Mbulu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mbulu?

Mbulu has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 766 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mbulu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 33.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mbulu?

The coldest day measured in Mbulu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1964, at 9.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mbulu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mbulu warmed?

Yes: Mbulu warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mbulu?

The wettest day measured in Mbulu between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1970, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mbulu?

The windiest day measured in Mbulu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2018, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mbulu?

The warmest month in Mbulu is November (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mbulu?

Mbulu receives on average 766 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mbulu?

Mbulu gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mbulu (Tanzania) has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Csb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 766 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 November (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Mbulu averages 0 frost days, 10 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.

Mbulu has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 25 February 2005) and the coldest 9.1 °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

MbuluManyara

coords: -3.85°, 35.53°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsbWarm-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthAugust

Mean daily temperature

20.1°C

Average daily high

25.4°C

Average daily low

15.6°C

Annual rainfall

766mm

Sunshine / day

11.2h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

16.7km/h

Seasonal range

3.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

10 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

91 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

25.5 °C

Average feels-like low

15.4 °C

Average peak gust

40.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.47 · 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

33.3 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest day

9.1 °C

12 August 1964

Wettest day

97 mm

13 February 1970

Windiest day

29.9 km/h

22 October 2018

Strongest gust

76.7 km/h

18 February 1960

Hottest feels-like

35.5 °C

25 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

6.2 °C

11 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.2 h

11 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	31.1 °C20 November 2025	12.1 °C4 August 2025	20.9 °C	502 mm	13
2024	30.2 °C31 October 2024	10.9 °C5 August 2024	20.8 °C	1,056 mm	3
2023	32.4 °C8 March 2023	11.8 °C10 July 2023	21.2 °C	615 mm	35
2022	31.0 °C6 November 2022	10.9 °C21 July 2022	20.7 °C	652 mm	14
2021	31.9 °C24 November 2021	10.6 °C14 June 2021	20.4 °C	533 mm	14
2020	29.5 °C6 October 2020	10.3 °C17 July 2020	20.1 °C	1,147 mm	0
2019	31.4 °C26 March 2019	11.1 °C24 July 2019	20.9 °C	899 mm	17
2018	32.7 °C26 February 2018	11.2 °C9 June 2018	20.4 °C	860 mm	24
2017	31.1 °C20 January 2017	12.3 °C10 July 2017	21.3 °C	444 mm	29
2016	32.8 °C21 March 2016	11.9 °C28 June 2016	20.9 °C	640 mm	41
2015	31.9 °C9 March 2015	12.0 °C17 July 2015	20.9 °C	569 mm	22
2014	30.4 °C16 October 2014	12.3 °C29 June 2014	20.7 °C	708 mm	4
2013	30.5 °C31 October 2013	10.3 °C8 July 2013	20.1 °C	1,125 mm	4
2012	32.0 °C14 February 2012	11.3 °C1 August 2012	20.7 °C	642 mm	25
2011	31.7 °C26 October 2011	12.0 °C30 June 2011	20.7 °C	779 mm	9
2010	31.5 °C5 December 2010	11.5 °C15 July 2010	20.6 °C	599 mm	7
2009	32.4 °C21 March 2009	12.3 °C5 July 2009	21.2 °C	396 mm	42
2008	31.2 °C31 December 2008	9.5 °C9 July 2008	20.4 °C	604 mm	19
2007	31.6 °C6 November 2007	10.2 °C20 June 2007	20.5 °C	636 mm	9
2006	32.4 °C2 February 2006	11.2 °C19 August 2006	20.6 °C	673 mm	30
2005	33.3 °C25 February 2005	11.6 °C15 July 2005	21.2 °C	354 mm	38
2004	32.6 °C27 January 2004	11.1 °C5 July 2004	20.7 °C	557 mm	17
