Mhango climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mhango?

Mhango has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,036 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mhango between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2006, reaching 35.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mhango?

The coldest day measured in Mhango between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1971, at 11.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mhango?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mhango warmed?

Yes: Mhango warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mhango?

The wettest day measured in Mhango between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1958, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mhango?

The windiest day measured in Mhango between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2007, with winds reaching 27.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mhango?

The warmest month in Mhango is September (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mhango?

Mhango receives on average 1,036 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mhango?

Mhango gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mhango (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,036 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 September (23.9 °C on average) and the coldest is December (21.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Mhango averages 0 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.

Mhango has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.24 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.8 °C (on 11 February 2006) and the coldest 11.4 °C (on 8 June 1971).

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

MhangoShinyanga

coords: -3.28°, 32.85°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthDecemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.6°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

18.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,036mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

13.0km/h

Seasonal range

2.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

72 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

151 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.1 °C

Average feels-like low

18.4 °C

Average peak gust

30.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

27 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

35.8 °C

11 February 2006

Coldest day

11.4 °C

8 June 1971

Wettest day

78 mm

15 March 1958

Windiest day

27.8 km/h

12 May 2007

Strongest gust

60.8 km/h

22 April 1984

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

20 February 1973

Coldest feels-like

9.0 °C

8 June 1971

Sunniest day

12.2 h

18 November 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.5 °C1 March 2025	15.8 °C31 July 2025	23.7 °C	799 mm	119
2024	33.6 °C9 September 2024	14.1 °C6 August 2024	23.8 °C	840 mm	147
2023	33.9 °C27 August 2023	15.4 °C20 July 2023	23.7 °C	1,185 mm	132
2022	33.9 °C3 October 2022	15.9 °C5 July 2022	23.5 °C	744 mm	139
2021	33.1 °C1 October 2021	14.2 °C26 June 2021	23.2 °C	668 mm	90
2020	32.5 °C16 September 2020	15.5 °C18 July 2020	23.0 °C	1,038 mm	72
2019	34.5 °C16 October 2019	15.0 °C24 July 2019	23.9 °C	976 mm	160
2018	33.6 °C7 October 2018	14.6 °C30 May 2018	22.9 °C	961 mm	80
2017	34.3 °C5 October 2017	15.5 °C5 March 2017	24.1 °C	801 mm	181
2016	33.0 °C23 December 2016	14.9 °C6 July 2016	23.6 °C	725 mm	132
2015	33.8 °C8 October 2015	15.8 °C13 July 2015	23.4 °C	950 mm	123
2014	33.0 °C22 August 2014	15.5 °C16 February 2014	23.4 °C	807 mm	122
2013	33.5 °C15 October 2013	13.6 °C15 July 2013	22.9 °C	888 mm	81
2012	34.6 °C29 March 2012	13.7 °C4 January 2012	23.0 °C	972 mm	99
2011	33.3 °C24 August 2011	15.3 °C7 July 2011	23.3 °C	966 mm	137
2010	33.4 °C28 September 2010	16.0 °C25 July 2010	23.3 °C	869 mm	100
2009	34.8 °C4 November 2009	15.4 °C14 February 2009	23.8 °C	848 mm	183
2008	33.5 °C28 September 2008	13.9 °C9 July 2008	23.0 °C	822 mm	90
2007	34.7 °C25 September 2007	14.1 °C19 June 2007	23.3 °C	697 mm	116
2006	35.8 °C11 February 2006	16.0 °C22 June 2006	23.4 °C	1,110 mm	131
2005	35.0 °C28 September 2005	15.6 °C24 August 2005	24.1 °C	568 mm	180
2004	34.9 °C9 October 2004	14.9 °C5 July 2004	23.5 °C	846 mm	114
