Nsunga climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Nsunga?

Nsunga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,190 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Nsunga between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 33.6 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Nsunga?

The coldest day measured in Nsunga between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1945, at 9.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Nsunga?

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

Q: Has the climate of Nsunga warmed?

Yes: Nsunga warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Nsunga?

The wettest day measured in Nsunga between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2013, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Nsunga?

The windiest day measured in Nsunga between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1943, with winds reaching 21.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Nsunga?

The warmest month in Nsunga is February (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.1 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Nsunga?

Nsunga receives on average 1,190 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 197 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Nsunga?

Nsunga gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Nsunga (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,190 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 (20.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.1 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Nsunga averages 0 frost days, 7 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 197 rainy days per year.

Nsunga has warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.22 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.6 °C (on 23 February 2005) and the coldest 9.9 °C (on 9 June 1945).

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

NsungaKagera

coords: -1.14°, 31.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.5°C

Average daily high

26.4°C

Average daily low

15.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,190mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

83%

Average peak wind

11.0km/h

Seasonal range

0.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

7 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

197 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.1 °C

Average feels-like low

16.7 °C

Average peak gust

30.0 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.9 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.72 · 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

33.6 °C

23 February 2005

Coldest day

9.9 °C

9 June 1945

Wettest day

80 mm

28 March 2013

Windiest day

21.8 km/h

10 July 1943

Strongest gust

52.9 km/h

7 September 1967

Hottest feels-like

36.7 °C

24 January 2017

Coldest feels-like

8.0 °C

12 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.0 h

3 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.5 °C20 February 2025	12.4 °C31 July 2025	21.8 °C	797 mm	46
2024	32.0 °C26 July 2024	13.1 °C3 July 2024	22.3 °C	993 mm	55
2023	31.7 °C7 March 2023	13.7 °C21 July 2023	21.9 °C	1,143 mm	34
2022	31.2 °C6 March 2022	13.2 °C6 July 2022	21.6 °C	968 mm	21
2021	31.7 °C29 August 2021	13.1 °C25 August 2021	21.5 °C	852 mm	19
2020	31.2 °C11 February 2020	13.9 °C3 September 2020	21.7 °C	1,127 mm	14
2019	32.0 °C23 March 2019	13.9 °C3 July 2019	21.5 °C	1,135 mm	32
2018	31.3 °C18 February 2018	12.9 °C30 May 2018	21.3 °C	1,111 mm	10
2017	33.3 °C25 January 2017	12.7 °C10 July 2017	21.6 °C	948 mm	33
2016	31.9 °C20 March 2016	12.2 °C19 August 2016	21.8 °C	878 mm	25
2015	31.5 °C17 July 2015	12.8 °C14 July 2015	21.5 °C	967 mm	26
2014	31.2 °C5 March 2014	12.2 °C5 July 2014	21.0 °C	1,059 mm	9
2013	31.3 °C28 February 2013	11.7 °C15 July 2013	20.9 °C	1,152 mm	13
2012	31.6 °C29 March 2012	11.8 °C15 August 2012	21.0 °C	1,128 mm	29
2011	31.6 °C30 January 2011	12.2 °C14 July 2011	20.9 °C	1,210 mm	14
2010	32.3 °C3 February 2010	11.9 °C20 August 2010	21.3 °C	1,041 mm	17
2009	31.0 °C14 August 2009	11.8 °C30 July 2009	21.1 °C	977 mm	14
2008	30.5 °C21 March 2008	11.3 °C9 July 2008	20.7 °C	876 mm	8
2007	31.1 °C9 March 2007	12.5 °C24 August 2007	20.8 °C	1,097 mm	12
2006	31.9 °C28 January 2006	12.1 °C5 July 2006	21.1 °C	951 mm	17
