Kiratu climate — normals and trends
Kiratu (Tanzania) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 1,773 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 February (18.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (14.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Kiratu averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 175 rainy days per year.
Kiratu has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.16 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 29.5 °C (on 22 February 2000) and the coldest 4.8 °C (on 12 August 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
KiratuArusha
- coords
- -3.33°, 35.67°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
16.6°C
Average daily high
22.0°C
Average daily low
12.3°C
Annual rainfall
1,773mm
Sunshine / day
11.1h
Mean relative humidity
75%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
4.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
175 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
22.6 °C
Average feels-like low
11.8 °C
Average peak gust
36.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.4 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.64 · 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
29.5 °C
22 February 2000
Coldest day
4.8 °C
12 August 1964
Wettest day
259 mm
28 December 1951
Windiest day
24.9 km/h
15 March 1952
Strongest gust
79.9 km/h
15 March 1952
Hottest feels-like
33.4 °C
11 April 1957
Coldest feels-like
2.9 °C
9 July 2008
Sunniest day
12.2 h
29 November 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 231 mm | -75 mm |
| Feb | 25.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 70 mm | -187 mm |
| Mar | 24.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 354 mm | +91 mm |
| Apr | 22.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 170 mm | -90 mm |
| May | 20.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 116 mm | -26 mm |
| Jun | 19.6 °C | +0.3 °C | 56 mm | +17 mm |
| Jul | 19.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 20 mm | -8 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | +0.7 °C | 22 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 23.7 °C | +1.8 °C | 5 mm | -17 mm |
| Oct | 23.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 49 mm | +0 mm |
| Nov | 24.9 °C | +1.8 °C | 17 mm | -120 mm |
| Dec | 24.5 °C | +1.2 °C | 159 mm | -87 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Kiratu?
Kiratu has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 16.6 °C and it receives 1,773 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kiratu?
The hottest day measured in Kiratu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 2000, reaching 29.5 °C.
What is the coldest day in Kiratu?
The coldest day measured in Kiratu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1964, at 4.8 °C.
Does it snow in Kiratu?
Almost never: Kiratu sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Kiratu warmed?
Yes: Kiratu warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Kiratu?
The wettest day measured in Kiratu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 December 1951, with 259 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Kiratu?
The windiest day measured in Kiratu between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1952, with winds reaching 24.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Kiratu?
The warmest month in Kiratu is February (18.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (14.0 °C).
How much does it rain in Kiratu?
Kiratu receives on average 1,773 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 175 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Kiratu?
Kiratu gets on average 11.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,052 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Kiratu?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Kiratu.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kiratu?
In Kiratu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.4 °C on 11 April 1957, and the lowest was 2.9 °C on 9 July 2008.
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