Kibakwe climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kibakwe?

Kibakwe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 659 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kibakwe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2006, reaching 34.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kibakwe?

The coldest day measured in Kibakwe between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1964, at 8.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kibakwe?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kibakwe warmed?

Yes: Kibakwe warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kibakwe?

The wettest day measured in Kibakwe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1944, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kibakwe?

The windiest day measured in Kibakwe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kibakwe?

The warmest month in Kibakwe is November (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.5 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kibakwe?

Kibakwe receives on average 659 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kibakwe?

Kibakwe gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kibakwe (Tanzania) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 659 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kibakwe averages 0 frost days, 55 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.

Kibakwe has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.4 °C (on 11 February 2006) and the coldest 8.2 °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

KibakweDodoma

coords: -6.72°, 36.37°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

21.5°C

Average daily high

27.6°C

Average daily low

16.4°C

Annual rainfall

659mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

12.3km/h

Seasonal range

5.1°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

94 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.9 °C

Average feels-like low

17.2 °C

Average peak gust

35.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

15 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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

34.4 °C

11 February 2006

Coldest day

8.2 °C

29 June 1964

Wettest day

96 mm

1 December 1944

Windiest day

23.2 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

13 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

38.5 °C

21 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

4.6 °C

11 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.4 h

2 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.7 °C29 November 2025	9.8 °C4 August 2025	22.2 °C	539 mm	95
2024	33.4 °C27 November 2024	10.5 °C2 August 2024	22.2 °C	938 mm	59
2023	33.9 °C14 October 2023	11.6 °C16 July 2023	22.3 °C	681 mm	78
2022	33.6 °C12 January 2022	11.0 °C2 July 2022	21.8 °C	643 mm	69
2021	33.9 °C30 December 2021	10.4 °C4 July 2021	22.0 °C	538 mm	75
2020	32.4 °C6 October 2020	10.3 °C18 July 2020	21.9 °C	882 mm	55
2019	33.1 °C30 October 2019	10.1 °C23 July 2019	22.4 °C	729 mm	73
2018	34.3 °C6 December 2018	10.3 °C10 June 2018	21.7 °C	910 mm	64
2017	33.4 °C12 October 2017	10.4 °C16 July 2017	22.5 °C	461 mm	107
2016	33.4 °C21 March 2016	9.7 °C10 July 2016	22.1 °C	558 mm	99
2015	33.6 °C24 November 2015	10.4 °C11 July 2015	22.4 °C	572 mm	74
2014	33.3 °C18 December 2014	10.1 °C12 July 2014	22.0 °C	704 mm	61
2013	32.9 °C25 January 2013	10.5 °C14 July 2013	22.1 °C	564 mm	87
2012	32.8 °C9 December 2012	10.5 °C8 July 2012	22.0 °C	463 mm	78
2011	33.6 °C26 October 2011	8.7 °C12 July 2011	21.9 °C	727 mm	52
2010	33.8 °C4 December 2010	10.4 °C4 July 2010	22.2 °C	461 mm	93
2009	33.0 °C18 January 2009	10.2 °C4 July 2009	22.1 °C	447 mm	82
2008	34.3 °C14 November 2008	9.8 °C2 July 2008	21.5 °C	551 mm	64
2007	32.6 °C10 November 2007	9.1 °C20 June 2007	21.7 °C	563 mm	50
2006	34.4 °C11 February 2006	9.4 °C3 July 2006	22.0 °C	613 mm	73
2005	33.8 °C23 February 2005	11.0 °C5 July 2005	22.2 °C	352 mm	84
2004	32.8 °C26 November 2004	9.2 °C10 July 2004	21.7 °C	621 mm	48
2003	33.4 °C30 November 2003	8.5 °C9 July 2003	21.8 °C	422 mm	79
