August 1974	22.9 °C	344 mm	135
1973	35.0 °C10 November 1973	12.6 °C3 July 1973	22.8 °C	548 mm	126
1972	34.2 °C25 November 1972	12.5 °C28 June 1972	22.3 °C	700 mm	78
1971	34.4 °C10 November 1971	12.5 °C8 June 1971	22.2 °C	590 mm	94
1970	34.6 °C16 November 1970	12.2 °C20 June 1970	22.4 °C	592 mm	78
1969	34.6 °C28 December 1969	12.5 °C22 June 1969	23.1 °C	269 mm	173
1968	33.3 °C4 October 1968	11.0 °C15 July 1968	21.7 °C	681 mm	80
1967	33.4 °C18 March 1967	12.4 °C30 July 1967	22.6 °C	421 mm	121
1966	33.4 °C3 February 1966	12.3 °C1 August 1966	22.8 °C	463 mm	125
1965	34.3 °C20 November 1965	12.1 °C5 July 1965	21.9 °C	570 mm	66
1964	33.5 °C22 November 1964	10.7 °C29 June 1964	22.1 °C	399 mm	83
1963	32.7 °C7 October 1963	12.8 °C29 July 1963	21.8 °C	618 mm	65
1962	32.7 °C22 November 1962	13.8 °C26 June 1962	22.1 °C	572 mm	81
1961	34.5 °C21 January 1961	13.4 °C10 August 1961	23.1 °C	696 mm	124
1960	34.9 °C29 November 1960	11.4 °C24 July 1960	22.6 °C	479 mm	97
1959	34.5 °C17 November 1959	12.7 °C21 July 1959	22.4 °C	703 mm	60
1958	34.3 °C12 November 1958	11.6 °C21 July 1958	22.5 °C	650 mm	89
1957	33.4 °C7 December 1957	12.0 °C11 July 1957	21.8 °C	1,135 mm	77
1956	33.6 °C14 November 1956	12.1 °C14 July 1956	21.9 °C	623 mm	80
1955	33.4 °C8 January 1955	12.2 °C11 August 1955	22.2 °C	537 mm	103
1954	33.2 °C26 October 1954	12.7 °C21 June 1954	22.1 °C	456 mm	78
1953	33.3 °C4 November 1953	12.3 °C21 July 1953	21.9 °C	732 mm	72
1952	34.7 °C27 March 1952	12.6 °C15 July 1952	23.1 °C	221 mm	176
1951	33.4 °C4 January 1951	13.1 °C19 July 1951	22.6 °C	429 mm	116
1950	32.9 °C26 October 1950	13.0 °C2 June 1950	22.4 °C	337 mm	106
1949	34.4 °C24 November 1949	12.9 °C30 July 1949	22.8 °C	389 mm	157
1948	33.4 °C20 October 1948	12.9 °C4 July 1948	22.8 °C	380 mm	138
1947	33.4 °C2 March 1947	12.2 °C23 July 1947	22.2 °C	532 mm	86
1946	35.0 °C20 March 1946	13.6 °C15 August 1946	23.3 °C	286 mm	161
1945	34.1 °C1 January 1945	12.9 °C14 July 1945	22.2 °C	467 mm	88
1944	34.1 °C2 January 1944	11.6 °C11 July 1944	23.2 °C	199 mm	163
1943	34.9 °C15 January 1943	12.3 °C27 July 1943	23.0 °C	220 mm	164
1942	33.6 °C24 February 1942	12.2 °C28 July 1942	22.7 °C	294 mm	143
1941	33.7 °C21 October 1941	13.5 °C2 July 1941	22.1 °C	662 mm	64
1940	33.1 °C28 December 1940	13.1 °C29 June 1940	22.4 °C	466 mm	89

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.8 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

169 d/yr

+48

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

346 mm

-127 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.7 °C	+0.2 °C	71 mm	-43 mm
Feb	30.5 °C	+1.9 °C	19 mm	-78 mm
Mar	29.4 °C	+0.6 °C	137 mm	+44 mm
Apr	29.3 °C	+0.8 °C	46 mm	-6 mm
May	29.5 °C	+1.0 °C	14 mm	+7 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	27.4 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	28.4 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	30.6 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	31.6 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Nov	33.0 °C	+1.6 °C	5 mm	-18 mm
Dec	31.0 °C	+1.2 °C	54 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.7 °C

17 Nov 2025

Coldest day

13.4 °C

4 Aug 2025

Wettest day

34.1 mm

16 Mar 2025

Windiest day

27.6 km/h

28 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

51.8 km/h

29 Dec 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

14 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.2 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

9 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dodoma?

Dodoma has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 473 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dodoma?

The hottest day measured in Dodoma between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2022, reaching 35.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dodoma?

The coldest day measured in Dodoma between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1964, at 10.7 °C.

Does it snow in Dodoma?

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

Has the climate of Dodoma warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Dodoma?

The wettest day measured in Dodoma between 1940 and 2025 was 15 December 1957, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dodoma?

The windiest day measured in Dodoma between 1940 and 2025 was 30 September 1945, with winds reaching 31.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dodoma?

The warmest month in Dodoma is November (24.7 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Dodoma?

Dodoma receives on average 473 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 67 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dodoma?

Dodoma gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dodoma?

Yes: Dodoma has on average 41 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dodoma?

In Dodoma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.4 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 7.7 °C on 11 July 1944.

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