Mugumu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mugumu?

Mugumu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,035 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mugumu between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1997, reaching 35.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mugumu?

The coldest day measured in Mugumu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1963, at 8.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mugumu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mugumu warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mugumu?

The wettest day measured in Mugumu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1961, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mugumu?

The windiest day measured in Mugumu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1999, with winds reaching 22.2 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mugumu?

The warmest month in Mugumu is October (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is May (20.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mugumu?

Mugumu receives on average 1,035 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mugumu?

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

Mugumu (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,035 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 (22.0 °C on average) and the coldest is May (20.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Mugumu averages 0 frost days, 58 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.

Mugumu has warmed by +2.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 13 March 1997) and the coldest 8.7 °C (on 28 July 1963).

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

MugumuMara

coords: -1.85°, 34.70°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthMayWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.7°C

Average daily high

27.7°C

Average daily low

15.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,035mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

67%

Average peak wind

10.9km/h

Seasonal range

1.9°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

58 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

153 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.3 °C

Average feels-like low

15.2 °C

Average peak gust

29.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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

35.7 °C

13 March 1997

Coldest day

8.7 °C

28 July 1963

Wettest day

82 mm

6 February 1961

Windiest day

22.2 km/h

18 February 1999

Strongest gust

56.2 km/h

31 December 1942

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

24 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

6.6 °C

6 August 1969

Sunniest day

12.1 h

5 December 2014

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.6 °C3 December 2025	13.0 °C22 August 2025	21.8 °C	872 mm	91
2024	33.4 °C30 October 2024	12.3 °C25 June 2024	21.8 °C	1,146 mm	81
2023	33.9 °C19 February 2023	13.1 °C29 January 2023	22.0 °C	1,104 mm	107
2022	34.6 °C26 October 2022	12.5 °C14 January 2022	21.7 °C	851 mm	94
2021	33.5 °C25 October 2021	12.7 °C23 June 2021	21.4 °C	777 mm	63
2020	32.5 °C17 September 2020	12.5 °C15 December 2020	21.1 °C	1,261 mm	33
2019	34.6 °C18 April 2019	13.4 °C5 August 2019	22.1 °C	1,005 mm	141
2018	34.5 °C16 November 2018	11.4 °C17 July 2018	21.4 °C	941 mm	83
2017	34.9 °C15 April 2017	12.7 °C10 July 2017	22.5 °C	741 mm	152
2016	32.9 °C29 March 2016	11.4 °C28 June 2016	22.0 °C	717 mm	117
2015	34.8 °C9 March 2015	12.5 °C23 June 2015	21.6 °C	1,053 mm	91
2014	33.1 °C3 March 2014	12.3 °C13 February 2014	21.4 °C	744 mm	58
2013	32.7 °C16 September 2013	10.8 °C16 July 2013	21.0 °C	963 mm	58
2012	34.0 °C29 March 2012	11.4 °C2 January 2012	20.8 °C	1,061 mm	65
2011	33.7 °C4 March 2011	13.3 °C28 January 2011	21.3 °C	1,098 mm	88
2010	32.9 °C2 February 2010	12.7 °C24 September 2010	21.4 °C	994 mm	58
2009	34.8 °C27 March 2009	12.2 °C22 November 2009	21.8 °C	905 mm	115
2008	33.4 °C29 December 2008	10.9 °C9 July 2008	21.4 °C	740 mm	92
2007	33.4 °C5 December 2007	11.7 °C20 June 2007	21.3 °C	819 mm	88
2006	35.6 °C22 February 2006	12.3 °C22 June 2006	21.6 °C	1,103 mm	101
2005	35.2 °C23 February 2005	12.2 °C13 June 2005	22.1 °C	637 mm	148
2004	33.7 °C13 February 2004	12.3 °C4 July 2004	21.6 °C	713 mm	85
