Ngudu climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ngudu?

Ngudu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,182 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ngudu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2006, reaching 36.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ngudu?

The coldest day measured in Ngudu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1971, at 11.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ngudu?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ngudu warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ngudu?

The wettest day measured in Ngudu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1991, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ngudu?

The windiest day measured in Ngudu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2007, with winds reaching 30.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ngudu?

The warmest month in Ngudu is September (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ngudu?

Ngudu receives on average 1,182 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ngudu?

Ngudu gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ngudu (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,182 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is December (21.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Ngudu averages 0 frost days, 84 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.

Ngudu 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 36.4 °C (on 9 February 2006) and the coldest 11.9 °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

NguduMwanza

coords: -2.97°, 33.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthDecemberWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.6°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

18.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,182mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

66%

Average peak wind

14.0km/h

Seasonal range

2.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

84 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

157 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.2 °C

Average feels-like low

18.5 °C

Average peak gust

30.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

27 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+2.0 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.61 · 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

36.4 °C

9 February 2006

Coldest day

11.9 °C

8 June 1971

Wettest day

103 mm

12 October 1991

Windiest day

30.9 km/h

12 May 2007

Strongest gust

58.3 km/h

22 April 1984

Hottest feels-like

37.4 °C

4 February 1998

Coldest feels-like

9.5 °C

8 June 1971

Sunniest day

12.1 h

18 November 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C1 March 2025	15.6 °C31 July 2025	23.7 °C	822 mm	115
2024	33.9 °C9 September 2024	14.5 °C6 August 2024	23.8 °C	1,139 mm	139
2023	34.6 °C27 August 2023	15.3 °C20 July 2023	23.8 °C	1,298 mm	144
2022	35.3 °C1 November 2022	15.7 °C5 July 2022	23.6 °C	838 mm	149
2021	33.6 °C12 November 2021	14.2 °C26 June 2021	23.2 °C	827 mm	87
2020	33.0 °C16 September 2020	15.5 °C18 July 2020	22.9 °C	1,250 mm	68
2019	34.7 °C14 February 2019	15.4 °C24 July 2019	23.9 °C	1,172 mm	177
2018	34.4 °C17 February 2018	15.0 °C29 May 2018	23.1 °C	1,075 mm	93
2017	34.9 °C5 October 2017	15.8 °C5 March 2017	24.5 °C	903 mm	219
2016	33.6 °C23 December 2016	15.5 °C28 June 2016	23.8 °C	807 mm	164
2015	34.6 °C10 March 2015	15.7 °C13 July 2015	23.5 °C	1,073 mm	135
2014	33.0 °C10 October 2014	15.4 °C1 January 2014	23.3 °C	970 mm	128
2013	33.4 °C15 October 2013	13.9 °C15 July 2013	22.9 °C	989 mm	77
2012	35.6 °C29 March 2012	14.0 °C3 January 2012	23.0 °C	1,110 mm	117
2011	33.3 °C2 March 2011	14.9 °C29 January 2011	23.4 °C	1,186 mm	146
2010	34.1 °C4 October 2010	16.1 °C17 January 2010	23.4 °C	956 mm	131
2009	34.7 °C24 October 2009	15.5 °C15 February 2009	23.9 °C	968 mm	199
2008	33.8 °C28 September 2008	13.4 °C9 July 2008	23.2 °C	909 mm	138
2007	34.6 °C25 September 2007	14.6 °C20 June 2007	23.3 °C	821 mm	134
2006	36.4 °C9 February 2006	16.0 °C16 June 2006	23.5 °C	1,222 mm	147
2005	35.4 °C9 October 2005	16.2 °C4 February 2005	24.1 °C	664 mm	206
2004	35.1 °C9 October 2004	14.7 °C5 July 2004	23.7 °C	904 mm	156
2003	35.2 °C19 March 2003	15.0 °C10 July 2003	23.6 °C	676 mm	154
