Makuyuni climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Makuyuni?

Makuyuni has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 703 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Makuyuni between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1941, reaching 38.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Makuyuni?

The coldest day measured in Makuyuni between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1992, at 11.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Makuyuni?

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

Q: Has the climate of Makuyuni warmed?

Yes: Makuyuni warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Makuyuni?

The wettest day measured in Makuyuni between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2010, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Makuyuni?

The windiest day measured in Makuyuni between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1951, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Makuyuni?

The warmest month in Makuyuni is February (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Makuyuni?

Makuyuni receives on average 703 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Makuyuni?

Makuyuni gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Makuyuni (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 703 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 (25.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Makuyuni averages 0 frost days, 103 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 122 rainy days per year.

Makuyuni 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 38.9 °C (on 25 March 1941) and the coldest 11.1 °C (on 1 August 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

MakuyuniTanga

coords: -4.73°, 38.10°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

22.7°C

Average daily high

28.0°C

Average daily low

18.5°C

Annual rainfall

703mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

12.8km/h

Seasonal range

5.5°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

103 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

122 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.0 °C

Average feels-like low

20.4 °C

Average peak gust

33.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

118 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.3 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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

38.9 °C

25 March 1941

Coldest day

11.1 °C

1 August 1992

Wettest day

160 mm

29 April 2010

Windiest day

25.6 km/h

12 June 1951

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

24 July 2021

Hottest feels-like

41.4 °C

21 March 2016

Coldest feels-like

9.7 °C

24 June 1968

Sunniest day

12.3 h

14 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.0 °C27 February 2025	12.5 °C26 July 2025	23.5 °C	783 mm	136
2024	36.6 °C18 February 2024	13.8 °C23 July 2024	23.8 °C	763 mm	129
2023	36.3 °C3 March 2023	13.9 °C20 July 2023	23.8 °C	841 mm	129
2022	35.3 °C13 January 2022	13.8 °C11 July 2022	23.4 °C	516 mm	141
2021	33.9 °C13 November 2021	12.9 °C26 August 2021	23.3 °C	474 mm	128
2020	33.4 °C21 January 2020	13.7 °C25 July 2020	23.2 °C	1,183 mm	94
2019	35.0 °C2 February 2019	12.2 °C24 July 2019	23.5 °C	1,058 mm	122
2018	35.0 °C26 February 2018	13.0 °C8 August 2018	23.0 °C	681 mm	103
2017	33.8 °C15 January 2017	13.3 °C23 September 2017	23.3 °C	766 mm	127
2016	35.8 °C24 March 2016	13.6 °C9 July 2016	23.4 °C	584 mm	135
2015	35.8 °C28 February 2015	13.8 °C16 July 2015	23.5 °C	699 mm	129
2014	35.0 °C17 January 2014	13.0 °C13 July 2014	23.3 °C	637 mm	131
2013	34.9 °C21 January 2013	13.4 °C14 July 2013	23.2 °C	614 mm	134
2012	36.6 °C22 January 2012	12.8 °C19 July 2012	23.4 °C	460 mm	141
2011	34.0 °C8 February 2011	13.5 °C11 July 2011	23.3 °C	643 mm	127
2010	35.1 °C2 February 2010	12.1 °C16 August 2010	23.3 °C	770 mm	138
2009	34.7 °C1 January 2009	13.1 °C29 July 2009	23.3 °C	467 mm	133
2008	34.5 °C7 January 2008	12.3 °C29 June 2008	22.7 °C	576 mm	114
2007	34.3 °C23 February 2007	13.4 °C20 June 2007	23.0 °C	623 mm	120
2006	35.7 °C30 January 2006	13.0 °C15 August 2006	22.8 °C	968 mm	74
2005	35.9 °C27 February 2005	14.0 °C22 August 2005	23.4 °C	336 mm	140
2004	35.0 °C28 January 2004	12.8 °C26 August 2004	22.8 °C	702 mm	86