2003	34.5 °C6 March 2003	11.7 °C10 July 2003	21.5 °C	610 mm	95
2002	32.2 °C26 September 2002	11.9 °C4 June 2002	21.2 °C	929 mm	62
2001	32.2 °C20 October 2001	11.6 °C7 August 2001	20.7 °C	720 mm	28
2000	33.1 °C21 February 2000	12.8 °C22 August 2000	21.6 °C	567 mm	97
1999	33.6 °C8 February 1999	11.4 °C6 July 1999	21.0 °C	788 mm	59
1998	32.2 °C4 April 1998	12.9 °C22 June 1998	21.2 °C	859 mm	55
1997	35.7 °C13 March 1997	12.2 °C21 May 1997	21.7 °C	1,125 mm	113
1996	32.6 °C25 October 1996	11.2 °C10 August 1996	21.3 °C	730 mm	66
1995	32.3 °C11 December 1995	11.8 °C18 January 1995	21.2 °C	790 mm	51
1994	34.6 °C2 October 1994	11.4 °C24 August 1994	21.1 °C	1,101 mm	71
1993	34.5 °C31 December 1993	12.4 °C5 July 1993	21.4 °C	634 mm	93
1992	34.3 °C27 March 1992	12.0 °C19 July 1992	21.0 °C	865 mm	49
1991	34.0 °C4 October 1991	12.6 °C15 July 1991	20.7 °C	1,072 mm	43
1990	32.2 °C7 October 1990	11.5 °C27 June 1990	20.7 °C	1,196 mm	40
1989	31.8 °C22 October 1989	10.2 °C22 June 1989	20.3 °C	1,091 mm	18
1988	33.5 °C4 January 1988	11.7 °C20 July 1988	20.9 °C	1,048 mm	51
1987	34.0 °C29 December 1987	11.6 °C2 February 1987	21.1 °C	1,018 mm	77
1986	34.1 °C26 September 1986	10.5 °C5 August 1986	20.7 °C	1,311 mm	68
1985	33.1 °C16 March 1985	10.3 °C7 August 1985	20.5 °C	1,137 mm	41
1984	33.0 °C25 March 1984	11.4 °C8 September 1984	20.7 °C	947 mm	33
1983	33.0 °C15 September 1983	11.9 °C30 November 1983	21.0 °C	960 mm	54
1982	33.4 °C26 March 1982	11.7 °C21 February 1982	20.7 °C	1,132 mm	42
1981	33.0 °C6 November 1981	11.1 °C15 June 1981	20.8 °C	1,048 mm	65
1980	32.8 °C28 March 1980	10.4 °C25 July 1980	20.7 °C	850 mm	59
1979	33.0 °C31 October 1979	11.9 °C22 July 1979	20.4 °C	1,097 mm	52
1978	32.1 °C17 October 1978	9.9 °C18 July 1978	20.1 °C	1,324 mm	31
1977	33.7 °C29 September 1977	10.3 °C14 August 1977	20.0 °C	1,560 mm	27
1976	33.7 °C27 October 1976	11.0 °C15 January 1976	20.3 °C	1,098 mm	53
1975	34.0 °C9 February 1975	10.8 °C30 July 1975	20.0 °C	1,172 mm	32
1974	32.7 °C24 February 1974	11.2 °C20 July 1974	20.1 °C	1,133 mm	41
1973	33.2 °C1 April 1973	9.2 °C4 July 1973	20.6 °C	973 mm	50
1972	32.0 °C22 September 1972	11.4 °C4 August 1972	19.6 °C	1,734 mm	18
1971	32.4 °C15 March 1971	10.9 °C10 July 1971	19.8 °C	1,408 mm	44
1970	31.6 °C1 October 1970	10.1 °C11 July 1970	20.0 °C	1,304 mm	17
1969	32.5 °C3 October 1969	9.3 °C6 August 1969	20.5 °C	780 mm	46
1968	31.4 °C30 September 1968	10.8 °C15 January 1968	19.5 °C	1,454 mm	12
1967	32.9 °C30 January 1967	10.2 °C29 July 1967	20.1 °C	1,188 mm	57
1966	33.4 °C23 December 1966	10.8 °C14 September 1966	20.6 °C	985 mm	59
1965	32.5 °C9 March 1965	10.6 °C6 August 1965	20.3 °C	1,030 mm	46
1964	32.0 °C30 October 1964	9.0 °C12 August 1964	19.7 °C	1,249 mm	14
1963	33.4 °C10 October 1963	8.7 °C28 July 1963	19.6 °C	1,483 mm	39
1962	31.2 °C1 October 1962	11.3 °C30 June 1962	19.5 °C	1,404 mm	4
1961	33.1 °C20 January 1961	10.5 °C16 June 1961	20.5 °C	1,537 mm	38
1960	32.5 °C14 December 1960	11.9 °C23 July 1960	20.7 °C	1,046 mm	43
1959	31.9 °C20 January 1959	10.8 °C22 June 1959	20.2 °C	1,304 mm	19
1958	32.7 °C29 October 1958	11.8 °C11 August 1958	20.7 °C	1,084 mm	63
1957	33.0 °C8 October 1957	11.0 °C20 July 1957	20.2 °C	1,382 mm	38
1956	31.9 °C15 October 1956	11.3 °C25 September 1956	19.6 °C	1,194 mm	20
1955	32.0 °C29 October 1955	11.7 °C13 June 1955	19.8 °C	1,032 mm	23
1954	31.1 °C5 October 1954	9.5 °C2 July 1954	19.6 °C	1,102 mm	19
1953	31.8 °C1 October 1953	10.3 °C18 July 1953	19.4 °C	2,042 mm	12
1952	31.5 °C26 October 1952	11.4 °C16 June 1952	20.0 °C	1,203 mm	19
1951	31.7 °C7 September 1951	11.2 °C4 July 1951	19.8 °C	1,623 mm	20
1950	31.9 °C2 October 1950	9.4 °C2 June 1950	19.6 °C	1,073 mm	13
1949	31.9 °C6 October 1949	11.3 °C31 July 1949	20.2 °C	1,062 mm	41
1948	31.4 °C19 September 1948	11.7 °C12 June 1948	20.2 °C	1,026 mm	15
1947	32.7 °C28 October 1947	9.2 °C23 July 1947	20.1 °C	1,202 mm	51
1946	34.4 °C31 March 1946	12.1 °C28 December 1946	20.9 °C	695 mm	79
1945	33.2 °C1 November 1945	11.7 °C8 March 1945	20.5 °C	672 mm	56
1944	32.9 °C24 March 1944	10.9 °C7 July 1944	21.5 °C	547 mm	130
1943	33.2 °C26 October 1943	9.6 °C28 May 1943	21.3 °C	397 mm	119
1942	32.6 °C1 October 1942	11.6 °C1 May 1942	20.6 °C	600 mm	67
1941	32.6 °C25 September 1941	11.3 °C29 December 1941	20.0 °C	945 mm	30
1940	29.7 °C6 October 1940	11.4 °C23 November 1940	19.5 °C	1,082 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

