Kilosa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kilosa?

Kilosa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 910 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Kilosa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2000, reaching 37.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kilosa?

The coldest day measured in Kilosa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1992, at 10.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kilosa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Kilosa warmed?

Yes: Kilosa warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kilosa?

The wettest day measured in Kilosa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1962, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kilosa?

The windiest day measured in Kilosa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1987, with winds reaching 22.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kilosa?

The warmest month in Kilosa is December (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kilosa?

Kilosa receives on average 910 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kilosa?

Kilosa gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kilosa (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 910 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 December (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kilosa averages 0 frost days, 93 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.

Kilosa has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.2 °C (on 22 February 2000) and the coldest 10.2 °C (on 6 July 1992).

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

KilosaMorogoro

coords: -6.83°, 36.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthDecemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.7°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

18.3°C

Annual rainfall

910mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

10.6km/h

Seasonal range

4.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

93 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

146 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.3 °C

Average feels-like low

20.3 °C

Average peak gust

31.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

116 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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

37.2 °C

22 February 2000

Coldest day

10.2 °C

6 July 1992

Wettest day

94 mm

22 April 1962

Windiest day

22.0 km/h

21 June 1987

Strongest gust

54.4 km/h

25 July 2021

Hottest feels-like

40.5 °C

23 February 2000

Coldest feels-like

8.6 °C

27 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.4 h

26 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.1 °C27 February 2025	12.7 °C5 August 2025	23.6 °C	665 mm	160
2024	35.2 °C29 November 2024	13.0 °C2 August 2024	23.6 °C	1,255 mm	124
2023	34.6 °C29 December 2023	13.2 °C16 July 2023	23.5 °C	790 mm	112
2022	34.6 °C7 January 2022	13.3 °C3 September 2022	23.2 °C	933 mm	114
2021	34.7 °C25 November 2021	12.0 °C17 June 2021	23.3 °C	623 mm	132
2020	33.9 °C15 December 2020	12.7 °C17 July 2020	23.3 °C	1,072 mm	103
2019	33.9 °C16 February 2019	10.8 °C25 July 2019	23.3 °C	1,113 mm	94
2018	34.5 °C6 December 2018	12.6 °C9 June 2018	23.0 °C	1,204 mm	98
2017	34.4 °C20 January 2017	12.4 °C16 July 2017	23.4 °C	774 mm	139
2016	34.1 °C17 December 2016	11.9 °C17 June 2016	23.2 °C	987 mm	129
2015	34.1 °C6 December 2015	12.6 °C18 July 2015	23.5 °C	720 mm	144
2014	35.3 °C20 December 2014	11.8 °C13 July 2014	23.1 °C	935 mm	124
2013	35.8 °C14 February 2013	12.3 °C14 July 2013	23.5 °C	597 mm	139
2012	34.4 °C10 December 2012	12.5 °C11 July 2012	23.1 °C	695 mm	124
2011	34.3 °C29 January 2011	12.3 °C12 July 2011	23.1 °C	863 mm	108
2010	34.9 °C4 December 2010	12.8 °C16 August 2010	23.5 °C	650 mm	130
2009	34.7 °C11 January 2009	12.7 °C30 July 2009	23.5 °C	430 mm	148
2008	34.2 °C23 January 2008	11.8 °C29 June 2008	22.7 °C	751 mm	102
2007	34.2 °C23 February 2007	12.6 °C23 June 2007	22.8 °C	885 mm	93
2006	36.1 °C30 January 2006	11.3 °C3 July 2006	22.9 °C	991 mm	95
2005	34.9 °C25 January 2005	13.0 °C14 June 2005	23.3 °C	528 mm	145
2004	34.6 °C28 January 2004	12.2 °C10 July 2004	22.8 °C	819 mm	89
2003	34.4 °C27 December 2003	12.2 °C9 July 2003	23.2 °C	565 mm	144
