Rujewa climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Rujewa?

Rujewa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 710 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Rujewa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Rujewa?

The coldest day measured in Rujewa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1968, at 8.7 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Rujewa?

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

Q: Has the climate of Rujewa warmed?

Yes: Rujewa warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Rujewa?

The wettest day measured in Rujewa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2017, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Rujewa?

The windiest day measured in Rujewa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1954, with winds reaching 31.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Rujewa?

The warmest month in Rujewa is November (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.9 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Rujewa?

Rujewa receives on average 710 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Rujewa?

Rujewa gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Rujewa (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 710 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 (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Rujewa averages 0 frost days, 45 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 107 rainy days per year.

Rujewa has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 18 October 2017) and the coldest 8.7 °C (on 24 June 1968).

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

RujewaMbeya

coords: -8.70°, 34.38°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.2°C

Average daily high

27.2°C

Average daily low

16.7°C

Annual rainfall

710mm

Sunshine / day

10.9h

Mean relative humidity

60%

Average peak wind

16.8km/h

Seasonal range

4.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

45 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

107 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

15.9 °C

Average peak gust

39.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

5 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.65 · 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

36.0 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest day

8.7 °C

24 June 1968

Wettest day

67 mm

11 December 2017

Windiest day

31.4 km/h

8 August 1954

Strongest gust

69.5 km/h

11 August 2010

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest feels-like

4.5 °C

24 June 1968

Sunniest day

12.5 h

29 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.7 °C18 November 2025	12.5 °C3 August 2025	22.4 °C	593 mm	107
2024	33.7 °C14 November 2024	12.1 °C8 July 2024	22.3 °C	1,058 mm	77
2023	36.0 °C14 October 2023	13.4 °C15 July 2023	22.3 °C	608 mm	82
2022	33.2 °C28 October 2022	12.8 °C11 July 2022	21.7 °C	854 mm	63
2021	35.6 °C29 December 2021	10.8 °C26 July 2021	22.1 °C	652 mm	88
2020	33.3 °C26 November 2020	11.5 °C18 July 2020	22.0 °C	948 mm	63
2019	34.4 °C22 October 2019	13.1 °C27 July 2019	22.6 °C	747 mm	98
2018	34.0 °C28 November 2018	13.0 °C17 August 2018	22.0 °C	777 mm	63
2017	36.0 °C18 October 2017	13.2 °C16 July 2017	22.4 °C	635 mm	69
2016	33.3 °C13 November 2016	12.2 °C1 July 2016	22.1 °C	813 mm	84
2015	33.2 °C14 November 2015	12.7 °C11 July 2015	22.3 °C	779 mm	61
2014	34.1 °C29 November 2014	11.8 °C13 July 2014	21.9 °C	662 mm	56
2013	34.3 °C1 November 2013	12.1 °C8 June 2013	22.2 °C	626 mm	85
2012	33.7 °C26 November 2012	11.3 °C8 July 2012	22.0 °C	581 mm	78
2011	34.5 °C26 October 2011	10.9 °C6 July 2011	21.7 °C	742 mm	53
2010	32.6 °C12 October 2010	11.7 °C8 June 2010	21.8 °C	600 mm	56
2009	32.4 °C19 January 2009	11.3 °C1 July 2009	21.8 °C	650 mm	57
2008	33.5 °C15 November 2008	10.5 °C2 July 2008	21.3 °C	768 mm	53
2007	34.0 °C25 November 2007	11.5 °C18 June 2007	21.6 °C	565 mm	63
2006	33.8 °C3 November 2006	9.9 °C7 July 2006	21.8 °C	550 mm	70
2005	34.6 °C15 November 2005	12.0 °C6 July 2005	22.0 °C	528 mm	82
2004	33.8 °C21 November 2004	9.6 °C9 July 2004	21.4 °C	574 mm	46
2003	33.2 °C8 December 2003	10.6 °C9 July 2003	21.7 °C	552 mm	69