2005	33.6 °C23 February 2005	10.6 °C15 July 2005	21.1 °C	1,011 mm	11
2004	31.5 °C28 January 2004	11.9 °C5 July 2004	21.2 °C	882 mm	7
2003	31.2 °C21 February 2003	12.9 °C25 July 2003	20.9 °C	750 mm	23
2002	30.3 °C11 July 2002	11.7 °C9 July 2002	20.7 °C	883 mm	5
2001	30.4 °C6 September 2001	12.5 °C14 June 2001	20.4 °C	983 mm	3
2000	31.7 °C22 February 2000	12.8 °C1 July 2000	20.5 °C	766 mm	14
1999	30.3 °C23 March 1999	11.8 °C16 July 1999	20.2 °C	1,061 mm	3
1998	30.6 °C3 February 1998	12.9 °C23 June 1998	21.0 °C	1,187 mm	4
1997	31.6 °C25 September 1997	12.4 °C28 September 1997	20.8 °C	1,268 mm	7
1996	29.5 °C1 March 1996	11.1 °C24 September 1996	20.4 °C	1,255 mm	0
1995	30.1 °C21 March 1995	11.5 °C24 August 1995	20.7 °C	1,110 mm	1
1994	30.4 °C1 February 1994	11.2 °C5 August 1994	20.4 °C	1,209 mm	1
1993	29.1 °C13 August 1993	12.1 °C7 July 1993	20.4 °C	1,182 mm	0
1992	30.7 °C16 March 1992	11.9 °C19 July 1992	20.6 °C	1,009 mm	1
1991	30.5 °C20 February 1991	11.2 °C21 July 1991	20.6 °C	1,259 mm	1
1990	30.1 °C29 January 1990	12.2 °C9 July 1990	20.7 °C	1,234 mm	1
1989	30.1 °C3 March 1989	11.8 °C23 January 1989	20.5 °C	1,155 mm	1
1988	31.0 °C2 March 1988	12.4 °C4 July 1988	20.8 °C	1,240 mm	2
1987	31.7 °C30 December 1987	12.7 °C14 July 1987	21.0 °C	1,285 mm	4
1986	31.0 °C25 September 1986	11.7 °C24 February 1986	20.4 °C	1,372 mm	2
1985	31.2 °C17 March 1985	12.3 °C30 July 1985	20.2 °C	1,373 mm	3
1984	29.8 °C26 March 1984	12.3 °C26 May 1984	20.3 °C	1,121 mm	0
1983	30.1 °C22 March 1983	12.4 °C6 July 1983	20.7 °C	1,184 mm	3
1982	30.8 °C27 March 1982	11.6 °C2 July 1982	20.4 °C	1,145 mm	3
1981	31.2 °C23 February 1981	12.4 °C15 June 1981	20.6 °C	1,151 mm	1
1980	29.9 °C24 February 1980	12.5 °C20 March 1980	20.3 °C	1,177 mm	0
1979	29.6 °C3 March 1979	11.7 °C14 July 1979	20.3 °C	1,151 mm	0
1978	30.0 °C7 February 1978	11.2 °C5 February 1978	20.2 °C	1,483 mm	1
1977	29.2 °C17 March 1977	11.7 °C24 July 1977	20.1 °C	1,520 mm	0
1976	30.4 °C16 March 1976	11.3 °C29 June 1976	19.7 °C	1,408 mm	2
1975	30.3 °C22 February 1975	10.6 °C30 July 1975	19.7 °C	1,579 mm	2
1974	30.1 °C20 August 1974	12.2 °C30 July 1974	19.7 °C	1,462 mm	1
1973	30.0 °C25 February 1973	10.0 °C3 July 1973	20.1 °C	1,412 mm	1
1972	29.0 °C19 September 1972	12.0 °C30 August 1972	19.7 °C	1,707 mm	0
1971	30.8 °C8 March 1971	10.9 °C8 June 1971	19.7 °C	1,454 mm	2
1970	28.9 °C8 February 1970	11.2 °C29 July 1970	19.9 °C	1,489 mm	0
1969	29.5 °C7 November 1969	11.3 °C16 July 1969	20.0 °C	1,235 mm	0
1968	30.1 °C3 September 1968	11.8 °C30 June 1968	19.9 °C	1,488 mm	1
1967	29.8 °C17 January 1967	11.0 °C1 August 1967	19.8 °C	1,425 mm	0
1966	29.9 °C16 August 1966	11.1 °C28 June 1966	20.1 °C	1,319 mm	0
1965	29.8 °C14 February 1965	10.5 °C18 June 1965	19.8 °C	1,282 mm	0
1964	29.2 °C31 January 1964	11.1 °C13 July 1964	19.7 °C	1,456 mm	0
1963	29.8 °C13 September 1963	10.4 °C8 August 1963	19.6 °C	1,590 mm	0
1962	27.7 °C5 February 1962	10.9 °C9 July 1962	19.4 °C	1,668 mm	0
1961	29.4 °C12 January 1961	11.8 °C16 July 1961	19.9 °C	1,667 mm	0
1960	30.4 °C15 August 1960	10.6 °C31 July 1960	20.2 °C	1,470 mm	1
1959	30.7 °C17 March 1959	10.6 °C23 June 1959	20.5 °C	1,441 mm	1
1958	30.3 °C16 January 1958	11.5 °C1 October 1958	20.5 °C	1,270 mm	3
1957	29.9 °C4 October 1957	10.9 °C22 July 1957	20.3 °C	1,412 mm	0
1956	28.6 °C1 March 1956	11.4 °C14 July 1956	19.5 °C	1,282 mm	0
1955	28.9 °C16 August 1955	12.1 °C15 July 1955	19.7 °C	1,149 mm	0
1954	28.5 °C22 July 1954	11.0 °C15 June 1954	19.8 °C	1,011 mm	0
1953	28.4 °C26 August 1953	11.0 °C23 July 1953	19.6 °C	1,714 mm	0
1952	29.2 °C12 September 1952	11.9 °C17 July 1952	19.9 °C	1,464 mm	0
1951	29.4 °C11 August 1951	10.2 °C6 July 1951	19.7 °C	1,563 mm	0
1950	28.4 °C28 August 1950	11.1 °C3 June 1950	19.6 °C	1,376 mm	0
1949	32.0 °C23 August 1949	10.6 °C31 July 1949	20.1 °C	941 mm	3
1948	28.8 °C12 July 1948	10.2 °C17 July 1948	19.7 °C	1,309 mm	0
1947	29.6 °C26 September 1947	11.0 °C25 July 1947	20.0 °C	1,206 mm	0
1946	32.3 °C1 April 1946	12.1 °C28 August 1946	20.2 °C	958 mm	16
1945	30.3 °C22 September 1945	9.9 °C9 June 1945	19.9 °C	845 mm	1
1944	31.6 °C21 September 1944	10.4 °C12 July 1944	20.4 °C	852 mm	17
1943	30.7 °C31 May 1943	10.6 °C26 July 1943	20.4 °C	824 mm	3
1942	30.4 °C14 August 1942	11.1 °C5 September 1942	20.0 °C	650 mm	1
1941	31.5 °C27 March 1941	11.8 °C8 July 1941	20.1 °C	1,017 mm	3
1940	28.7 °C17 August 1940	11.9 °C28 June 1940	19.5 °C	1,183 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

