Katoro climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Katoro?

Katoro has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,537 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Katoro between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1997, reaching 34.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Katoro?

The coldest day measured in Katoro between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1971, at 12.0 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Katoro?

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

Q: Has the climate of Katoro warmed?

Yes: Katoro warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Katoro?

The wettest day measured in Katoro between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2023, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Katoro?

The windiest day measured in Katoro between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1967, with winds reaching 23.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Katoro?

The warmest month in Katoro is August (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Katoro?

Katoro receives on average 1,537 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Katoro?

Katoro gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Katoro (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,537 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is December (21.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Katoro averages 0 frost days, 36 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 191 rainy days per year.

Katoro has warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.21 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.8 °C (on 25 September 1997) and the coldest 12.0 °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

KatoroGeita

coords: -3.00°, 31.93°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAugustColdest monthDecemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.1°C

Average daily high

27.3°C

Average daily low

17.9°C

Annual rainfall

1,537mm

Sunshine / day

10.8h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

2.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

36 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

191 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.5 °C

Average feels-like low

18.5 °C

Average peak gust

29.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

16 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.8 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.69 · 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

34.8 °C

25 September 1997

Coldest day

12.0 °C

8 June 1971

Wettest day

89 mm

3 November 2023

Windiest day

23.1 km/h

6 September 1967

Strongest gust

58.0 km/h

22 April 1984

Hottest feels-like

37.1 °C

29 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

10.1 °C

8 June 1971

Sunniest day

12.0 h

19 November 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.7 °C1 March 2025	15.2 °C19 August 2025	22.9 °C	1,183 mm	47
2024	33.6 °C16 September 2024	15.7 °C25 July 2024	23.6 °C	1,249 mm	124
2023	34.0 °C21 August 2023	15.9 °C5 July 2023	23.2 °C	1,663 mm	83
2022	32.1 °C14 October 2022	15.4 °C22 June 2022	22.7 °C	1,211 mm	44
2021	32.8 °C29 August 2021	15.5 °C26 June 2021	22.8 °C	1,158 mm	37
2020	33.4 °C18 September 2020	16.3 °C15 December 2020	23.0 °C	1,494 mm	59
2019	32.1 °C21 July 2019	15.0 °C14 July 2019	23.0 °C	1,382 mm	68
2018	32.8 °C7 October 2018	15.2 °C30 May 2018	22.6 °C	1,231 mm	48
2017	32.7 °C21 July 2017	16.3 °C5 March 2017	23.3 °C	1,209 mm	94
2016	33.4 °C23 August 2016	15.6 °C1 July 2016	23.4 °C	1,157 mm	106
2015	32.9 °C19 August 2015	16.0 °C13 July 2015	23.0 °C	1,273 mm	84
2014	32.0 °C2 June 2014	15.9 °C6 September 2014	22.6 °C	1,282 mm	40
2013	31.9 °C29 August 2013	14.9 °C15 July 2013	22.5 °C	1,428 mm	56
2012	32.6 °C29 March 2012	14.6 °C9 July 2012	22.2 °C	1,557 mm	38
2011	31.9 °C9 June 2011	15.0 °C7 July 2011	22.3 °C	1,540 mm	42
2010	33.2 °C20 August 2010	15.3 °C29 January 2010	22.9 °C	1,420 mm	73
2009	33.7 °C14 September 2009	15.6 °C21 July 2009	22.8 °C	1,316 mm	79
2008	31.8 °C28 September 2008	14.0 °C9 July 2008	22.3 °C	1,226 mm	31
2007	32.6 °C28 August 2007	14.1 °C20 June 2007	22.5 °C	1,217 mm	41
2006	34.0 °C9 February 2006	15.2 °C2 June 2006	22.5 °C	1,529 mm	55
2005	33.1 °C23 February 2005	15.2 °C28 August 2005	22.8 °C	1,157 mm	68