2002	34.3 °C1 October 2002	15.0 °C2 June 2002	22.8 °C	1,098 mm	96
2001	32.2 °C21 October 2001	16.1 °C16 July 2001	22.7 °C	945 mm	54
2000	33.7 °C5 October 2000	15.5 °C3 March 2000	23.2 °C	890 mm	126
1999	34.7 °C18 February 1999	16.1 °C6 July 1999	23.0 °C	803 mm	97
1998	32.9 °C23 October 1998	15.6 °C23 May 1998	23.1 °C	1,058 mm	100
1997	35.3 °C10 March 1997	15.2 °C21 May 1997	23.5 °C	1,186 mm	132
1996	33.7 °C14 October 1996	14.4 °C10 August 1996	22.9 °C	963 mm	83
1995	33.1 °C13 December 1995	15.3 °C20 March 1995	22.9 °C	1,033 mm	86
1994	33.8 °C23 September 1994	15.5 °C3 June 1994	23.0 °C	1,227 mm	80
1993	34.1 °C13 October 1993	14.9 °C22 January 1993	23.2 °C	922 mm	91
1992	34.0 °C26 September 1992	14.7 °C19 July 1992	23.0 °C	992 mm	78
1991	33.8 °C20 September 1991	15.3 °C23 July 1991	22.6 °C	1,319 mm	52
1990	34.6 °C7 October 1990	14.7 °C8 January 1990	22.8 °C	1,144 mm	65
1989	32.7 °C4 October 1989	13.4 °C23 January 1989	22.3 °C	1,202 mm	42
1988	33.2 °C16 September 1988	14.8 °C4 July 1988	22.8 °C	1,276 mm	58
1987	33.5 °C22 September 1987	15.4 °C9 June 1987	23.0 °C	1,222 mm	106
1986	33.7 °C22 September 1986	13.3 °C9 July 1986	22.4 °C	1,611 mm	70
1985	33.5 °C31 October 1985	14.5 °C8 June 1985	22.6 °C	1,214 mm	59
1984	33.9 °C26 September 1984	14.7 °C20 January 1984	22.7 °C	1,079 mm	63
1983	33.3 °C15 September 1983	15.5 °C10 February 1983	23.0 °C	1,258 mm	85
1982	32.3 °C5 October 1982	15.2 °C4 November 1982	22.5 °C	1,299 mm	56
1981	34.2 °C24 September 1981	14.5 °C22 June 1981	22.7 °C	1,255 mm	59
1980	33.1 °C18 September 1980	14.8 °C19 March 1980	22.6 °C	984 mm	68
1979	34.4 °C12 October 1979	15.1 °C23 July 1979	22.3 °C	1,229 mm	67
1978	33.6 °C17 October 1978	13.9 °C5 February 1978	22.1 °C	1,479 mm	51
1977	34.3 °C2 October 1977	14.5 °C10 July 1977	22.3 °C	1,532 mm	53
1976	33.8 °C15 October 1976	14.5 °C29 June 1976	22.3 °C	1,300 mm	70
1975	32.4 °C9 November 1975	13.3 °C28 July 1975	21.9 °C	1,295 mm	28
1974	33.3 °C31 October 1974	14.2 °C20 May 1974	21.8 °C	1,162 mm	57
1973	34.2 °C25 October 1973	12.4 °C3 July 1973	22.5 °C	1,243 mm	58
1972	33.3 °C21 September 1972	13.0 °C29 June 1972	21.6 °C	1,816 mm	44
1971	32.1 °C22 September 1971	11.9 °C8 June 1971	21.7 °C	1,314 mm	39
1970	33.6 °C7 October 1970	14.2 °C5 March 1970	22.1 °C	1,380 mm	55
1969	33.3 °C3 October 1969	14.5 °C6 August 1969	22.4 °C	1,057 mm	64
1968	33.8 °C4 October 1968	14.1 °C9 June 1968	21.7 °C	1,600 mm	54
1967	33.2 °C21 January 1967	15.0 °C16 May 1967	22.2 °C	1,240 mm	55
1966	33.8 °C6 October 1966	15.0 °C29 August 1966	22.2 °C	1,312 mm	58
1965	34.0 °C11 October 1965	12.7 °C18 January 1965	22.2 °C	1,265 mm	74
1964	32.0 °C25 September 1964	13.8 °C12 August 1964	21.7 °C	1,634 mm	30
1963	34.0 °C20 October 1963	13.8 °C29 July 1963	21.6 °C	1,597 mm	60
1962	31.8 °C1 October 1962	13.7 °C19 June 1962	21.3 °C	1,529 mm	17
1961	33.6 °C20 January 1961	14.6 °C12 June 1961	22.5 °C	1,634 mm	67
1960	33.6 °C21 October 1960	13.4 °C31 July 1960	22.7 °C	1,238 mm	69
1959	32.4 °C29 September 1959	13.7 °C6 June 1959	22.3 °C	1,473 mm	43
1958	33.9 °C3 November 1958	14.0 °C24 July 1958	22.5 °C	1,390 mm	60
1957	33.1 °C21 October 1957	12.6 °C3 February 1957	22.2 °C	1,752 mm	58
1956	32.5 °C16 October 1956	13.5 °C19 January 1956	21.6 °C	1,225 mm	23
1955	31.2 °C7 October 1955	13.8 °C17 August 1955	21.4 °C	1,356 mm	11
1954	31.2 °C6 September 1954	14.0 °C18 March 1954	21.6 °C	1,217 mm	28
1953	32.2 °C11 September 1953	12.5 °C6 July 1953	21.4 °C	2,112 mm	30
1952	31.6 °C27 September 1952	14.9 °C19 July 1952	21.7 °C	1,442 mm	20
1951	33.4 °C6 September 1951	13.5 °C17 July 1951	21.5 °C	1,845 mm	32
1950	31.5 °C10 September 1950	12.8 °C4 June 1950	21.3 °C	1,388 mm	19
1949	32.0 °C31 October 1949	13.9 °C31 July 1949	21.9 °C	1,072 mm	35
1948	32.1 °C3 October 1948	14.8 °C12 June 1948	22.0 °C	1,373 mm	25
1947	33.2 °C10 October 1947	13.9 °C25 July 1947	22.1 °C	1,269 mm	75
1946	34.8 °C31 March 1946	14.4 °C5 August 1946	22.8 °C	1,025 mm	120
1945	33.6 °C4 October 1945	13.8 °C9 June 1945	22.4 °C	789 mm	79
1944	33.5 °C14 October 1944	14.6 °C6 July 1944	23.2 °C	789 mm	163
1943	33.7 °C26 October 1943	14.4 °C27 May 1943	23.2 °C	546 mm	144
1942	33.6 °C9 October 1942	14.7 °C13 January 1942	22.5 °C	705 mm	103
1941	32.6 °C25 September 1941	13.7 °C28 December 1941	21.9 °C	1,116 mm	51
1940	31.6 °C23 August 1940	14.0 °C26 July 1940	21.3 °C	1,408 mm	11