2003	32.2 °C17 March 2003	11.2 °C9 July 2003	20.8 °C	510 mm	48
2002	30.8 °C17 December 2002	11.4 °C23 July 2002	20.1 °C	727 mm	6
2001	31.1 °C25 December 2001	10.9 °C4 August 2001	19.9 °C	749 mm	5
2000	33.1 °C22 February 2000	11.8 °C22 August 2000	20.5 °C	570 mm	30
1999	31.5 °C8 February 1999	11.7 °C5 July 1999	20.1 °C	398 mm	23
1998	30.3 °C22 December 1998	11.1 °C1 July 1998	19.9 °C	990 mm	4
1997	32.0 °C13 March 1997	11.9 °C14 July 1997	20.4 °C	919 mm	21
1996	30.5 °C26 November 1996	9.7 °C10 August 1996	20.2 °C	579 mm	5
1995	31.6 °C6 February 1995	11.7 °C23 August 1995	20.5 °C	568 mm	10
1994	31.7 °C1 February 1994	11.9 °C3 June 1994	20.4 °C	576 mm	11
1993	31.3 °C12 November 1993	10.8 °C27 July 1993	20.4 °C	471 mm	12
1992	31.6 °C25 January 1992	10.0 °C1 August 1992	20.1 °C	532 mm	14
1991	32.7 °C20 March 1991	10.8 °C23 July 1991	20.6 °C	581 mm	20
1990	31.8 °C16 February 1990	9.9 °C27 June 1990	19.8 °C	640 mm	8
1989	29.6 °C20 November 1989	10.6 °C1 July 1989	19.5 °C	945 mm	0
1988	31.8 °C2 March 1988	11.8 °C3 July 1988	20.5 °C	572 mm	7
1987	33.1 °C29 December 1987	10.4 °C25 June 1987	20.4 °C	836 mm	19
1986	30.9 °C15 March 1986	10.3 °C27 June 1986	20.0 °C	812 mm	6
1985	31.1 °C18 December 1985	9.7 °C8 June 1985	19.7 °C	685 mm	9
1984	30.2 °C7 March 1984	11.8 °C16 July 1984	19.6 °C	867 mm	1
1983	32.2 °C16 November 1983	12.2 °C7 September 1983	20.9 °C	519 mm	20
1982	32.1 °C5 March 1982	11.2 °C18 July 1982	20.2 °C	771 mm	29
1981	31.1 °C28 January 1981	11.1 °C21 June 1981	20.2 °C	732 mm	15
1980	32.3 °C25 February 1980	10.5 °C27 July 1980	20.1 °C	691 mm	7
1979	30.7 °C28 November 1979	10.8 °C31 July 1979	19.5 °C	803 mm	5
1978	29.4 °C7 January 1978	10.7 °C18 July 1978	19.3 °C	1,071 mm	0
1977	29.5 °C26 March 1977	10.7 °C20 June 1977	19.7 °C	1,230 mm	0
1976	31.1 °C26 January 1976	11.2 °C26 July 1976	20.4 °C	549 mm	18
1975	31.6 °C5 February 1975	11.6 °C14 September 1975	20.1 °C	579 mm	12
1974	31.5 °C9 February 1974	10.9 °C30 July 1974	20.1 °C	453 mm	7
1973	30.8 °C8 April 1973	9.8 °C9 July 1973	20.1 °C	678 mm	4
1972	29.1 °C25 September 1972	9.9 °C28 June 1972	19.2 °C	1,209 mm	0
1971	30.9 °C8 November 1971	10.0 °C9 July 1971	19.3 °C	825 mm	3
1970	30.3 °C26 November 1970	10.8 °C11 July 1970	19.2 °C	1,197 mm	2
1969	30.2 °C14 October 1969	10.5 °C6 August 1969	19.9 °C	526 mm	3
1968	29.0 °C27 January 1968	9.9 °C12 August 1968	18.6 °C	1,389 mm	0
1967	29.9 °C5 January 1967	11.0 °C29 July 1967	19.6 °C	730 mm	0
1966	30.8 °C24 December 1966	11.6 °C5 August 1966	20.0 °C	646 mm	4
1965	30.4 °C9 March 1965	10.9 °C28 June 1965	19.5 °C	976 mm	2
1964	28.7 °C17 December 1964	9.1 °C12 August 1964	19.1 °C	802 mm	0
1963	28.7 °C29 October 1963	10.3 °C29 July 1963	18.8 °C	1,232 mm	0
1962	28.7 °C4 November 1962	10.7 °C8 July 1962	19.2 °C	826 mm	0
1961	31.0 °C4 January 1961	12.1 °C15 June 1961	19.8 °C	1,230 mm	3
1960	30.5 °C3 December 1960	10.6 °C25 July 1960	19.4 °C	1,001 mm	2
1959	29.0 °C1 November 1959	10.8 °C18 July 1959	19.5 °C	1,154 mm	0
1958	30.8 °C21 November 1958	10.4 °C23 July 1958	19.9 °C	1,043 mm	5
1957	28.9 °C11 November 1957	10.1 °C28 June 1957	19.3 °C	1,197 mm	0
1956	28.9 °C22 September 1956	10.3 °C14 July 1956	19.1 °C	940 mm	0
1955	30.0 °C1 December 1955	10.9 °C15 July 1955	19.5 °C	861 mm	1
1954	30.0 °C25 October 1954	11.0 °C1 July 1954	19.2 °C	907 mm	1
1953	27.8 °C12 October 1953	10.4 °C10 July 1953	18.7 °C	1,518 mm	0
1952	29.2 °C17 September 1952	11.0 °C16 July 1952	19.6 °C	524 mm	0
1951	29.6 °C4 January 1951	11.3 °C14 June 1951	19.0 °C	1,412 mm	0
1950	30.1 °C23 October 1950	10.3 °C2 June 1950	19.5 °C	639 mm	1
1949	30.4 °C25 November 1949	11.2 °C30 July 1949	20.0 °C	713 mm	2
1948	29.1 °C23 September 1948	11.4 °C27 July 1948	19.7 °C	728 mm	0
1947	29.5 °C28 October 1947	10.9 °C24 July 1947	19.2 °C	1,035 mm	0
1946	31.8 °C20 March 1946	11.5 °C17 July 1946	20.8 °C	383 mm	32
1945	29.8 °C27 November 1945	11.3 °C30 July 1945	19.6 °C	608 mm	0
1944	31.1 °C21 February 1944	9.5 °C11 July 1944	20.4 °C	346 mm	21
1943	31.0 °C19 January 1943	10.6 °C26 July 1943	20.7 °C	176 mm	11
1942	29.3 °C15 December 1942	10.6 °C28 July 1942	19.9 °C	470 mm	0
1941	30.1 °C21 October 1941	11.3 °C24 July 1941	19.4 °C	1,214 mm	1
1940	29.1 °C25 December 1940	12.0 °C29 June 1940	19.6 °C	803 mm	0

