Puma climate — normals and trends
Puma (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 756 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 November (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.
Puma averages 0 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 91 rainy days per year.
Puma has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.0 °C (on 20 December 2016) and the coldest 9.6 °C (on 20 June 2007).
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
- -5.00°, 34.73°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.4°C
Average daily high
26.0°C
Average daily low
15.5°C
Annual rainfall
756mm
Sunshine / day
11.2h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
19.7km/h
Seasonal range
3.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
14 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
91 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.2 °C
Average feels-like low
14.5 °C
Average peak gust
41.7 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
33.0 °C
20 December 2016
Coldest day
9.6 °C
20 June 2007
Wettest day
121 mm
9 April 1977
Windiest day
35.5 km/h
29 September 2010
Strongest gust
68.4 km/h
29 September 2010
Hottest feels-like
35.6 °C
25 February 2005
Coldest feels-like
5.7 °C
11 July 1944
Sunniest day
12.3 h
7 December 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 | 25.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 121 mm | -41 mm |
| Feb | 27.2 °C | +1.6 °C | 74 mm | -63 mm |
| Mar | 26.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 141 mm | -7 mm |
| Apr | 25.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 54 mm | -35 mm |
| May | 25.0 °C | +0.1 °C | 13 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 24.9 °C | +0.1 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 24.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 25.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 27.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 28.6 °C | +0.1 °C | 3 mm | -5 mm |
| Nov | 30.1 °C | +2.1 °C | 8 mm | -47 mm |
| Dec | 27.1 °C | +1.0 °C | 103 mm | -40 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Puma?
Puma has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.4 °C and it receives 756 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Puma?
The hottest day measured in Puma between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 2016, reaching 33.0 °C.
What is the coldest day in Puma?
The coldest day measured in Puma between 1940 and 2025 was 20 June 2007, at 9.6 °C.
Does it snow in Puma?
Almost never: Puma sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Puma warmed?
Yes: Puma warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Puma?
The wettest day measured in Puma between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1977, with 121 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Puma?
The windiest day measured in Puma between 1940 and 2025 was 29 September 2010, with winds reaching 35.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Puma?
The warmest month in Puma is November (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Puma?
Puma receives on average 756 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 91 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Puma?
Puma gets on average 11.2 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,088 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Puma?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Puma.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Puma?
In Puma, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.6 °C on 25 February 2005, and the lowest was 5.7 °C on 11 July 1944.
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