Muheza climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Muheza?

Muheza has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,103 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Muheza between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1941, reaching 41.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Muheza?

The coldest day measured in Muheza between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, at 13.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Muheza?

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

Q: Has the climate of Muheza warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Muheza?

The wettest day measured in Muheza between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2015, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Muheza?

The windiest day measured in Muheza between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1941, with winds reaching 26.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Muheza?

The warmest month in Muheza is February (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Muheza?

Muheza receives on average 1,103 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 214 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Muheza?

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

Muheza (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,103 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 February (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (22.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Muheza averages 0 frost days, 136 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 214 rainy days per year.

Muheza has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 41.0 °C (on 25 March 1941) and the coldest 13.7 °C (on 11 August 1992).

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

MuhezaTanga

coords: -5.17°, 38.78°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

24.6°C

Average daily high

29.3°C

Average daily low

21.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,103mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

14.2km/h

Seasonal range

5.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

136 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

214 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

33.1 °C

Average feels-like low

24.4 °C

Average peak gust

34.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

249 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.54 · 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

41.0 °C

25 March 1941

Coldest day

13.7 °C

11 August 1992

Wettest day

151 mm

7 May 2015

Windiest day

26.4 km/h

13 April 1941

Strongest gust

61.6 km/h

27 December 1940

Hottest feels-like

43.7 °C

25 March 1941

Coldest feels-like

13.2 °C

27 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.3 h

24 December 2021

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	36.4 °C26 February 2025	16.3 °C5 August 2025	25.4 °C	1,130 mm	163
2024	36.3 °C25 February 2024	16.9 °C29 July 2024	25.7 °C	1,271 mm	184
2023	36.1 °C5 January 2023	16.6 °C10 July 2023	25.5 °C	1,372 mm	163
2022	36.2 °C21 February 2022	17.2 °C4 September 2022	25.6 °C	633 mm	183
2021	35.9 °C6 March 2021	15.2 °C27 August 2021	25.4 °C	701 mm	175
2020	35.0 °C29 February 2020	16.6 °C25 July 2020	25.4 °C	1,471 mm	164
2019	35.5 °C28 February 2019	15.5 °C24 July 2019	25.5 °C	1,450 mm	158
2018	35.2 °C2 March 2018	15.6 °C9 June 2018	24.9 °C	1,363 mm	140
2017	35.7 °C7 January 2017	16.1 °C17 September 2017	25.4 °C	1,150 mm	149
2016	36.1 °C20 March 2016	16.8 °C17 September 2016	25.6 °C	814 mm	171
2015	37.3 °C28 February 2015	16.7 °C15 June 2015	25.5 °C	1,042 mm	168
2014	35.9 °C15 January 2014	15.5 °C13 July 2014	25.1 °C	1,004 mm	137
2013	36.8 °C21 January 2013	16.1 °C1 July 2013	25.1 °C	950 mm	156
2012	35.2 °C23 January 2012	15.4 °C23 July 2012	25.2 °C	831 mm	165
2011	36.9 °C7 February 2011	17.6 °C8 July 2011	25.3 °C	980 mm	142
2010	37.1 °C11 March 2010	16.8 °C4 July 2010	25.4 °C	959 mm	180
2009	35.1 °C23 March 2009	16.4 °C29 July 2009	25.4 °C	743 mm	170
2008	35.4 °C4 January 2008	15.2 °C29 June 2008	24.7 °C	925 mm	140
2007	36.4 °C27 February 2007	17.1 °C23 June 2007	25.0 °C	931 mm	155
2006	36.1 °C22 January 2006	16.1 °C15 June 2006	24.6 °C	1,588 mm	102
2005	35.9 °C20 February 2005	16.9 °C22 August 2005	25.0 °C	851 mm	139
2004	36.3 °C28 January 2004	15.1 °C18 August 2004	24.8 °C	966 mm	126