2003	33.9 °C19 March 2003	15.2 °C10 July 2003	23.4 °C	637 mm	130
2002	33.8 °C1 October 2002	14.7 °C15 June 2002	22.8 °C	872 mm	82
2001	32.3 °C22 October 2001	15.8 °C10 January 2001	22.5 °C	784 mm	54
2000	34.0 °C5 October 2000	15.8 °C27 January 2000	23.3 °C	692 mm	129
1999	34.3 °C19 February 1999	15.9 °C7 May 1999	22.9 °C	711 mm	85
1998	32.3 °C1 October 1998	15.5 °C18 May 1998	22.9 °C	911 mm	74
1997	34.7 °C13 March 1997	14.2 °C21 May 1997	23.3 °C	1,114 mm	110
1996	33.6 °C14 October 1996	15.3 °C10 August 1996	22.9 °C	830 mm	73
1995	32.8 °C25 September 1995	15.4 °C20 March 1995	22.9 °C	803 mm	87
1994	33.5 °C14 September 1994	14.6 °C14 June 1994	23.0 °C	1,035 mm	65
1993	33.9 °C23 October 1993	15.4 °C17 January 1993	23.1 °C	747 mm	79
1992	33.3 °C26 September 1992	15.1 °C8 May 1992	22.8 °C	813 mm	55
1991	33.1 °C7 October 1991	15.1 °C5 November 1991	22.5 °C	1,151 mm	41
1990	33.3 °C7 October 1990	14.7 °C9 July 1990	22.6 °C	1,115 mm	41
1989	32.1 °C8 November 1989	13.5 °C17 June 1989	22.3 °C	1,000 mm	32
1988	32.7 °C16 September 1988	14.6 °C4 July 1988	22.7 °C	1,061 mm	34
1987	33.1 °C22 September 1987	15.4 °C9 June 1987	23.0 °C	1,004 mm	81
1986	32.7 °C30 September 1986	13.5 °C24 February 1986	22.2 °C	1,428 mm	59
1985	32.8 °C8 October 1985	14.7 °C8 June 1985	22.4 °C	1,125 mm	40
1984	33.4 °C26 September 1984	15.5 °C20 January 1984	22.7 °C	1,000 mm	50
1983	34.1 °C15 September 1983	15.7 °C30 December 1983	23.0 °C	1,006 mm	85
1982	32.7 °C27 March 1982	16.0 °C6 January 1982	22.7 °C	1,130 mm	62
1981	33.9 °C24 September 1981	15.0 °C21 June 1981	22.6 °C	1,027 mm	43
1980	32.7 °C18 September 1980	14.2 °C3 June 1980	22.5 °C	938 mm	57
1979	33.4 °C12 October 1979	14.9 °C17 July 1979	22.1 °C	1,189 mm	54
1978	32.6 °C17 October 1978	14.2 °C5 February 1978	22.0 °C	1,219 mm	41
1977	33.7 °C5 October 1977	13.9 °C10 July 1977	22.2 °C	1,388 mm	47
1976	33.9 °C15 October 1976	14.3 °C29 June 1976	22.2 °C	1,174 mm	46
1975	33.3 °C7 November 1975	12.3 °C28 July 1975	21.8 °C	1,046 mm	19
1974	33.2 °C31 October 1974	14.3 °C21 June 1974	21.7 °C	1,131 mm	49
1973	33.7 °C25 October 1973	12.5 °C3 July 1973	22.3 °C	1,088 mm	43
1972	32.9 °C20 September 1972	13.5 °C29 June 1972	21.5 °C	1,458 mm	42
1971	32.3 °C22 September 1971	11.4 °C8 June 1971	21.7 °C	1,183 mm	37
1970	33.2 °C30 October 1970	14.3 °C11 July 1970	22.0 °C	1,137 mm	46
1969	32.6 °C3 October 1969	14.5 °C18 June 1969	22.3 °C	1,009 mm	48
1968	32.7 °C5 October 1968	13.8 °C12 June 1968	21.6 °C	1,360 mm	35
1967	32.0 °C21 January 1967	15.4 °C26 May 1967	22.0 °C	1,147 mm	38
1966	33.7 °C6 October 1966	14.2 °C28 August 1966	22.1 °C	1,026 mm	47
1965	33.4 °C11 October 1965	13.3 °C28 June 1965	22.0 °C	1,188 mm	59
1964	31.5 °C25 September 1964	13.4 °C10 December 1964	21.5 °C	1,316 mm	11
1963	33.4 °C20 October 1963	14.4 °C15 June 1963	21.5 °C	1,312 mm	47
1962	31.3 °C1 October 1962	13.4 °C19 June 1962	21.2 °C	1,393 mm	11
1961	32.7 °C2 October 1961	14.6 °C7 February 1961	22.4 °C	1,482 mm	49
1960	32.5 °C21 October 1960	13.1 °C31 July 1960	22.4 °C	1,071 mm	52
1959	32.1 °C30 September 1959	14.0 °C6 June 1959	22.3 °C	1,221 mm	31
1958	33.0 °C30 October 1958	13.2 °C24 July 1958	22.4 °C	1,170 mm	44
1957	33.3 °C21 October 1957	13.4 °C28 June 1957	22.1 °C	1,519 mm	51
1956	32.6 °C16 October 1956	14.2 °C15 July 1956	21.4 °C	1,120 mm	14
1955	31.1 °C7 October 1955	14.0 °C16 August 1955	21.3 °C	1,184 mm	8
1954	31.4 °C14 October 1954	13.3 °C15 June 1954	21.5 °C	1,177 mm	21
1953	32.0 °C13 October 1953	13.3 °C6 July 1953	21.3 °C	1,963 mm	25
1952	31.6 °C12 October 1952	13.9 °C19 July 1952	21.6 °C	1,390 mm	13
1951	33.0 °C6 September 1951	13.5 °C4 June 1951	21.4 °C	1,634 mm	27
1950	31.1 °C12 October 1950	12.1 °C4 June 1950	21.2 °C	1,281 mm	18
1949	31.6 °C25 October 1949	13.3 °C31 July 1949	21.6 °C	1,104 mm	23
1948	31.5 °C3 October 1948	14.0 °C16 July 1948	21.9 °C	1,277 mm	22
1947	33.2 °C10 October 1947	13.5 °C25 July 1947	22.0 °C	1,171 mm	66
1946	34.7 °C31 March 1946	14.8 °C6 August 1946	22.7 °C	914 mm	101
1945	33.3 °C4 October 1945	14.2 °C8 June 1945	22.3 °C	733 mm	70
1944	33.6 °C2 October 1944	15.0 °C11 February 1944	23.3 °C	654 mm	164
1943	33.3 °C12 October 1943	13.6 °C27 July 1943	23.0 °C	553 mm	123
1942	33.1 °C8 October 1942	14.4 °C30 May 1942	22.4 °C	564 mm	82
1941	32.4 °C2 October 1941	13.6 °C26 December 1941	21.9 °C	995 mm	47
1940	31.2 °C23 August 1940	14.3 °C30 December 1940	21.4 °C	1,144 mm	19