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.2 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

13 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

502 mm

-264 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.4 °C	+0.1 °C	104 mm	-35 mm
Feb	27.7 °C	+1.0 °C	17 mm	-93 mm
Mar	26.6 °C	+0.1 °C	169 mm	+37 mm
Apr	25.1 °C	+0.3 °C	84 mm	-50 mm
May	24.3 °C	+0.7 °C	21 mm	-18 mm
Jun	23.7 °C	+0.4 °C	4 mm	-2 mm
Jul	23.6 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-2 mm
Aug	24.9 °C	+0.7 °C	2 mm	+0 mm
Sep	27.8 °C	+1.7 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Oct	27.7 °C	+0.4 °C	14 mm	+2 mm
Nov	29.2 °C	+2.3 °C	3 mm	-61 mm
Dec	27.6 °C	+1.3 °C	83 mm	-40 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

31.1 °C

20 Nov 2025

Coldest day

12.1 °C

4 Aug 2025

Wettest day

40.6 mm

16 Mar 2025

Windiest day

24.7 km/h

26 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

61.9 km/h

16 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

32.1 °C

20 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.0 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.2 h

11 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mbulu?

Mbulu has a warm-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.1 °C and it receives 766 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mbulu?

The hottest day measured in Mbulu between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2005, reaching 33.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mbulu?

The coldest day measured in Mbulu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1964, at 9.1 °C.

Does it snow in Mbulu?

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

Has the climate of Mbulu warmed?

Yes: Mbulu warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mbulu?

The wettest day measured in Mbulu between 1940 and 2025 was 13 February 1970, with 97 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mbulu?

The windiest day measured in Mbulu between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 2018, with winds reaching 29.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mbulu?

The warmest month in Mbulu is November (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Mbulu?

Mbulu receives on average 766 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mbulu?

Mbulu gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mbulu?

Yes: Mbulu has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mbulu?

In Mbulu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 6.2 °C on 11 July 1944.

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