Ngara climate — normals and trends
Ngara (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,402 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 August (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is December (19.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Ngara averages 0 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 187 rainy days per year.
Ngara has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 16 September 2024) and the coldest 10.2 °C (on 21 January 1965).
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
NgaraKagera
- coords
- -2.51°, 30.66°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.5°C
Average daily high
26.0°C
Average daily low
15.9°C
Annual rainfall
1,402mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
72%
Average peak wind
10.6km/h
Seasonal range
2.1°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
7 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
187 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.8 °C
Average feels-like low
16.5 °C
Average peak gust
29.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.4 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.63 · p = < 0.001
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
16 September 2024
Coldest day
10.2 °C
21 January 1965
Wettest day
39 mm
1 May 2023
Windiest day
20.3 km/h
7 September 1967
Strongest gust
54.4 km/h
18 September 2007
Hottest feels-like
35.9 °C
30 March 2012
Coldest feels-like
7.1 °C
12 July 1944
Sunniest day
12.0 h
3 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.8 °C | +1.4 °C | 73 mm | -61 mm |
| Feb | 28.3 °C | +2.3 °C | 53 mm | -80 mm |
| Mar | 27.3 °C | +1.5 °C | 142 mm | -46 mm |
| Apr | 26.3 °C | +1.1 °C | 209 mm | -17 mm |
| May | 25.6 °C | +0.4 °C | 82 mm | -33 mm |
| Jun | 26.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 9 mm | -3 mm |
| Jul | 27.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 7 mm | +3 mm |
| Aug | 27.4 °C | -0.4 °C | 41 mm | +18 mm |
| Sep | 28.7 °C | +1.4 °C | 26 mm | -37 mm |
| Oct | 26.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 117 mm | -14 mm |
| Nov | 26.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 79 mm | -123 mm |
| Dec | 25.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 156 mm | -17 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Ngara?
Ngara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,402 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ngara?
The hottest day measured in Ngara between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 2024, reaching 33.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Ngara?
The coldest day measured in Ngara between 1940 and 2025 was 21 January 1965, at 10.2 °C.
Does it snow in Ngara?
Almost never: Ngara sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Ngara warmed?
Yes: Ngara warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Ngara?
The wettest day measured in Ngara between 1940 and 2025 was 1 May 2023, with 39 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Ngara?
The windiest day measured in Ngara between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1967, with winds reaching 20.3 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Ngara?
The warmest month in Ngara is August (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is December (19.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Ngara?
Ngara receives on average 1,402 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 187 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Ngara?
Ngara gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Ngara?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ngara.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ngara?
In Ngara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.9 °C on 30 March 2012, and the lowest was 7.1 °C on 12 July 1944.
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