Mikumi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mikumi?

Mikumi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 739 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mikumi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1958, reaching 38.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mikumi?

The coldest day measured in Mikumi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1975, at 10.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mikumi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mikumi warmed?

Yes: Mikumi warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Mikumi?

The wettest day measured in Mikumi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1941, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mikumi?

The windiest day measured in Mikumi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1941, with winds reaching 23.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mikumi?

The warmest month in Mikumi is December (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mikumi?

Mikumi receives on average 739 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mikumi?

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

Mikumi (Tanzania) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 739 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 December (25.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Mikumi averages 0 frost days, 102 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 143 rainy days per year.

Mikumi has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.1 °C (on 22 January 1958) and the coldest 10.4 °C (on 27 July 1975).

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

MikumiMorogoro

coords: -7.40°, 36.98°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthDecemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

23.2°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

18.8°C

Annual rainfall

739mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

71%

Average peak wind

10.3km/h

Seasonal range

4.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

102 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

143 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.8 °C

Average feels-like low

20.8 °C

Average peak gust

31.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

149 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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

38.1 °C

22 January 1958

Coldest day

10.4 °C

27 July 1975

Wettest day

90 mm

17 February 1941

Windiest day

23.1 km/h

13 April 1941

Strongest gust

55.8 km/h

21 June 1987

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

22 January 1958

Coldest feels-like

8.1 °C

27 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.4 h

25 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.9 °C27 February 2025	13.6 °C21 July 2025	24.2 °C	619 mm	160
2024	36.1 °C29 November 2024	13.0 °C8 July 2024	24.0 °C	968 mm	120
2023	35.2 °C14 October 2023	14.6 °C27 June 2023	24.3 °C	701 mm	142
2022	35.6 °C13 January 2022	13.6 °C7 October 2022	23.7 °C	752 mm	107
2021	35.9 °C24 November 2021	13.4 °C15 June 2021	24.0 °C	512 mm	142
2020	35.2 °C15 December 2020	13.9 °C18 July 2020	23.9 °C	825 mm	124
2019	35.7 °C17 February 2019	12.9 °C25 July 2019	24.2 °C	839 mm	131
2018	36.3 °C6 December 2018	13.1 °C8 June 2018	23.8 °C	863 mm	122
2017	35.7 °C7 January 2017	14.6 °C2 July 2017	24.0 °C	636 mm	142
2016	35.5 °C25 December 2016	12.6 °C17 June 2016	23.8 °C	709 mm	122
2015	34.6 °C6 December 2015	14.3 °C18 July 2015	24.2 °C	631 mm	149
2014	36.3 °C20 December 2014	12.8 °C13 July 2014	23.9 °C	722 mm	127
2013	36.7 °C1 January 2013	13.3 °C13 June 2013	24.1 °C	549 mm	142
2012	35.2 °C10 December 2012	12.7 °C20 July 2012	23.9 °C	615 mm	141
2011	35.5 °C29 January 2011	11.6 °C12 July 2011	23.7 °C	713 mm	110
2010	36.3 °C4 December 2010	13.5 °C16 August 2010	24.2 °C	542 mm	146
2009	36.0 °C11 January 2009	14.2 °C4 July 2009	24.1 °C	439 mm	130
2008	35.0 °C3 January 2008	11.9 °C29 June 2008	23.3 °C	682 mm	112
2007	35.4 °C23 February 2007	13.5 °C20 June 2007	23.6 °C	614 mm	122
2006	36.5 °C11 February 2006	12.9 °C3 July 2006	23.4 °C	786 mm	100
2005	36.0 °C25 January 2005	13.9 °C29 August 2005	23.9 °C	506 mm	135
2004	35.5 °C25 November 2004	12.9 °C5 June 2004	23.5 °C	645 mm	100