2003	35.1 °C14 December 2003	12.3 °C9 July 2003	23.2 °C	354 mm	151
2002	33.3 °C8 January 2002	12.7 °C23 July 2002	22.5 °C	909 mm	57
2001	33.3 °C10 December 2001	13.0 °C5 August 2001	22.7 °C	419 mm	112
2000	37.0 °C22 February 2000	12.9 °C12 September 2000	22.6 °C	596 mm	110
1999	34.4 °C10 February 1999	12.7 °C5 July 1999	22.5 °C	627 mm	110
1998	33.8 °C31 December 1998	12.7 °C27 July 1998	22.7 °C	748 mm	94
1997	35.7 °C17 January 1997	13.1 °C15 July 1997	22.8 °C	1,074 mm	88
1996	34.8 °C13 December 1996	11.8 °C1 July 1996	22.6 °C	535 mm	118
1995	34.3 °C6 February 1995	12.5 °C14 June 1995	22.7 °C	613 mm	109
1994	35.8 °C1 February 1994	12.4 °C15 July 1994	22.7 °C	813 mm	85
1993	32.5 °C26 December 1993	11.8 °C24 July 1993	22.5 °C	449 mm	90
1992	34.3 °C19 January 1992	11.1 °C1 August 1992	22.5 °C	672 mm	103
1991	34.7 °C14 February 1991	12.6 °C21 July 1991	22.7 °C	538 mm	104
1990	33.2 °C11 February 1990	11.8 °C11 July 1990	22.3 °C	654 mm	63
1989	35.0 °C25 February 1989	13.4 °C18 July 1989	22.2 °C	838 mm	66
1988	35.0 °C3 March 1988	13.6 °C30 September 1988	23.0 °C	520 mm	109
1987	34.7 °C1 April 1987	12.3 °C11 July 1987	23.2 °C	581 mm	155
1986	34.7 °C10 February 1986	12.4 °C27 June 1986	22.3 °C	895 mm	79
1985	32.8 °C2 February 1985	12.7 °C16 September 1985	22.2 °C	620 mm	86
1984	33.8 °C7 March 1984	12.4 °C31 July 1984	22.2 °C	905 mm	84
1983	34.6 °C9 March 1983	13.1 °C7 September 1983	23.1 °C	524 mm	131
1982	35.3 °C25 March 1982	12.5 °C18 July 1982	22.8 °C	766 mm	115
1981	33.8 °C6 March 1981	12.5 °C13 June 1981	22.6 °C	678 mm	106
1980	34.1 °C24 January 1980	13.1 °C26 July 1980	22.6 °C	662 mm	97
1979	33.4 °C28 November 1979	12.3 °C31 July 1979	22.1 °C	1,081 mm	80
1978	33.4 °C15 February 1978	12.9 °C31 August 1978	22.3 °C	997 mm	78
1977	33.1 °C28 January 1977	12.7 °C7 August 1977	22.7 °C	971 mm	72
1976	34.6 °C9 March 1976	12.3 °C19 July 1976	22.8 °C	574 mm	144
1975	34.5 °C22 February 1975	12.5 °C27 July 1975	22.6 °C	569 mm	123
1974	33.9 °C1 February 1974	12.4 °C30 July 1974	22.7 °C	443 mm	126
1973	34.8 °C15 March 1973	12.4 °C16 July 1973	22.5 °C	759 mm	113
1972	34.0 °C31 January 1972	12.7 °C27 June 1972	22.3 °C	997 mm	65
1971	34.3 °C5 March 1971	12.5 °C8 June 1971	22.3 °C	589 mm	107
1970	33.1 °C16 November 1970	12.8 °C18 September 1970	22.3 °C	593 mm	88
1969	32.7 °C27 December 1969	11.5 °C16 June 1969	22.2 °C	504 mm	78
1968	34.0 °C13 January 1968	11.4 °C15 July 1968	21.8 °C	938 mm	62
1967	35.7 °C19 February 1967	13.5 °C4 September 1967	22.4 °C	697 mm	101
1966	34.5 °C24 December 1966	12.6 °C18 August 1966	22.5 °C	621 mm	98
1965	34.4 °C26 February 1965	11.4 °C27 June 1965	22.1 °C	708 mm	69
1964	33.0 °C20 February 1964	12.2 °C15 July 1964	22.0 °C	712 mm	63
1963	34.2 °C2 March 1963	13.0 °C28 July 1963	21.9 °C	876 mm	69
1962	32.5 °C13 November 1962	13.5 °C11 July 1962	22.0 °C	694 mm	67
1961	34.5 °C27 January 1961	14.2 °C10 August 1961	22.7 °C	1,191 mm	87
1960	33.6 °C12 December 1960	12.6 °C6 August 1960	22.4 °C	741 mm	87
1959	33.9 °C21 January 1959	13.2 °C17 August 1959	22.8 °C	685 mm	129
1958	35.4 °C22 January 1958	12.9 °C22 July 1958	22.8 °C	542 mm	130
1957	33.8 °C17 January 1957	13.0 °C22 July 1957	22.3 °C	978 mm	75
1956	32.9 °C19 March 1956	12.5 °C13 July 1956	22.1 °C	627 mm	104
1955	33.5 °C5 January 1955	12.2 °C11 August 1955	22.4 °C	552 mm	123
1954	33.4 °C26 December 1954	13.1 °C30 August 1954	22.4 °C	503 mm	85
1953	32.2 °C16 February 1953	12.6 °C21 July 1953	21.5 °C	1,265 mm	30
1952	33.8 °C27 March 1952	12.6 °C30 August 1952	22.0 °C	745 mm	65
1951	32.3 °C4 January 1951	12.3 °C29 July 1951	21.6 °C	1,353 mm	34
1950	33.4 °C23 February 1950	13.0 °C8 June 1950	22.0 °C	633 mm	84
1949	33.9 °C10 March 1949	12.4 °C12 August 1949	22.1 °C	726 mm	98
1948	32.5 °C17 January 1948	13.1 °C4 July 1948	21.8 °C	1,001 mm	43
1947	34.7 °C18 February 1947	11.8 °C17 September 1947	21.8 °C	872 mm	63
1946	36.6 °C19 March 1946	13.2 °C5 August 1946	23.2 °C	340 mm	170
1945	34.7 °C26 January 1945	12.6 °C30 July 1945	22.0 °C	666 mm	89
1944	36.2 °C12 February 1944	11.2 °C5 July 1944	22.7 °C	442 mm	136
1943	35.3 °C14 January 1943	12.5 °C18 July 1943	22.7 °C	365 mm	144
1942	34.8 °C1 February 1942	12.1 °C27 July 1942	22.6 °C	372 mm	128
1941	38.9 °C25 March 1941	13.3 °C23 July 1941	22.5 °C	746 mm	101
1940	33.3 °C25 December 1940	13.6 °C16 July 1940	22.4 °C	619 mm	84