2002	33.8 °C18 December 2002	10.8 °C23 June 2002	21.4 °C	619 mm	55
2001	32.4 °C2 December 2001	9.8 °C16 July 2001	21.2 °C	580 mm	41
2000	33.2 °C27 January 2000	10.0 °C1 July 2000	21.3 °C	664 mm	64
1999	32.8 °C11 December 1999	10.0 °C5 July 1999	21.4 °C	429 mm	71
1998	33.8 °C22 December 1998	10.2 °C1 July 1998	21.7 °C	630 mm	58
1997	32.6 °C10 November 1997	10.6 °C16 July 1997	21.5 °C	786 mm	44
1996	32.2 °C3 November 1996	8.5 °C1 July 1996	21.1 °C	657 mm	40
1995	33.4 °C26 November 1995	10.2 °C14 June 1995	21.5 °C	624 mm	55
1994	33.5 °C2 January 1994	9.9 °C12 June 1994	21.8 °C	604 mm	61
1993	33.5 °C23 December 1993	9.2 °C24 July 1993	21.6 °C	404 mm	63
1992	31.9 °C7 November 1992	8.9 °C6 July 1992	21.3 °C	583 mm	39
1991	32.1 °C22 March 1991	9.2 °C22 July 1991	21.6 °C	622 mm	45
1990	32.4 °C16 October 1990	9.9 °C9 July 1990	21.4 °C	557 mm	48
1989	31.7 °C18 November 1989	10.5 °C1 July 1989	21.0 °C	871 mm	26
1988	32.6 °C3 March 1988	11.0 °C7 August 1988	21.8 °C	453 mm	62
1987	33.9 °C29 December 1987	9.8 °C9 July 1987	21.7 °C	630 mm	48
1986	31.7 °C16 October 1986	9.1 °C27 June 1986	21.1 °C	706 mm	23
1985	32.0 °C3 November 1985	8.9 °C8 June 1985	21.0 °C	635 mm	18
1984	31.3 °C1 December 1984	10.1 °C10 August 1984	20.8 °C	757 mm	12
1983	32.9 °C16 November 1983	9.3 °C14 August 1983	21.8 °C	597 mm	48
1982	32.9 °C4 November 1982	9.6 °C17 July 1982	21.6 °C	638 mm	46
1981	32.5 °C5 October 1981	9.5 °C19 June 1981	21.3 °C	579 mm	42
1980	32.2 °C24 October 1980	9.6 °C16 June 1980	21.3 °C	715 mm	31
1979	33.0 °C4 November 1979	9.8 °C15 July 1979	21.2 °C	747 mm	54
1978	32.1 °C15 November 1978	9.8 °C17 July 1978	21.3 °C	859 mm	37
1977	33.2 °C23 October 1977	10.0 °C30 July 1977	21.5 °C	847 mm	45
1976	33.2 °C15 November 1976	10.0 °C26 July 1976	21.7 °C	502 mm	62
1975	33.0 °C30 November 1975	8.6 °C27 July 1975	21.3 °C	642 mm	37
1974	32.3 °C13 November 1974	9.7 °C3 August 1974	21.4 °C	563 mm	46
1973	32.7 °C10 November 1973	9.3 °C11 July 1973	21.3 °C	754 mm	42
1972	31.5 °C16 October 1972	9.6 °C26 July 1972	21.0 °C	1,019 mm	17
1971	33.4 °C14 December 1971	9.0 °C6 June 1971	20.7 °C	881 mm	36
1970	33.6 °C5 November 1970	9.3 °C20 June 1970	21.0 °C	841 mm	38
1969	33.6 °C12 November 1969	10.0 °C13 August 1969	21.8 °C	387 mm	87
1968	32.1 °C4 October 1968	8.2 °C24 June 1968	20.6 °C	951 mm	27
1967	32.5 °C5 February 1967	10.8 °C12 July 1967	21.3 °C	634 mm	61
1966	33.1 °C24 December 1966	10.0 °C28 July 1966	21.5 °C	634 mm	70
1965	33.5 °C20 November 1965	9.2 °C5 July 1965	20.6 °C	811 mm	28
1964	32.5 °C22 November 1964	8.2 °C29 June 1964	20.7 °C	738 mm	23
1963	31.6 °C28 October 1963	9.7 °C22 August 1963	20.5 °C	1,012 mm	24
1962	32.2 °C22 November 1962	10.5 °C8 July 1962	20.8 °C	788 mm	43
1961	33.6 °C21 January 1961	11.0 °C10 August 1961	21.7 °C	917 mm	47
1960	33.4 °C28 November 1960	9.3 °C24 July 1960	21.3 °C	722 mm	61
1959	33.1 °C17 November 1959	10.2 °C17 July 1959	21.3 °C	869 mm	30
1958	33.8 °C22 January 1958	9.4 °C22 July 1958	21.3 °C	758 mm	66
1957	32.7 °C7 December 1957	9.2 °C27 June 1957	20.7 °C	1,258 mm	43
1956	32.3 °C22 September 1956	8.8 °C14 July 1956	20.6 °C	754 mm	53
1955	32.6 °C8 January 1955	9.5 °C11 August 1955	20.9 °C	731 mm	62
1954	32.7 °C26 October 1954	10.1 °C1 July 1954	20.7 °C	666 mm	39
1953	32.1 °C9 November 1953	9.1 °C5 July 1953	20.8 °C	1,002 mm	35
1952	32.6 °C24 March 1952	10.1 °C15 July 1952	21.6 °C	338 mm	88
1951	32.4 °C8 November 1951	10.2 °C19 July 1951	21.2 °C	672 mm	41
1950	32.3 °C25 October 1950	9.5 °C18 August 1950	20.9 °C	551 mm	36
1949	33.4 °C2 November 1949	9.9 °C18 July 1949	21.4 °C	554 mm	60
1948	32.8 °C20 October 1948	9.3 °C4 July 1948	21.5 °C	521 mm	58
1947	32.3 °C21 October 1947	10.0 °C23 July 1947	20.9 °C	751 mm	40
1946	32.8 °C20 March 1946	10.4 °C15 August 1946	21.8 °C	413 mm	70
1945	32.7 °C24 November 1945	10.1 °C14 June 1945	20.8 °C	619 mm	43
1944	34.1 °C2 January 1944	8.3 °C11 July 1944	21.6 °C	448 mm	98
1943	34.2 °C15 January 1943	9.1 °C27 July 1943	21.4 °C	311 mm	87
1942	32.6 °C29 December 1942	9.1 °C27 July 1942	21.1 °C	461 mm	62
1941	32.6 °C21 October 1941	10.3 °C2 July 1941	20.8 °C	899 mm	38
1940	32.5 °C29 December 1940	10.0 °C29 June 1940	21.1 °C	600 mm	44