2003	35.1 °C27 December 2003	13.4 °C14 June 2003	23.9 °C	480 mm	155
2002	36.1 °C18 December 2002	13.3 °C16 June 2002	22.9 °C	845 mm	74
2001	33.9 °C2 December 2001	12.8 °C5 August 2001	22.9 °C	648 mm	85
2000	35.5 °C22 February 2000	13.6 °C9 August 2000	23.3 °C	574 mm	120
1999	34.6 °C1 March 1999	13.3 °C24 June 1999	23.0 °C	609 mm	106
1998	35.3 °C22 December 1998	12.9 °C3 July 1998	23.4 °C	718 mm	89
1997	35.2 °C31 January 1997	13.7 °C15 July 1997	23.1 °C	823 mm	87
1996	34.2 °C5 December 1996	11.7 °C1 July 1996	22.8 °C	746 mm	91
1995	35.7 °C20 January 1995	12.3 °C2 July 1995	23.1 °C	716 mm	102
1994	36.3 °C1 January 1994	12.1 °C16 July 1994	23.3 °C	730 mm	98
1993	35.6 °C23 December 1993	13.0 °C27 July 1993	23.2 °C	557 mm	102
1992	33.0 °C30 January 1992	12.3 °C6 July 1992	22.9 °C	773 mm	70
1991	33.9 °C14 February 1991	11.8 °C22 July 1991	23.4 °C	751 mm	111
1990	33.8 °C11 February 1990	12.5 °C9 July 1990	23.0 °C	717 mm	83
1989	34.3 °C21 December 1989	13.4 °C23 July 1989	22.7 °C	909 mm	67
1988	33.9 °C5 January 1988	13.8 °C7 August 1988	23.5 °C	541 mm	111
1987	35.3 °C9 December 1987	12.3 °C11 July 1987	23.3 °C	575 mm	81
1986	32.9 °C9 November 1986	12.0 °C9 July 1986	22.6 °C	802 mm	69
1985	33.5 °C31 January 1985	11.8 °C19 July 1985	22.6 °C	719 mm	54
1984	31.2 °C17 December 1984	13.1 °C11 August 1984	22.2 °C	961 mm	22
1983	36.2 °C10 December 1983	11.9 °C21 July 1983	23.2 °C	713 mm	82
1982	34.3 °C5 March 1982	12.2 °C18 July 1982	23.0 °C	896 mm	73
1981	34.5 °C28 November 1981	11.6 °C27 June 1981	22.9 °C	684 mm	85
1980	32.9 °C17 October 1980	11.6 °C16 June 1980	22.9 °C	738 mm	50
1979	34.9 °C13 December 1979	12.2 °C24 June 1979	22.6 °C	1,135 mm	71
1978	33.8 °C15 February 1978	12.8 °C17 June 1978	23.2 °C	930 mm	91
1977	34.5 °C4 November 1977	12.6 °C23 June 1977	23.3 °C	868 mm	101
1976	35.5 °C16 December 1976	12.4 °C19 July 1976	23.3 °C	677 mm	99
1975	36.4 °C22 February 1975	10.4 °C27 July 1975	23.2 °C	712 mm	113
1974	35.7 °C27 February 1974	12.1 °C21 June 1974	23.3 °C	592 mm	125
1973	34.8 °C29 December 1973	11.8 °C16 July 1973	23.0 °C	887 mm	89
1972	34.4 °C31 January 1972	12.6 °C26 July 1972	22.7 °C	1,032 mm	53
1971	36.6 °C14 December 1971	13.1 °C5 June 1971	22.9 °C	772 mm	89
1970	35.6 °C1 January 1970	13.3 °C20 June 1970	23.1 °C	852 mm	83
1969	36.5 °C29 December 1969	13.8 °C12 September 1969	23.6 °C	575 mm	127
1968	34.2 °C30 December 1968	10.9 °C15 July 1968	22.5 °C	962 mm	70
1967	34.7 °C18 March 1967	12.2 °C21 July 1967	23.1 °C	874 mm	113
1966	35.3 °C24 December 1966	12.7 °C28 July 1966	23.3 °C	615 mm	114
1965	34.4 °C20 November 1965	11.7 °C8 July 1965	22.4 °C	933 mm	55
1964	34.0 °C18 November 1964	11.4 °C29 June 1964	22.6 °C	746 mm	74
1963	33.3 °C23 December 1963	12.3 °C7 June 1963	22.4 °C	887 mm	61
1962	34.5 °C26 November 1962	13.6 °C22 July 1962	22.6 °C	723 mm	68
1961	35.0 °C11 January 1961	13.4 °C10 August 1961	23.1 °C	1,203 mm	66
1960	37.3 °C5 January 1960	12.6 °C24 July 1960	23.1 °C	870 mm	98
1959	35.0 °C27 December 1959	13.3 °C18 July 1959	23.4 °C	889 mm	121
1958	38.1 °C22 January 1958	11.1 °C19 July 1958	23.3 °C	738 mm	120
1957	33.8 °C7 December 1957	12.0 °C24 June 1957	22.5 °C	1,256 mm	76
1956	33.9 °C22 November 1956	12.5 °C14 July 1956	22.4 °C	850 mm	76
1955	34.1 °C4 January 1955	11.5 °C12 August 1955	22.6 °C	894 mm	91
1954	34.3 °C11 December 1954	13.1 °C25 July 1954	22.7 °C	628 mm	79
1953	33.0 °C4 November 1953	12.3 °C15 June 1953	22.4 °C	1,044 mm	44
1952	34.3 °C23 March 1952	13.6 °C16 August 1952	23.0 °C	560 mm	113
1951	32.2 °C13 October 1951	12.5 °C25 July 1951	22.6 °C	850 mm	45
1950	34.6 °C25 October 1950	12.5 °C18 August 1950	22.7 °C	706 mm	96
1949	33.8 °C2 November 1949	13.3 °C30 July 1949	23.1 °C	578 mm	108
1948	34.6 °C24 November 1948	13.7 °C3 July 1948	23.1 °C	612 mm	100
1947	35.5 °C27 February 1947	13.4 °C18 July 1947	22.8 °C	710 mm	100
1946	36.0 °C21 February 1946	12.8 °C3 June 1946	24.0 °C	378 mm	180
1945	35.1 °C1 January 1945	12.6 °C15 June 1945	22.5 °C	828 mm	100
1944	36.2 °C2 January 1944	12.6 °C5 July 1944	23.6 °C	413 mm	155
1943	36.2 °C15 January 1943	13.4 °C10 August 1943	23.4 °C	376 mm	143
1942	34.9 °C27 February 1942	12.7 °C28 July 1942	23.2 °C	495 mm	147
1941	35.0 °C25 March 1941	13.0 °C6 July 1941	22.8 °C	1,019 mm	89
1940	35.3 °C30 December 1940	13.7 °C16 July 1940	23.1 °C	787 mm	95