27.9 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

+39

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

797 mm

-393 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.0 °C	+2.4 °C	36 mm	-58 mm
Feb	30.2 °C	+3.1 °C	26 mm	-64 mm
Mar	28.7 °C	+1.9 °C	115 mm	-5 mm
Apr	27.1 °C	+1.0 °C	123 mm	-11 mm
May	27.0 °C	+1.1 °C	46 mm	-40 mm
Jun	27.5 °C	+1.2 °C	21 mm	-15 mm
Jul	27.6 °C	+1.0 °C	18 mm	-4 mm
Aug	27.4 °C	+0.7 °C	57 mm	-3 mm
Sep	28.5 °C	+1.9 °C	63 mm	-36 mm
Oct	27.4 °C	+1.1 °C	134 mm	-9 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	+1.7 °C	82 mm	-90 mm
Dec	27.0 °C	+1.2 °C	77 mm	-59 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.5 °C

20 Feb 2025

Coldest day

12.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

51.6 mm

19 Mar 2025

Windiest day

19.0 km/h

3 Aug 2025

Strongest gust

45.7 km/h

30 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.8 °C

25 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

11.4 °C

31 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

2 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Nsunga?

Nsunga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,190 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Nsunga?

The hottest day measured in Nsunga between 1940 and 2025 was 23 February 2005, reaching 33.6 °C.

What is the coldest day in Nsunga?

The coldest day measured in Nsunga between 1940 and 2025 was 9 June 1945, at 9.9 °C.

Does it snow in Nsunga?

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

Has the climate of Nsunga warmed?

Yes: Nsunga warmed by +1.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Nsunga?

The wettest day measured in Nsunga between 1940 and 2025 was 28 March 2013, with 80 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Nsunga?

The windiest day measured in Nsunga between 1940 and 2025 was 10 July 1943, with winds reaching 21.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Nsunga?

The warmest month in Nsunga is February (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.1 °C).

How much does it rain in Nsunga?

Nsunga receives on average 1,190 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 197 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Nsunga?

Nsunga gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Nsunga?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Nsunga?

In Nsunga, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.7 °C on 24 January 2017, and the lowest was 8.0 °C on 12 July 1944.

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