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

95 d/yr

+40

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

539 mm

-120 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.2 °C	+0.8 °C	105 mm	-44 mm
Feb	29.5 °C	+2.0 °C	54 mm	-73 mm
Mar	28.2 °C	+0.7 °C	165 mm	+24 mm
Apr	27.7 °C	+0.7 °C	105 mm	+20 mm
May	27.3 °C	+0.5 °C	23 mm	+12 mm
Jun	26.6 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	-0 mm
Jul	25.8 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	26.8 °C	+0.3 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	29.4 °C	+1.3 °C	1 mm	0 mm
Oct	30.3 °C	+0.7 °C	3 mm	-3 mm
Nov	31.4 °C	+1.3 °C	6 mm	-24 mm
Dec	30.2 °C	+1.4 °C	76 mm	-30 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

29 Nov 2025

Coldest day

9.8 °C

4 Aug 2025

Wettest day

41.9 mm

8 Apr 2025

Windiest day

18.6 km/h

28 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

49.3 km/h

19 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.6 °C

16 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.9 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

27 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kibakwe?

Kibakwe has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 659 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kibakwe?

The hottest day measured in Kibakwe between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2006, reaching 34.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kibakwe?

The coldest day measured in Kibakwe between 1940 and 2025 was 29 June 1964, at 8.2 °C.

Does it snow in Kibakwe?

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

Has the climate of Kibakwe warmed?

Yes: Kibakwe warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kibakwe?

The wettest day measured in Kibakwe between 1940 and 2025 was 1 December 1944, with 96 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kibakwe?

The windiest day measured in Kibakwe between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 23.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kibakwe?

The warmest month in Kibakwe is November (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Kibakwe?

Kibakwe receives on average 659 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kibakwe?

Kibakwe gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kibakwe?

Yes: Kibakwe has on average 15 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kibakwe?

In Kibakwe, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 21 March 2016, and the lowest was 4.6 °C on 11 July 1944.

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