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.5 °C

+1.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

160 d/yr

+58

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

620 mm

-120 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	32.6 °C	+2.3 °C	45 mm	-70 mm
Feb	32.8 °C	+2.7 °C	32 mm	-82 mm
Mar	30.3 °C	+1.5 °C	155 mm	+13 mm
Apr	27.4 °C	+0.4 °C	150 mm	+31 mm
May	26.7 °C	+0.3 °C	41 mm	-4 mm
Jun	26.4 °C	+0.3 °C	11 mm	-1 mm
Jul	26.1 °C	+0.1 °C	9 mm	-2 mm
Aug	26.7 °C	0.0 °C	7 mm	-4 mm
Sep	29.6 °C	+1.2 °C	7 mm	-5 mm
Oct	30.6 °C	+0.6 °C	19 mm	-9 mm
Nov	32.6 °C	+1.7 °C	29 mm	-20 mm
Dec	32.3 °C	+1.4 °C	116 mm	+33 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.9 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.6 °C

21 Jul 2025

Wettest day

57.6 mm

28 Dec 2025

Windiest day

19.7 km/h

14 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

51.5 km/h

14 Jun 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

12 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.1 °C

5 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

25 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mikumi?

Mikumi has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.2 °C and it receives 739 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mikumi?

The hottest day measured in Mikumi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 January 1958, reaching 38.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mikumi?

The coldest day measured in Mikumi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1975, at 10.4 °C.

Does it snow in Mikumi?

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

Has the climate of Mikumi warmed?

Yes: Mikumi warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Mikumi?

The wettest day measured in Mikumi between 1940 and 2025 was 17 February 1941, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mikumi?

The windiest day measured in Mikumi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1941, with winds reaching 23.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mikumi?

The warmest month in Mikumi is December (25.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Mikumi?

Mikumi receives on average 739 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 143 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mikumi?

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

Are there tropical nights in Mikumi?

Yes: Mikumi has on average 149 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mikumi?

In Mikumi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 41.0 °C on 22 January 1958, and the lowest was 8.1 °C on 27 July 1975.

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