2002	33.2 °C3 November 2002	12.9 °C23 June 2002	21.2 °C	685 mm	57
2001	32.8 °C27 November 2001	12.5 °C16 July 2001	21.1 °C	671 mm	42
2000	32.0 °C12 November 2000	12.2 °C18 July 2000	21.0 °C	663 mm	28
1999	33.1 °C25 October 1999	12.2 °C28 June 1999	21.3 °C	424 mm	60
1998	33.2 °C19 December 1998	12.4 °C15 July 1998	21.5 °C	812 mm	60
1997	34.4 °C15 November 1997	12.7 °C18 July 1997	21.6 °C	623 mm	58
1996	32.9 °C30 October 1996	10.3 °C1 July 1996	21.2 °C	558 mm	48
1995	34.6 °C26 November 1995	12.6 °C4 July 1995	21.6 °C	549 mm	58
1994	33.9 °C23 November 1994	11.1 °C14 July 1994	21.7 °C	562 mm	61
1993	33.1 °C1 December 1993	11.6 °C16 August 1993	21.4 °C	464 mm	60
1992	32.5 °C9 November 1992	10.1 °C29 July 1992	21.4 °C	671 mm	42
1991	32.7 °C16 November 1991	11.5 °C22 July 1991	21.4 °C	820 mm	35
1990	33.7 °C16 October 1990	10.6 °C27 June 1990	21.5 °C	729 mm	53
1989	32.6 °C10 November 1989	11.9 °C22 August 1989	20.9 °C	744 mm	34
1988	32.7 °C18 October 1988	11.9 °C4 July 1988	21.7 °C	581 mm	51
1987	33.4 °C24 November 1987	11.3 °C22 June 1987	21.5 °C	722 mm	51
1986	32.5 °C8 October 1986	9.2 °C9 July 1986	20.8 °C	691 mm	16
1985	31.7 °C31 October 1985	10.7 °C12 July 1985	20.7 °C	662 mm	10
1984	31.7 °C15 October 1984	11.5 °C21 August 1984	20.5 °C	807 mm	16
1983	34.2 °C16 November 1983	10.6 °C14 August 1983	21.5 °C	675 mm	43
1982	33.4 °C7 November 1982	11.3 °C17 July 1982	21.0 °C	680 mm	16
1981	33.2 °C8 November 1981	10.1 °C27 June 1981	21.1 °C	568 mm	40
1980	32.7 °C24 October 1980	10.5 °C16 June 1980	21.1 °C	833 mm	28
1979	33.0 °C14 November 1979	11.4 °C24 June 1979	21.1 °C	705 mm	52
1978	32.4 °C24 October 1978	10.4 °C17 July 1978	20.9 °C	849 mm	32
1977	35.5 °C23 October 1977	11.7 °C11 June 1977	21.4 °C	654 mm	35
1976	32.7 °C1 November 1976	10.5 °C26 July 1976	21.3 °C	610 mm	58
1975	33.4 °C26 October 1975	9.4 °C26 July 1975	21.0 °C	798 mm	30
1974	32.1 °C14 November 1974	10.7 °C21 June 1974	20.9 °C	711 mm	30
1973	33.6 °C10 November 1973	11.9 °C11 July 1973	21.0 °C	825 mm	26
1972	32.0 °C3 November 1972	11.3 °C5 July 1972	20.7 °C	1,156 mm	25
1971	32.3 °C9 November 1971	10.5 °C4 August 1971	20.5 °C	859 mm	27
1970	32.9 °C16 November 1970	10.3 °C21 June 1970	20.7 °C	935 mm	30
1969	32.9 °C31 October 1969	10.9 °C11 July 1969	21.3 °C	584 mm	56
1968	32.3 °C4 October 1968	8.7 °C24 June 1968	20.4 °C	853 mm	25
1967	31.8 °C25 October 1967	10.6 °C12 July 1967	21.0 °C	736 mm	21
1966	31.8 °C15 October 1966	10.7 °C1 August 1966	21.2 °C	488 mm	27
1965	31.7 °C20 November 1965	10.4 °C10 June 1965	20.5 °C	711 mm	18
1964	31.6 °C10 December 1964	10.1 °C29 June 1964	20.5 °C	634 mm	16
1963	31.9 °C31 October 1963	11.6 °C22 June 1963	20.4 °C	755 mm	19
1962	32.5 °C24 November 1962	12.6 °C26 June 1962	20.4 °C	1,032 mm	25
1961	32.3 °C25 October 1961	12.1 °C11 August 1961	21.1 °C	866 mm	20
1960	33.9 °C30 November 1960	11.7 °C26 July 1960	20.7 °C	807 mm	28
1959	31.8 °C18 October 1959	12.5 °C17 July 1959	20.7 °C	1,086 mm	8
1958	32.8 °C29 October 1958	11.2 °C21 July 1958	20.8 °C	993 mm	26
1957	32.1 °C27 November 1957	10.6 °C11 July 1957	20.2 °C	1,478 mm	29
1956	33.0 °C22 November 1956	11.0 °C14 July 1956	20.4 °C	727 mm	44
1955	32.0 °C21 October 1955	10.8 °C12 August 1955	20.4 °C	831 mm	34
1954	32.1 °C27 October 1954	11.8 °C21 June 1954	20.6 °C	653 mm	27
1953	32.5 °C28 October 1953	11.3 °C11 June 1953	20.4 °C	879 mm	24
1952	33.1 °C16 September 1952	11.7 °C15 July 1952	21.1 °C	509 mm	33
1951	32.6 °C14 October 1951	11.2 °C22 June 1951	20.9 °C	792 mm	41
1950	32.5 °C25 October 1950	11.7 °C2 June 1950	20.7 °C	516 mm	23
1949	32.7 °C29 November 1949	11.9 °C18 July 1949	21.1 °C	491 mm	33
1948	33.2 °C11 November 1948	12.1 °C5 July 1948	21.3 °C	547 mm	63
1947	33.4 °C21 October 1947	11.5 °C24 July 1947	20.8 °C	572 mm	42
1946	32.6 °C31 October 1946	11.9 °C18 June 1946	21.4 °C	436 mm	46
1945	32.3 °C24 November 1945	11.6 °C4 June 1945	20.4 °C	679 mm	46
1944	32.9 °C20 September 1944	11.6 °C20 May 1944	21.1 °C	531 mm	40
1943	33.3 °C14 December 1943	10.6 °C27 July 1943	21.3 °C	350 mm	88
1942	32.5 °C10 November 1942	11.7 °C28 July 1942	20.7 °C	601 mm	34
1941	32.8 °C21 October 1941	12.7 °C5 July 1941	20.6 °C	912 mm	32
1940	31.3 °C31 December 1940	11.9 °C29 June 1940	20.5 °C	865 mm	4

