Matongo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Matongo?

Matongo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,098 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Matongo between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 37.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Matongo?

The coldest day measured in Matongo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1947, at 10.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Matongo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Matongo warmed?

Yes: Matongo warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Matongo?

The wettest day measured in Matongo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2024, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Matongo?

The windiest day measured in Matongo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1999, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Matongo?

The warmest month in Matongo is October (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is May (21.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Matongo?

Matongo receives on average 1,098 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Matongo?

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

Matongo (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,098 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 (22.7 °C on average) and the coldest is May (21.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Matongo averages 0 frost days, 100 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 160 rainy days per year.

Matongo has warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.27 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.0 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 10.3 °C (on 24 July 1947).

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

MatongoMara

coords: -1.47°, 34.52°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthMayWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

16.4°C

Annual rainfall

1,098mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

11.2km/h

Seasonal range

1.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

100 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

160 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.4 °C

Average feels-like low

16.7 °C

Average peak gust

30.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.3 °C

since 1940

+0.3 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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

37.0 °C

23 February 2005

Coldest day

10.3 °C

24 July 1947

Wettest day

110 mm

8 April 2024

Windiest day

22.3 km/h

18 February 1999

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

7 October 1947

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

7.7 °C

27 July 1943

Sunniest day

12.1 h

21 November 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.9 °C22 February 2025	14.7 °C17 August 2025	22.8 °C	946 mm	156
2024	34.0 °C30 October 2024	14.4 °C25 June 2024	22.7 °C	1,219 mm	139
2023	35.4 °C19 February 2023	15.1 °C6 January 2023	23.0 °C	1,254 mm	164
2022	35.7 °C26 October 2022	13.9 °C14 January 2022	22.6 °C	925 mm	169
2021	34.7 °C25 October 2021	14.8 °C17 January 2021	22.6 °C	775 mm	156
2020	33.3 °C17 September 2020	14.0 °C19 July 2020	21.9 °C	1,286 mm	67
2019	36.0 °C7 April 2019	14.4 °C5 August 2019	22.9 °C	1,071 mm	177
2018	35.0 °C16 November 2018	13.3 °C17 July 2018	22.5 °C	923 mm	119
2017	35.0 °C18 January 2017	14.0 °C10 July 2017	23.2 °C	857 mm	208
2016	34.2 °C5 March 2016	13.7 °C28 June 2016	23.0 °C	727 mm	191
2015	36.3 °C9 March 2015	14.2 °C4 May 2015	22.5 °C	1,123 mm	139
2014	35.1 °C4 March 2014	12.5 °C13 February 2014	22.5 °C	819 mm	161
2013	34.0 °C26 February 2013	11.5 °C16 July 2013	22.0 °C	937 mm	112
2012	35.4 °C29 March 2012	12.8 °C3 January 2012	21.7 °C	1,110 mm	107
2011	34.6 °C28 February 2011	14.9 °C29 June 2011	22.2 °C	1,170 mm	160
2010	33.8 °C2 February 2010	14.5 °C16 January 2010	22.4 °C	963 mm	124
2009	35.8 °C25 March 2009	13.3 °C6 July 2009	22.6 °C	1,116 mm	159
2008	34.4 °C29 December 2008	12.8 °C9 July 2008	22.4 °C	813 mm	180
2007	34.3 °C26 September 2007	13.1 °C20 June 2007	22.1 °C	893 mm	119
2006	35.8 °C10 February 2006	13.8 °C22 June 2006	22.5 °C	1,174 mm	150
2005	37.0 °C23 February 2005	14.2 °C30 August 2005	23.1 °C	671 mm	213
2004	35.2 °C10 October 2004	14.1 °C3 July 2004	22.7 °C	828 mm	192