2002	34.3 °C18 December 2002	12.6 °C24 June 2002	22.3 °C	1,099 mm	57
2001	33.4 °C9 December 2001	11.8 °C16 July 2001	22.6 °C	800 mm	89
2000	37.2 °C22 February 2000	12.7 °C7 July 2000	22.8 °C	726 mm	118
1999	34.6 °C1 March 1999	13.0 °C26 June 1999	22.4 °C	696 mm	98
1998	34.3 °C22 December 1998	12.6 °C3 July 1998	22.8 °C	994 mm	89
1997	34.4 °C28 January 1997	12.3 °C27 July 1997	22.7 °C	849 mm	84
1996	33.4 °C16 December 1996	10.9 °C1 July 1996	22.3 °C	910 mm	80
1995	33.5 °C1 January 1995	11.5 °C13 June 1995	22.5 °C	920 mm	88
1994	34.7 °C1 January 1994	11.7 °C14 July 1994	22.8 °C	903 mm	94
1993	33.8 °C24 December 1993	11.4 °C24 July 1993	22.6 °C	756 mm	88
1992	32.3 °C21 January 1992	10.2 °C6 July 1992	22.2 °C	915 mm	52
1991	33.0 °C14 February 1991	11.6 °C22 July 1991	22.7 °C	1,005 mm	86
1990	33.6 °C11 February 1990	11.8 °C9 July 1990	22.2 °C	915 mm	55
1989	33.0 °C21 December 1989	12.7 °C21 August 1989	22.0 °C	1,246 mm	38
1988	33.9 °C3 March 1988	12.7 °C7 August 1988	22.8 °C	693 mm	87
1987	34.0 °C28 December 1987	11.4 °C11 July 1987	22.8 °C	785 mm	79
1986	33.0 °C16 October 1986	11.4 °C27 June 1986	22.2 °C	959 mm	63
1985	32.9 °C31 January 1985	11.4 °C19 July 1985	22.0 °C	890 mm	50
1984	31.4 °C7 March 1984	12.2 °C13 September 1984	21.7 °C	1,335 mm	13
1983	34.9 °C10 December 1983	12.4 °C21 July 1983	22.7 °C	887 mm	84
1982	33.7 °C10 February 1982	11.3 °C17 July 1982	22.4 °C	1,044 mm	68
1981	33.4 °C28 November 1981	11.4 °C27 June 1981	22.3 °C	758 mm	83
1980	31.7 °C17 October 1980	11.5 °C16 June 1980	22.3 °C	1,013 mm	30
1979	34.7 °C13 December 1979	11.9 °C15 July 1979	21.9 °C	1,284 mm	61
1978	33.2 °C15 February 1978	12.2 °C17 June 1978	22.4 °C	1,181 mm	80
1977	33.3 °C1 January 1977	12.7 °C30 July 1977	22.7 °C	1,012 mm	73
1976	34.3 °C8 December 1976	11.9 °C19 July 1976	22.7 °C	758 mm	101
1975	35.3 °C22 February 1975	10.4 °C27 July 1975	22.6 °C	830 mm	98
1974	34.7 °C27 February 1974	11.6 °C21 August 1974	22.8 °C	571 mm	130
1973	33.3 °C29 December 1973	11.6 °C16 July 1973	22.4 °C	1,221 mm	81
1972	32.6 °C25 November 1972	11.5 °C26 July 1972	22.2 °C	1,286 mm	33
1971	35.7 °C14 December 1971	11.7 °C8 June 1971	22.1 °C	970 mm	74
1970	34.6 °C1 January 1970	12.7 °C20 June 1970	22.5 °C	1,050 mm	69
1969	34.4 °C19 November 1969	11.9 °C13 August 1969	22.7 °C	704 mm	103
1968	32.8 °C29 December 1968	10.6 °C15 July 1968	21.9 °C	1,315 mm	35
1967	34.8 °C19 February 1967	12.9 °C21 July 1967	22.5 °C	971 mm	101
1966	35.6 °C24 December 1966	11.9 °C7 August 1966	22.8 °C	706 mm	119
1965	33.7 °C20 November 1965	10.4 °C5 July 1965	21.8 °C	1,120 mm	47
1964	33.2 °C18 November 1964	10.4 °C30 June 1964	22.1 °C	898 mm	68
1963	32.3 °C23 December 1963	11.5 °C15 August 1963	21.9 °C	1,024 mm	45
1962	33.4 °C26 November 1962	12.4 °C26 June 1962	22.1 °C	1,077 mm	68
1961	34.7 °C28 January 1961	13.1 °C10 August 1961	22.8 °C	1,301 mm	74
1960	35.1 °C5 January 1960	12.3 °C24 July 1960	22.5 °C	1,097 mm	83
1959	33.9 °C29 November 1959	12.6 °C18 July 1959	22.8 °C	1,206 mm	113
1958	36.2 °C22 January 1958	10.9 °C20 July 1958	22.6 °C	1,034 mm	111
1957	32.9 °C23 December 1957	11.0 °C25 June 1957	22.2 °C	1,450 mm	73
1956	32.7 °C22 December 1956	11.1 °C14 July 1956	21.9 °C	1,129 mm	68
1955	33.6 °C8 January 1955	11.9 °C10 August 1955	22.1 °C	1,034 mm	91
1954	33.4 °C11 December 1954	12.1 °C22 June 1954	22.3 °C	896 mm	69
1953	32.1 °C4 November 1953	11.8 °C5 July 1953	21.7 °C	1,403 mm	20
1952	34.5 °C23 March 1952	12.7 °C15 July 1952	22.4 °C	606 mm	105
1951	33.0 °C6 January 1951	11.9 °C29 July 1951	22.0 °C	1,110 mm	43
1950	33.3 °C25 October 1950	12.1 °C19 August 1950	22.0 °C	857 mm	63
1949	33.7 °C2 November 1949	12.1 °C13 August 1949	22.6 °C	784 mm	121
1948	33.4 °C2 December 1948	12.6 °C19 July 1948	22.6 °C	653 mm	111
1947	35.3 °C1 March 1947	12.5 °C14 August 1947	22.3 °C	803 mm	106
1946	34.9 °C21 February 1946	12.5 °C3 June 1946	23.2 °C	409 mm	172
1945	34.4 °C2 January 1945	12.5 °C28 August 1945	22.0 °C	1,048 mm	88
1944	35.1 °C2 January 1944	11.3 °C11 July 1944	23.1 °C	384 mm	173
1943	35.2 °C24 January 1943	12.2 °C27 July 1943	22.7 °C	415 mm	139
1942	34.2 °C27 February 1942	11.7 °C28 July 1942	22.6 °C	502 mm	138
1941	34.2 °C25 March 1941	12.4 °C6 July 1941	22.2 °C	1,285 mm	78
1940	34.1 °C30 December 1940	12.8 °C10 August 1940	22.4 °C	954 mm	67