28.6 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

91 d/yr

+33

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

872 mm

-163 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.8 °C	+0.6 °C	85 mm	-18 mm
Feb	30.1 °C	+2.0 °C	29 mm	-63 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	+0.8 °C	140 mm	-3 mm
Apr	27.5 °C	+0.7 °C	133 mm	-50 mm
May	27.0 °C	+0.6 °C	76 mm	-25 mm
Jun	27.7 °C	+1.1 °C	15 mm	-13 mm
Jul	27.8 °C	+0.6 °C	10 mm	-4 mm
Aug	27.2 °C	-0.8 °C	101 mm	+80 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+1.2 °C	12 mm	-18 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	-0.3 °C	116 mm	+58 mm
Nov	30.4 °C	+2.6 °C	9 mm	-124 mm
Dec	29.1 °C	+2.0 °C	149 mm	+17 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.6 °C

3 Dec 2025

Coldest day

13.0 °C

22 Aug 2025

Wettest day

55.8 mm

28 Dec 2025

Windiest day

18.5 km/h

26 Nov 2025

Strongest gust

47.5 km/h

26 Nov 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.9 °C

6 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.8 °C

27 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

10 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mugumu?

Mugumu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.7 °C and it receives 1,035 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mugumu?

The hottest day measured in Mugumu between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1997, reaching 35.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mugumu?

The coldest day measured in Mugumu between 1940 and 2025 was 28 July 1963, at 8.7 °C.

Does it snow in Mugumu?

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

Has the climate of Mugumu warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mugumu?

The wettest day measured in Mugumu between 1940 and 2025 was 6 February 1961, with 82 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mugumu?

The windiest day measured in Mugumu between 1940 and 2025 was 18 February 1999, with winds reaching 22.2 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mugumu?

The warmest month in Mugumu is October (22.0 °C on average); the coldest is May (20.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Mugumu?

Mugumu receives on average 1,035 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mugumu?

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

Are there tropical nights in Mugumu?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Mugumu.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mugumu?

In Mugumu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.9 °C on 24 February 2005, and the lowest was 6.6 °C on 6 August 1969.

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