2004	32.2 °C8 August 2004	15.3 °C14 June 2004	22.6 °C	1,248 mm	38
2003	32.4 °C15 August 2003	16.0 °C10 July 2003	22.6 °C	1,063 mm	56
2002	32.9 °C30 September 2002	16.4 °C24 January 2002	22.4 °C	1,317 mm	67
2001	31.1 °C24 August 2001	16.1 °C14 June 2001	22.0 °C	1,162 mm	19
2000	33.4 °C5 September 2000	15.0 °C27 January 2000	22.5 °C	888 mm	67
1999	31.7 °C20 October 1999	15.8 °C10 March 1999	22.2 °C	1,186 mm	29
1998	31.7 °C14 September 1998	15.7 °C1 July 1998	22.7 °C	1,378 mm	43
1997	34.8 °C25 September 1997	14.9 °C21 May 1997	22.6 °C	1,605 mm	78
1996	32.0 °C3 August 1996	15.5 °C25 September 1996	22.1 °C	1,269 mm	22
1995	32.3 °C11 August 1995	15.7 °C18 January 1995	22.4 °C	1,370 mm	43
1994	31.6 °C23 September 1994	15.0 °C14 June 1994	22.2 °C	1,492 mm	28
1993	32.8 °C11 September 1993	15.8 °C22 January 1993	22.4 °C	1,305 mm	43
1992	32.6 °C26 September 1992	15.4 °C5 July 1992	22.3 °C	1,452 mm	38
1991	31.8 °C24 September 1991	15.4 °C25 December 1991	22.1 °C	1,613 mm	16
1990	32.3 °C7 October 1990	15.2 °C28 June 1990	22.4 °C	1,645 mm	28
1989	30.4 °C25 August 1989	14.4 °C17 June 1989	21.9 °C	1,601 mm	7
1988	31.4 °C16 September 1988	14.5 °C27 December 1988	22.4 °C	1,561 mm	18
1987	33.3 °C4 September 1987	15.7 °C25 June 1987	22.8 °C	1,548 mm	61
1986	32.1 °C23 August 1986	14.3 °C29 June 1986	22.0 °C	2,006 mm	46
1985	32.5 °C8 October 1985	15.0 °C8 June 1985	22.1 °C	1,588 mm	26
1984	32.3 °C22 August 1984	15.5 °C21 February 1984	22.1 °C	1,559 mm	14
1983	31.6 °C3 August 1983	15.1 °C10 February 1983	22.4 °C	1,638 mm	37
1982	31.6 °C30 August 1982	15.5 °C4 January 1982	22.2 °C	1,671 mm	35
1981	32.7 °C24 September 1981	15.2 °C4 January 1981	22.0 °C	1,745 mm	21
1980	31.6 °C2 September 1980	15.3 °C4 June 1980	22.1 °C	1,515 mm	28
1979	32.7 °C2 September 1979	14.7 °C4 March 1979	22.0 °C	1,702 mm	47
1978	32.1 °C7 February 1978	15.4 °C12 August 1978	21.7 °C	1,855 mm	20
1977	32.0 °C21 August 1977	14.4 °C5 June 1977	21.8 °C	1,957 mm	27
1976	31.3 °C13 September 1976	14.3 °C29 June 1976	21.5 °C	1,722 mm	14
1975	30.5 °C27 January 1975	13.8 °C28 July 1975	21.4 °C	1,651 mm	9
1974	32.0 °C20 August 1974	14.6 °C21 June 1974	21.2 °C	1,706 mm	26
1973	33.4 °C29 August 1973	13.8 °C4 July 1973	21.8 °C	1,593 mm	27
1972	31.6 °C1 August 1972	14.2 °C29 June 1972	21.2 °C	2,079 mm	21
1971	31.1 °C5 August 1971	12.0 °C8 June 1971	21.3 °C	1,573 mm	13
1970	32.7 °C27 September 1970	14.8 °C21 June 1970	21.8 °C	1,587 mm	34
1969	31.6 °C24 August 1969	14.1 °C23 June 1969	21.9 °C	1,539 mm	28
1968	31.5 °C22 September 1968	14.6 °C16 July 1968	21.4 °C	2,051 mm	30
1967	31.6 °C5 September 1967	14.5 °C23 July 1967	21.5 °C	1,678 mm	19
1966	32.5 °C17 August 1966	14.9 °C21 December 1966	21.6 °C	1,690 mm	29
1965	32.8 °C11 October 1965	13.7 °C21 January 1965	21.6 °C	1,684 mm	48
1964	30.7 °C9 September 1964	14.1 °C10 December 1964	21.2 °C	1,941 mm	4
1963	32.8 °C8 September 1963	14.8 °C15 June 1963	21.2 °C	1,986 mm	26
1962	30.1 °C30 July 1962	13.7 °C29 July 1962	20.7 °C	2,102 mm	1
1961	31.2 °C29 August 1961	13.9 °C13 June 1961	21.7 °C	2,025 mm	14
1960	31.8 °C1 September 1960	14.5 °C31 July 1960	22.1 °C	1,816 mm	24
1959	30.4 °C15 March 1959	13.5 °C6 June 1959	22.0 °C	1,746 mm	8
1958	31.7 °C9 September 1958	13.4 °C24 July 1958	22.2 °C	1,529 mm	23
1957	33.1 °C24 September 1957	14.2 °C28 June 1957	21.8 °C	1,949 mm	45
1956	30.1 °C16 October 1956	14.2 °C16 July 1956	21.0 °C	1,692 mm	1
1955	31.3 °C28 August 1955	14.6 °C13 September 1955	21.1 °C	1,642 mm	7
1954	30.2 °C6 September 1954	13.8 °C13 June 1954	21.2 °C	1,351 mm	1
1953	32.6 °C11 September 1953	14.2 °C11 June 1953	21.2 °C	2,426 mm	25
1952	31.0 °C18 August 1952	15.0 °C19 July 1952	21.4 °C	1,977 mm	5
1951	31.6 °C6 September 1951	13.8 °C15 June 1951	21.2 °C	2,228 mm	12
1950	30.1 °C16 August 1950	13.1 °C3 June 1950	21.0 °C	1,795 mm	2
1949	32.2 °C22 August 1949	14.3 °C20 December 1949	21.5 °C	1,443 mm	19
1948	30.8 °C31 August 1948	14.8 °C16 July 1948	21.4 °C	1,967 mm	6
1947	32.6 °C25 September 1947	13.9 °C24 July 1947	21.7 °C	1,691 mm	45
1946	31.8 °C29 August 1946	14.5 °C3 August 1946	21.7 °C	1,293 mm	28
1945	32.2 °C1 September 1945	13.4 °C8 June 1945	21.7 °C	1,058 mm	44
1944	32.6 °C3 September 1944	13.7 °C12 February 1944	22.1 °C	1,070 mm	58
1943	32.3 °C12 October 1943	14.0 °C30 May 1943	21.8 °C	979 mm	17
1942	32.9 °C1 October 1942	14.1 °C12 January 1942	21.7 °C	1,043 mm	53
1941	31.9 °C16 August 1941	14.7 °C23 December 1941	21.7 °C	1,350 mm	29
1940	30.6 °C19 July 1940	14.1 °C9 January 1940	21.0 °C	1,742 mm	5

