Matai climate — normals and trends
Matai (Tanzania) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 1,658 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 October (20.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (16.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Matai averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.
Matai has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.9 °C (on 9 October 2023) and the coldest 4.7 °C (on 27 June 1981).
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
- -8.30°, 31.52°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
17.7°C
Average daily high
23.4°C
Average daily low
13.1°C
Annual rainfall
1,658mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
68%
Average peak wind
13.4km/h
Seasonal range
4.2°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
150 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
24.1 °C
Average feels-like low
12.1 °C
Average peak gust
34.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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
30.9 °C
9 October 2023
Coldest day
4.7 °C
27 June 1981
Wettest day
284 mm
7 January 1951
Windiest day
30.7 km/h
22 October 2018
Strongest gust
67.0 km/h
2 March 2018
Hottest feels-like
32.3 °C
18 March 1967
Coldest feels-like
1.3 °C
26 July 2021
Sunniest day
12.5 h
4 December 1995
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 22.5 °C | +0.7 °C | 416 mm | +97 mm |
| Feb | 24.2 °C | +1.9 °C | 235 mm | -51 mm |
| Mar | 23.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 446 mm | +145 mm |
| Apr | 24.3 °C | +1.8 °C | 102 mm | -81 mm |
| May | 23.7 °C | +1.0 °C | 60 mm | +25 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 24.1 °C | +1.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 25.0 °C | +0.7 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 27.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 1 mm | -6 mm |
| Oct | 27.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 6 mm | -31 mm |
| Nov | 25.4 °C | +1.2 °C | 147 mm | -8 mm |
| Dec | 23.4 °C | +1.1 °C | 409 mm | +79 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Matai?
Matai has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 17.7 °C and it receives 1,658 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matai?
The hottest day measured in Matai between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 2023, reaching 30.9 °C.
What is the coldest day in Matai?
The coldest day measured in Matai between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1981, at 4.7 °C.
Does it snow in Matai?
Almost never: Matai sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Matai warmed?
Yes: Matai warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Matai?
The wettest day measured in Matai between 1940 and 2025 was 7 January 1951, with 284 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Matai?
The windiest day measured in Matai between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2018, with winds reaching 30.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Matai?
The warmest month in Matai is October (20.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (16.1 °C).
How much does it rain in Matai?
Matai receives on average 1,658 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Matai?
Matai gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Matai?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Matai.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matai?
In Matai, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 32.3 °C on 18 March 1967, and the lowest was 1.3 °C on 26 July 2021.
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