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.8 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

136 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

783 mm

+80 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	31.4 °C	+0.6 °C	45 mm	-15 mm
Feb	32.3 °C	+0.9 °C	11 mm	-46 mm
Mar	31.0 °C	+0.5 °C	140 mm	+41 mm
Apr	27.3 °C	-0.2 °C	274 mm	+129 mm
May	26.0 °C	+0.3 °C	86 mm	+5 mm
Jun	25.2 °C	+0.1 °C	42 mm	+27 mm
Jul	25.3 °C	+0.6 °C	5 mm	-5 mm
Aug	26.5 °C	+0.9 °C	3 mm	-6 mm
Sep	28.6 °C	+1.4 °C	4 mm	-7 mm
Oct	29.1 °C	+0.5 °C	60 mm	+13 mm
Nov	31.3 °C	+1.9 °C	20 mm	-65 mm
Dec	31.7 °C	+1.7 °C	93 mm	+8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

12.5 °C

26 Jul 2025

Wettest day

62.2 mm

6 Apr 2025

Windiest day

21.1 km/h

10 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

14 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.4 °C

26 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

26 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Makuyuni?

Makuyuni has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 703 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Makuyuni?

The hottest day measured in Makuyuni between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1941, reaching 38.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Makuyuni?

The coldest day measured in Makuyuni between 1940 and 2025 was 1 August 1992, at 11.1 °C.

Does it snow in Makuyuni?

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

Has the climate of Makuyuni warmed?

Yes: Makuyuni warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Makuyuni?

The wettest day measured in Makuyuni between 1940 and 2025 was 29 April 2010, with 160 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Makuyuni?

The windiest day measured in Makuyuni between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1951, with winds reaching 25.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Makuyuni?

The warmest month in Makuyuni is February (25.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Makuyuni?

Makuyuni receives on average 703 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 122 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Makuyuni?

Makuyuni gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Makuyuni?

Yes: Makuyuni has on average 118 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Makuyuni?

In Makuyuni, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.4 °C on 21 March 2016, and the lowest was 9.7 °C on 24 June 1968.

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