2003	36.6 °C10 December 2003	15.2 °C15 August 2003	25.1 °C	730 mm	181
2002	35.2 °C9 January 2002	16.0 °C22 August 2002	24.5 °C	1,311 mm	108
2001	35.6 °C3 March 2001	16.6 °C21 July 2001	24.8 °C	697 mm	159
2000	35.9 °C22 February 2000	15.6 °C9 September 2000	24.5 °C	889 mm	156
1999	36.2 °C10 February 1999	16.2 °C28 July 1999	24.4 °C	1,037 mm	119
1998	34.6 °C31 December 1998	15.9 °C15 June 1998	24.8 °C	1,232 mm	133
1997	35.0 °C17 January 1997	14.2 °C27 July 1997	24.5 °C	1,640 mm	106
1996	35.4 °C26 January 1996	14.1 °C7 August 1996	24.4 °C	1,010 mm	133
1995	34.7 °C9 February 1995	15.6 °C2 July 1995	24.5 °C	1,098 mm	119
1994	35.4 °C1 January 1994	14.4 °C15 July 1994	24.4 °C	1,305 mm	109
1993	34.9 °C23 February 1993	15.3 °C28 July 1993	24.4 °C	907 mm	139
1992	35.3 °C19 January 1992	13.7 °C11 August 1992	24.4 °C	1,088 mm	113
1991	36.0 °C17 February 1991	15.0 °C5 August 1991	24.6 °C	979 mm	157
1990	35.5 °C11 February 1990	14.7 °C11 July 1990	24.3 °C	1,115 mm	112
1989	35.4 °C27 February 1989	14.5 °C19 July 1989	24.1 °C	1,266 mm	101
1988	36.7 °C3 March 1988	15.5 °C2 October 1988	24.9 °C	969 mm	129
1987	37.0 °C11 February 1987	15.2 °C11 July 1987	25.2 °C	895 mm	179
1986	36.5 °C9 February 1986	15.4 °C19 July 1986	24.4 °C	1,136 mm	130
1985	35.1 °C2 February 1985	15.8 °C29 August 1985	24.1 °C	1,065 mm	114
1984	34.3 °C4 March 1984	14.0 °C8 September 1984	24.1 °C	1,245 mm	112
1983	35.3 °C9 March 1983	16.0 °C21 July 1983	24.8 °C	984 mm	145
1982	37.0 °C25 February 1982	15.3 °C18 July 1982	24.6 °C	1,406 mm	121
1981	36.5 °C25 February 1981	15.5 °C1 July 1981	24.5 °C	1,105 mm	122
1980	37.1 °C23 January 1980	16.3 °C21 June 1980	24.6 °C	1,010 mm	138
1979	34.9 °C4 March 1979	16.2 °C11 August 1979	24.1 °C	1,505 mm	88
1978	34.0 °C5 March 1978	15.3 °C31 August 1978	24.3 °C	1,402 mm	112
1977	36.6 °C28 January 1977	15.8 °C9 September 1977	24.7 °C	1,362 mm	105
1976	35.8 °C25 January 1976	15.6 °C19 July 1976	24.6 °C	1,065 mm	144
1975	35.7 °C1 February 1975	14.2 °C27 July 1975	24.6 °C	1,004 mm	144
1974	35.3 °C21 December 1974	15.4 °C30 July 1974	24.6 °C	830 mm	150
1973	36.0 °C1 February 1973	15.3 °C16 July 1973	24.5 °C	1,226 mm	144
1972	34.7 °C25 February 1972	15.6 °C27 June 1972	24.3 °C	1,332 mm	108
1971	36.1 °C3 March 1971	14.6 °C6 August 1971	24.3 °C	1,076 mm	129
1970	34.5 °C4 March 1970	15.8 °C18 September 1970	24.5 °C	928 mm	149
1969	33.8 °C30 December 1969	15.3 °C4 September 1969	24.3 °C	851 mm	133
1968	33.9 °C18 February 1968	14.2 °C12 August 1968	23.8 °C	1,385 mm	97
1967	35.7 °C18 February 1967	15.2 °C17 September 1967	24.3 °C	1,380 mm	110
1966	36.7 °C24 December 1966	15.3 °C29 July 1966	24.5 °C	1,084 mm	129
1965	35.4 °C26 February 1965	14.5 °C27 June 1965	24.0 °C	1,219 mm	107
1964	35.3 °C15 February 1964	15.0 °C15 July 1964	24.2 °C	957 mm	123
1963	36.4 °C2 March 1963	15.5 °C15 August 1963	24.1 °C	1,327 mm	102
1962	35.0 °C7 December 1962	15.2 °C26 July 1962	24.1 °C	997 mm	115
1961	36.1 °C29 January 1961	16.6 °C10 August 1961	24.7 °C	1,739 mm	128
1960	35.2 °C24 February 1960	16.4 °C22 July 1960	24.5 °C	1,221 mm	127
1959	37.0 °C10 February 1959	15.4 °C17 August 1959	24.8 °C	1,143 mm	166
1958	35.9 °C31 January 1958	15.8 °C22 July 1958	24.9 °C	846 mm	172
1957	35.7 °C19 January 1957	15.9 °C5 August 1957	24.3 °C	1,426 mm	121
1956	35.4 °C29 March 1956	15.6 °C13 July 1956	24.2 °C	943 mm	153
1955	35.8 °C2 February 1955	15.4 °C12 August 1955	24.5 °C	824 mm	164
1954	34.8 °C17 December 1954	15.7 °C31 August 1954	24.5 °C	777 mm	147
1953	33.5 °C20 January 1953	15.6 °C14 June 1953	23.6 °C	1,853 mm	70
1952	34.3 °C18 March 1952	14.1 °C29 August 1952	23.8 °C	1,202 mm	103
1951	34.5 °C29 January 1951	15.3 °C25 July 1951	23.8 °C	1,723 mm	89
1950	35.4 °C8 February 1950	16.3 °C5 July 1950	24.0 °C	1,069 mm	127
1949	34.3 °C10 March 1949	14.6 °C19 August 1949	24.0 °C	1,086 mm	133
1948	32.9 °C20 March 1948	16.1 °C21 August 1948	23.8 °C	1,359 mm	82
1947	36.2 °C2 February 1947	15.1 °C17 September 1947	23.8 °C	1,302 mm	80
1946	37.0 °C20 February 1946	16.0 °C27 July 1946	24.9 °C	702 mm	183
1945	36.2 °C2 January 1945	15.6 °C29 July 1945	23.8 °C	1,256 mm	99
1944	37.1 °C20 February 1944	13.8 °C5 July 1944	24.4 °C	876 mm	153
1943	37.1 °C24 January 1943	16.1 °C8 August 1943	24.6 °C	596 mm	181
1942	37.2 °C30 January 1942	15.3 °C2 September 1942	24.7 °C	654 mm	180
1941	41.0 °C25 March 1941	15.5 °C11 August 1941	24.5 °C	1,145 mm	150
1940	36.2 °C30 December 1940	16.8 °C23 March 1940	24.4 °C	985 mm	125