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.6 °C

+1.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

107 d/yr

+62

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

593 mm

-117 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.5 °C	+1.3 °C	112 mm	-58 mm
Feb	28.6 °C	+2.2 °C	80 mm	-62 mm
Mar	27.7 °C	+1.1 °C	199 mm	+47 mm
Apr	28.3 °C	+1.4 °C	37 mm	-17 mm
May	28.3 °C	+1.3 °C	4 mm	-2 mm
Jun	27.4 °C	+1.5 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	26.2 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	27.6 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+2.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	31.1 °C	+1.3 °C	13 mm	+0 mm
Nov	31.0 °C	+1.2 °C	31 mm	-19 mm
Dec	29.1 °C	+1.5 °C	118 mm	-6 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.7 °C

18 Nov 2025

Coldest day

12.5 °C

3 Aug 2025

Wettest day

24.8 mm

26 Mar 2025

Windiest day

26.3 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

59.8 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.1 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.4 °C

5 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

26 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Rujewa?

Rujewa has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.2 °C and it receives 710 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Rujewa?

The hottest day measured in Rujewa between 1940 and 2025 was 18 October 2017, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Rujewa?

The coldest day measured in Rujewa between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1968, at 8.7 °C.

Does it snow in Rujewa?

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

Has the climate of Rujewa warmed?

Yes: Rujewa warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Rujewa?

The wettest day measured in Rujewa between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 2017, with 67 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Rujewa?

The windiest day measured in Rujewa between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1954, with winds reaching 31.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Rujewa?

The warmest month in Rujewa is November (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.9 °C).

How much does it rain in Rujewa?

Rujewa receives on average 710 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 107 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Rujewa?

Rujewa gets on average 10.9 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,979 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Rujewa?

Yes: Rujewa has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Rujewa?

In Rujewa, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 18 October 2017, and the lowest was 4.5 °C on 24 June 1968.

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