Nshamba climate — normals and trends
Nshamba (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,296 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 (20.6 °C on average) and the coldest is November (19.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Nshamba averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 206 rainy days per year.
Nshamba has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.23 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 32.6 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 11.3 °C (on 8 August 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
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- coords
- -1.80°, 31.55°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.2°C
Average daily high
25.4°C
Average daily low
16.0°C
Annual rainfall
1,296mm
Sunshine / day
10.5h
Mean relative humidity
82%
Average peak wind
11.0km/h
Seasonal range
0.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
1 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
206 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.8 °C
Average feels-like low
17.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.5 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.9 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.76 · 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
32.6 °C
23 February 2005
Coldest day
11.3 °C
8 August 1963
Wettest day
79 mm
5 May 1982
Windiest day
20.7 km/h
1 October 1966
Strongest gust
55.4 km/h
23 October 2018
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
13 February 2017
Coldest feels-like
9.9 °C
27 July 1943
Sunniest day
12.0 h
3 January 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.2 °C | +1.8 °C | 54 mm | -61 mm |
| Feb | 28.8 °C | +2.8 °C | 27 mm | -80 mm |
| Mar | 27.5 °C | +1.6 °C | 129 mm | -17 mm |
| Apr | 26.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 160 mm | -16 mm |
| May | 25.9 °C | +0.8 °C | 51 mm | -50 mm |
| Jun | 26.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 25 mm | -5 mm |
| Jul | 26.4 °C | +0.4 °C | 27 mm | +11 mm |
| Aug | 25.9 °C | 0.0 °C | 59 mm | +7 mm |
| Sep | 26.8 °C | +1.3 °C | 62 mm | -32 mm |
| Oct | 25.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 169 mm | +27 mm |
| Nov | 25.7 °C | +1.2 °C | 100 mm | -72 mm |
| Dec | 25.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 102 mm | -44 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Nshamba?
Nshamba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.2 °C and it receives 1,296 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nshamba?
The hottest day measured in Nshamba between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 32.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Nshamba?
The coldest day measured in Nshamba between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1963, at 11.3 °C.
Does it snow in Nshamba?
Almost never: Nshamba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Nshamba warmed?
Yes: Nshamba warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Nshamba?
The wettest day measured in Nshamba between 1940 and 2025 was 5 May 1982, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Nshamba?
The windiest day measured in Nshamba between 1940 and 2025 was 1 October 1966, with winds reaching 20.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Nshamba?
The warmest month in Nshamba is February (20.6 °C on average); the coldest is November (19.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Nshamba?
Nshamba receives on average 1,296 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 206 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Nshamba?
Nshamba gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Nshamba?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Nshamba.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nshamba?
In Nshamba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 13 February 2017, and the lowest was 9.9 °C on 27 July 1943.
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