2003	35.9 °C18 March 2003	13.8 °C10 July 2003	22.5 °C	617 mm	152
2002	33.7 °C22 October 2002	13.1 °C16 June 2002	22.2 °C	970 mm	130
2001	33.5 °C20 October 2001	13.5 °C7 August 2001	21.6 °C	750 mm	57
2000	34.6 °C24 March 2000	13.7 °C19 December 2000	22.6 °C	700 mm	190
1999	34.9 °C8 February 1999	13.0 °C6 July 1999	21.9 °C	868 mm	87
1998	33.0 °C12 December 1998	14.5 °C22 June 1998	22.1 °C	846 mm	85
1997	36.2 °C11 March 1997	13.5 °C21 May 1997	22.6 °C	1,202 mm	160
1996	34.2 °C24 October 1996	13.6 °C10 August 1996	22.4 °C	786 mm	145
1995	34.0 °C11 December 1995	13.7 °C18 January 1995	22.3 °C	953 mm	127
1994	36.1 °C25 September 1994	13.1 °C24 August 1994	22.0 °C	1,151 mm	123
1993	34.9 °C29 December 1993	13.7 °C22 January 1993	22.5 °C	738 mm	167
1992	35.9 °C28 March 1992	14.0 °C19 July 1992	22.2 °C	944 mm	136
1991	35.1 °C20 September 1991	12.9 °C24 October 1991	21.7 °C	1,140 mm	77
1990	34.6 °C7 October 1990	12.6 °C8 January 1990	21.6 °C	1,146 mm	81
1989	34.3 °C22 October 1989	11.9 °C22 June 1989	21.3 °C	1,189 mm	60
1988	34.9 °C2 March 1988	13.3 °C19 October 1988	21.9 °C	1,103 mm	91
1987	35.0 °C30 December 1987	13.4 °C2 February 1987	21.9 °C	1,139 mm	106
1986	34.9 °C26 September 1986	12.3 °C5 August 1986	21.5 °C	1,373 mm	92
1985	34.4 °C17 March 1985	12.4 °C7 August 1985	21.4 °C	1,268 mm	78
1984	34.5 °C10 March 1984	12.9 °C8 September 1984	21.7 °C	1,084 mm	111
1983	33.5 °C15 September 1983	13.2 °C30 November 1983	21.9 °C	1,020 mm	108
1982	34.4 °C26 March 1982	13.2 °C21 February 1982	21.5 °C	1,320 mm	75
1981	34.7 °C4 March 1981	12.3 °C15 June 1981	21.8 °C	1,097 mm	120
1980	34.5 °C22 February 1980	12.5 °C24 July 1980	21.8 °C	937 mm	116
1979	34.5 °C31 October 1979	13.0 °C21 July 1979	21.2 °C	1,197 mm	80
1978	33.0 °C18 October 1978	11.1 °C5 February 1978	20.8 °C	1,373 mm	46
1977	34.7 °C29 September 1977	11.6 °C11 August 1977	20.9 °C	1,627 mm	45
1976	34.8 °C27 October 1976	12.8 °C15 January 1976	21.1 °C	1,352 mm	80
1975	34.2 °C9 February 1975	12.3 °C29 July 1975	21.0 °C	1,185 mm	58
1974	34.0 °C16 March 1974	12.5 °C20 July 1974	20.9 °C	1,234 mm	69
1973	33.8 °C1 April 1973	10.5 °C4 July 1973	21.3 °C	1,107 mm	76
1972	32.8 °C22 September 1972	13.3 °C18 January 1972	20.4 °C	1,726 mm	41
1971	33.2 °C30 September 1971	11.7 °C10 July 1971	20.6 °C	1,284 mm	68
1970	32.6 °C30 October 1970	11.5 °C11 July 1970	20.8 °C	1,294 mm	38
1969	33.9 °C1 October 1969	11.4 °C6 August 1969	21.4 °C	927 mm	94
1968	32.2 °C5 September 1968	11.9 °C15 January 1968	20.3 °C	1,441 mm	30
1967	33.8 °C12 February 1967	11.2 °C29 July 1967	20.9 °C	1,201 mm	81
1966	34.1 °C15 October 1966	12.5 °C14 September 1966	21.4 °C	1,062 mm	98
1965	33.9 °C11 October 1965	11.5 °C15 January 1965	21.1 °C	1,136 mm	82
1964	33.3 °C30 October 1964	11.2 °C12 August 1964	20.4 °C	1,408 mm	33
1963	34.4 °C22 October 1963	10.5 °C28 July 1963	20.3 °C	1,535 mm	58
1962	32.1 °C1 October 1962	12.2 °C30 June 1962	20.0 °C	1,417 mm	9
1961	33.6 °C20 January 1961	12.2 °C16 June 1961	21.2 °C	1,662 mm	72
1960	33.7 °C22 October 1960	12.1 °C26 July 1960	21.5 °C	1,168 mm	93
1959	33.6 °C20 January 1959	12.3 °C22 June 1959	21.2 °C	1,326 mm	59
1958	34.3 °C29 October 1958	12.8 °C11 August 1958	21.3 °C	1,203 mm	91
1957	34.0 °C8 October 1957	12.4 °C5 February 1957	20.9 °C	1,584 mm	63
1956	32.7 °C15 October 1956	12.4 °C23 July 1956	20.2 °C	1,185 mm	32
1955	31.9 °C25 October 1955	12.5 °C15 August 1955	20.4 °C	1,098 mm	33
1954	31.7 °C5 October 1954	10.8 °C13 June 1954	20.3 °C	1,065 mm	31
1953	32.1 °C1 October 1953	11.9 °C18 July 1953	20.0 °C	2,156 mm	18
1952	32.3 °C27 October 1952	12.6 °C16 June 1952	20.6 °C	1,239 mm	33
1951	32.8 °C5 September 1951	12.7 °C17 July 1951	20.5 °C	1,518 mm	47
1950	32.2 °C2 October 1950	11.4 °C2 June 1950	20.2 °C	1,088 mm	29
1949	32.8 °C31 October 1949	11.8 °C31 July 1949	20.8 °C	1,047 mm	69
1948	33.3 °C19 September 1948	12.8 °C12 June 1948	20.9 °C	1,149 mm	43
1947	33.6 °C10 October 1947	10.3 °C24 July 1947	20.8 °C	1,188 mm	72
1946	35.5 °C31 March 1946	13.3 °C28 December 1946	21.4 °C	816 mm	103
1945	34.3 °C1 November 1945	13.4 °C3 April 1945	21.5 °C	677 mm	96
1944	34.1 °C15 April 1944	12.7 °C7 July 1944	22.0 °C	671 mm	167
1943	34.5 °C26 October 1943	10.8 °C27 July 1943	22.0 °C	397 mm	179
1942	33.9 °C1 October 1942	12.8 °C1 May 1942	21.4 °C	627 mm	121
1941	33.4 °C25 September 1941	12.6 °C29 December 1941	21.0 °C	916 mm	63
1940	30.3 °C6 October 1940	12.3 °C23 November 1940	20.0 °C	1,162 mm	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