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

119 d/yr

+47

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

799 mm

-237 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.1 °C	+1.1 °C	81 mm	-41 mm
Feb	31.2 °C	+3.6 °C	17 mm	-94 mm
Mar	29.2 °C	+1.5 °C	180 mm	+32 mm
Apr	28.2 °C	+1.2 °C	134 mm	-8 mm
May	28.4 °C	+0.9 °C	38 mm	-4 mm
Jun	29.2 °C	+0.8 °C	11 mm	+5 mm
Jul	29.2 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-3 mm
Aug	29.6 °C	+0.2 °C	25 mm	+13 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+1.1 °C	27 mm	-5 mm
Oct	29.0 °C	-0.5 °C	112 mm	+31 mm
Nov	28.6 °C	+1.3 °C	64 mm	-110 mm
Dec	28.3 °C	+1.6 °C	110 mm	-54 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.5 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.8 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

47.8 mm

9 Mar 2025

Windiest day

23.5 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.5 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

18 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mhango?

Mhango has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,036 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mhango?

The hottest day measured in Mhango between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 2006, reaching 35.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mhango?

The coldest day measured in Mhango between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1971, at 11.4 °C.

Does it snow in Mhango?

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

Has the climate of Mhango warmed?

Yes: Mhango warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mhango?

The wettest day measured in Mhango between 1940 and 2025 was 15 March 1958, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mhango?

The windiest day measured in Mhango between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2007, with winds reaching 27.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mhango?

The warmest month in Mhango is September (23.9 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Mhango?

Mhango receives on average 1,036 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mhango?

Mhango gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mhango?

Yes: Mhango has on average 27 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mhango?

In Mhango, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 20 February 1973, and the lowest was 9.0 °C on 8 June 1971.

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