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

30.1 °C

+0.8 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

163 d/yr

+27

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1130 mm

+27 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	33.3 °C	+0.9 °C	36 mm	-27 mm
Feb	33.9 °C	+1.0 °C	11 mm	-44 mm
Mar	32.4 °C	+0.5 °C	149 mm	+33 mm
Apr	29.4 °C	+0.4 °C	309 mm	+114 mm
May	28.6 °C	+1.1 °C	130 mm	-32 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+0.5 °C	119 mm	+62 mm
Jul	26.9 °C	+0.5 °C	47 mm	-6 mm
Aug	27.5 °C	+0.7 °C	35 mm	-19 mm
Sep	28.8 °C	+1.0 °C	32 mm	-25 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	+0.8 °C	130 mm	+32 mm
Nov	30.8 °C	+1.0 °C	50 mm	-54 mm
Dec	32.8 °C	+1.4 °C	82 mm	-8 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

36.4 °C

26 Feb 2025

Coldest day

16.3 °C

5 Aug 2025

Wettest day

87.2 mm

6 Apr 2025

Windiest day

24.4 km/h

15 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

55.1 km/h

15 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.2 °C

12 Jan 2025

Coldest feels-like

17.0 °C

5 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

4 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Muheza?

Muheza has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.6 °C and it receives 1,103 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Muheza?

The hottest day measured in Muheza between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1941, reaching 41.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Muheza?

The coldest day measured in Muheza between 1940 and 2025 was 11 August 1992, at 13.7 °C.

Does it snow in Muheza?

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

Has the climate of Muheza warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Muheza?

The wettest day measured in Muheza between 1940 and 2025 was 7 May 2015, with 151 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Muheza?

The windiest day measured in Muheza between 1940 and 2025 was 13 April 1941, with winds reaching 26.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Muheza?

The warmest month in Muheza is February (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (22.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Muheza?

Muheza receives on average 1,103 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 214 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Muheza?

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

Are there tropical nights in Muheza?

Yes: Muheza has on average 249 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Muheza?

In Muheza, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.7 °C on 25 March 1941, and the lowest was 13.2 °C on 27 July 1975.

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