156 d/yr

+56

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

946 mm

-152 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.9 °C	+1.0 °C	90 mm	-23 mm
Feb	31.5 °C	+2.7 °C	23 mm	-79 mm
Mar	30.0 °C	+1.2 °C	151 mm	-3 mm
Apr	28.4 °C	+0.9 °C	138 mm	-42 mm
May	28.1 °C	+1.0 °C	83 mm	-19 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+1.3 °C	21 mm	-5 mm
Jul	29.3 °C	+1.1 °C	16 mm	+2 mm
Aug	28.5 °C	-0.6 °C	83 mm	+61 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+1.2 °C	25 mm	-7 mm
Oct	29.6 °C	-0.7 °C	107 mm	+46 mm
Nov	31.2 °C	+2.7 °C	17 mm	-122 mm
Dec	29.5 °C	+1.9 °C	193 mm	+41 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

22 Feb 2025

Coldest day

14.7 °C

17 Aug 2025

Wettest day

70.9 mm

28 Dec 2025

Windiest day

20.3 km/h

1 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

1 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.9 °C

30 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

31 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Matongo?

Matongo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 1,098 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matongo?

The hottest day measured in Matongo between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 37.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Matongo?

The coldest day measured in Matongo between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1947, at 10.3 °C.

Does it snow in Matongo?

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

Has the climate of Matongo warmed?

Yes: Matongo warmed by +2.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Matongo?

The wettest day measured in Matongo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 April 2024, with 110 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Matongo?

The windiest day measured in Matongo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1999, with winds reaching 22.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Matongo?

The warmest month in Matongo is October (22.7 °C on average); the coldest is May (21.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Matongo?

Matongo receives on average 1,098 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 160 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Matongo?

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

Are there tropical nights in Matongo?

Yes: Matongo has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matongo?

In Matongo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.1 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 7.7 °C on 27 July 1943.

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