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

160 d/yr

+67

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

665 mm

-245 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.8 °C	+1.8 °C	63 mm	-103 mm
Feb	32.0 °C	+2.1 °C	39 mm	-113 mm
Mar	30.2 °C	+1.3 °C	194 mm	+41 mm
Apr	27.2 °C	+0.3 °C	147 mm	+18 mm
May	26.2 °C	+0.1 °C	63 mm	+9 mm
Jun	26.0 °C	+0.2 °C	11 mm	-2 mm
Jul	25.8 °C	+0.2 °C	7 mm	-3 mm
Aug	26.7 °C	+0.3 °C	6 mm	-7 mm
Sep	29.4 °C	+1.3 °C	13 mm	-3 mm
Oct	30.6 °C	+1.1 °C	17 mm	-22 mm
Nov	32.4 °C	+2.2 °C	20 mm	-37 mm
Dec	32.1 °C	+1.7 °C	85 mm	-25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.1 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

12.7 °C

5 Aug 2025

Wettest day

34.0 mm

16 Mar 2025

Windiest day

21.4 km/h

14 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

52.9 km/h

14 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

39.3 °C

12 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.1 °C

5 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

27 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kilosa?

Kilosa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 910 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kilosa?

The hottest day measured in Kilosa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2000, reaching 37.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kilosa?

The coldest day measured in Kilosa between 1940 and 2025 was 6 July 1992, at 10.2 °C.

Does it snow in Kilosa?

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

Has the climate of Kilosa warmed?

Yes: Kilosa warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kilosa?

The wettest day measured in Kilosa between 1940 and 2025 was 22 April 1962, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kilosa?

The windiest day measured in Kilosa between 1940 and 2025 was 21 June 1987, with winds reaching 22.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kilosa?

The warmest month in Kilosa is December (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Kilosa?

Kilosa receives on average 910 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kilosa?

Kilosa gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kilosa?

Yes: Kilosa has on average 116 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kilosa?

In Kilosa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 40.5 °C on 23 February 2000, and the lowest was 8.6 °C on 27 July 1975.

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