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.1 °C

+0.9 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

115 d/yr

+31

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

822 mm

-360 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.8 °C	+0.7 °C	65 mm	-77 mm
Feb	31.0 °C	+3.2 °C	13 mm	-113 mm
Mar	29.3 °C	+1.5 °C	180 mm	+12 mm
Apr	28.1 °C	+1.0 °C	136 mm	-26 mm
May	28.4 °C	+0.8 °C	48 mm	-2 mm
Jun	29.3 °C	+0.7 °C	13 mm	+3 mm
Jul	29.3 °C	+0.3 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Aug	29.5 °C	-0.2 °C	30 mm	+15 mm
Sep	30.8 °C	+0.6 °C	39 mm	-1 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	-0.9 °C	113 mm	+18 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+1.6 °C	54 mm	-128 mm
Dec	28.5 °C	+1.6 °C	129 mm	-60 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

15.6 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

28.5 mm

28 Mar 2025

Windiest day

27.2 km/h

9 Jun 2025

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

3 Aug 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.0 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.7 °C

4 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

18 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ngudu?

Ngudu has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.6 °C and it receives 1,182 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ngudu?

The hottest day measured in Ngudu between 1940 and 2025 was 9 February 2006, reaching 36.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ngudu?

The coldest day measured in Ngudu between 1940 and 2025 was 8 June 1971, at 11.9 °C.

Does it snow in Ngudu?

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

Has the climate of Ngudu warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ngudu?

The wettest day measured in Ngudu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1991, with 103 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ngudu?

The windiest day measured in Ngudu between 1940 and 2025 was 12 May 2007, with winds reaching 30.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ngudu?

The warmest month in Ngudu is September (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Ngudu?

Ngudu receives on average 1,182 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ngudu?

Ngudu gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ngudu?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ngudu?

In Ngudu, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.4 °C on 4 February 1998, and the lowest was 9.5 °C on 8 June 1971.

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