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

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

47 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1183 mm

-354 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.6 °C	+1.1 °C	89 mm	-63 mm
Feb	30.0 °C	+2.9 °C	20 mm	-121 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	+1.8 °C	147 mm	-52 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	+1.3 °C	230 mm	+11 mm
May	27.2 °C	+0.3 °C	97 mm	+16 mm
Jun	28.3 °C	+0.3 °C	10 mm	-1 mm
Jul	28.7 °C	0.0 °C	1 mm	-5 mm
Aug	28.2 °C	-0.9 °C	70 mm	+43 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+0.2 °C	90 mm	+16 mm
Oct	26.7 °C	-0.8 °C	191 mm	+43 mm
Nov	27.1 °C	+1.1 °C	123 mm	-130 mm
Dec	26.4 °C	+0.4 °C	117 mm	-112 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.2 °C

19 Aug 2025

Wettest day

43.1 mm

5 May 2025

Windiest day

20.1 km/h

30 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

44.3 km/h

31 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.2 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Katoro?

Katoro has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.1 °C and it receives 1,537 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Katoro?

The hottest day measured in Katoro between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 1997, reaching 34.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Katoro?

The coldest day measured in Katoro between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1971, at 12.0 °C.

Does it snow in Katoro?

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

Has the climate of Katoro warmed?

Yes: Katoro warmed by +1.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Katoro?

The wettest day measured in Katoro between 1940 and 2025 was 3 November 2023, with 89 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Katoro?

The windiest day measured in Katoro between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1967, with winds reaching 23.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Katoro?

The warmest month in Katoro is August (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Katoro?

Katoro receives on average 1,537 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 191 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Katoro?

Katoro gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Katoro?

Yes: Katoro has on average 16 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Katoro?

In Katoro, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 29 March 2016, and the lowest was 10.1 °C on 8 June 1971.

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