Katumba climate — normals and trends
Katumba (Tanzania) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 2,308 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 (19.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Katumba averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 195 rainy days per year.
Katumba 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 32.5 °C (on 14 October 2023) and the coldest 4.6 °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
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- coords
- -9.23°, 33.62°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.2°C
Average daily high
22.3°C
Average daily low
13.5°C
Annual rainfall
2,308mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
80%
Average peak wind
11.2km/h
Seasonal range
6.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
195 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
23.6 °C
Average feels-like low
13.6 °C
Average peak gust
34.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.3 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
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
32.5 °C
14 October 2023
Coldest day
4.6 °C
29 June 1964
Wettest day
209 mm
29 December 1940
Windiest day
23.0 km/h
6 September 1969
Strongest gust
67.3 km/h
6 February 1977
Hottest feels-like
33.6 °C
24 February 2005
Coldest feels-like
2.2 °C
24 June 1968
Sunniest day
12.5 h
7 December 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 23.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 395 mm | -83 mm |
| Feb | 25.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 314 mm | -104 mm |
| Mar | 23.2 °C | +0.4 °C | 375 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 22.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 212 mm | +10 mm |
| May | 20.7 °C | +0.3 °C | 104 mm | +46 mm |
| Jun | 20.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 13 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 19.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 17 mm | +7 mm |
| Aug | 21.6 °C | +0.8 °C | 2 mm | -7 mm |
| Sep | 25.9 °C | +2.2 °C | 3 mm | -10 mm |
| Oct | 26.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 14 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 25.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 215 mm | +11 mm |
| Dec | 24.1 °C | +0.5 °C | 371 mm | -94 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Katumba?
Katumba has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.2 °C and it receives 2,308 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Katumba?
The hottest day measured in Katumba between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2023, reaching 32.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Katumba?
The coldest day measured in Katumba between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1964, at 4.6 °C.
Does it snow in Katumba?
Almost never: Katumba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Katumba warmed?
Yes: Katumba warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Katumba?
The wettest day measured in Katumba between 1940 and 2025 was 29 December 1940, with 209 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Katumba?
The windiest day measured in Katumba between 1940 and 2025 was 6 September 1969, with winds reaching 23.0 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Katumba?
The warmest month in Katumba is November (19.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.4 °C).
How much does it rain in Katumba?
Katumba receives on average 2,308 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 195 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Katumba?
Katumba gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Katumba?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Katumba.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Katumba?
In Katumba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.6 °C on 24 February 2005, and the lowest was 2.2 °C on 24 June 1968.
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