Songea climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Songea?

Songea has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,398 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Songea between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1977, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Songea?

The coldest day measured in Songea between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1968, at 6.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Songea?

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

Q: Has the climate of Songea warmed?

Yes: Songea warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Songea?

The wettest day measured in Songea between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1974, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Songea?

The windiest day measured in Songea between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Songea?

The warmest month in Songea is November (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Songea?

Songea receives on average 1,398 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Songea?

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

Songea (Tanzania) has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Csa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,398 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Songea averages 0 frost days, 44 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 152 rainy days per year.

Songea has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 23 October 1977) and the coldest 6.2 °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

SongeaRuvuma

coords: -10.68°, 35.65°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CsaHot-summer MediterraneanWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.0°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

16.6°C

Annual rainfall

1,398mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

12.1km/h

Seasonal range

6.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

44 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

152 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.8 °C

Average feels-like low

17.1 °C

Average peak gust

32.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

17 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.49 · 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

23 October 1977

Coldest day

6.2 °C

24 June 1968

Wettest day

90 mm

22 December 1974

Windiest day

29.7 km/h

13 March 1941

Strongest gust

67.3 km/h

13 March 1941

Hottest feels-like

38.2 °C

13 December 2023

Coldest feels-like

3.7 °C

26 July 1975

Sunniest day

12.6 h

9 December 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C5 December 2025	9.5 °C3 August 2025	21.6 °C	1,358 mm	47
2024	33.9 °C29 October 2024	10.4 °C14 June 2024	22.0 °C	1,656 mm	70
2023	34.2 °C25 October 2023	11.1 °C15 July 2023	21.9 °C	1,448 mm	60
2022	32.6 °C28 October 2022	11.3 °C10 July 2022	21.2 °C	1,501 mm	52
2021	35.5 °C24 November 2021	9.6 °C4 July 2021	21.6 °C	1,153 mm	63
2020	34.4 °C25 November 2020	10.4 °C1 August 2020	22.0 °C	1,378 mm	65
2019	34.9 °C20 November 2019	10.2 °C23 July 2019	21.8 °C	1,628 mm	41
2018	34.2 °C28 November 2018	11.0 °C20 July 2018	21.4 °C	1,366 mm	35
2017	34.1 °C17 November 2017	11.7 °C16 July 2017	21.6 °C	1,500 mm	50
2016	33.8 °C2 November 2016	10.5 °C4 July 2016	21.7 °C	1,092 mm	63
2015	33.9 °C20 November 2015	10.1 °C14 June 2015	21.8 °C	1,320 mm	51
2014	33.3 °C17 October 2014	10.5 °C13 July 2014	21.3 °C	1,423 mm	42
2013	34.2 °C16 November 2013	11.4 °C26 June 2013	21.6 °C	1,282 mm	53
2012	33.5 °C18 November 2012	10.4 °C19 July 2012	21.5 °C	1,263 mm	57
2011	35.3 °C26 October 2011	9.5 °C24 July 2011	21.5 °C	1,377 mm	54
2010	33.8 °C4 December 2010	9.4 °C15 August 2010	21.5 °C	1,175 mm	55
2009	33.1 °C10 October 2009	9.1 °C29 July 2009	21.3 °C	1,354 mm	47
2008	33.8 °C14 November 2008	10.2 °C1 July 2008	20.9 °C	1,340 mm	47
2007	33.5 °C25 November 2007	10.3 °C3 July 2007	21.2 °C	1,337 mm	37
2006	33.3 °C12 November 2006	9.2 °C29 June 2006	21.2 °C	1,338 mm	38
2005	34.1 °C17 November 2005	9.4 °C6 July 2005	21.5 °C	1,003 mm	62
2004	34.4 °C21 November 2004	7.2 °C9 July 2004	20.9 °C	1,495 mm	18
2003	34.1 °C7 November 2003	8.0 °C9 July 2003	21.3 °C	1,113 mm	53
2002	34.5 °C6 November 2002	10.5 °C3 July 2002	21.0 °C	1,610 mm	43
2001	33.3 °C8 November 2001	10.2 °C27 July 2001	21.1 °C	1,188 mm	62
2000	32.4 °C27 October 2000	9.7 °C7 July 2000	20.9 °C	1,249 mm	33
1999	33.9 °C25 October 1999	9.9 °C28 June 1999	20.8 °C	1,322 mm	37
1998	34.3 °C19 December 1998	10.0 °C15 July 1998	21.6 °C	1,107 mm	69
1997	34.2 °C18 November 1997	10.7 °C15 July 1997	21.3 °C	1,418 mm	54
1996	34.2 °C21 November 1996	8.6 °C1 July 1996	20.9 °C	1,427 mm	47
1995	34.6 °C17 November 1995	9.7 °C7 July 1995	21.4 °C	1,319 mm	64
1994	34.1 °C21 November 1994	7.7 °C14 July 1994	21.2 °C	1,476 mm	51
1993	35.0 °C1 December 1993	10.0 °C23 July 1993	21.2 °C	1,247 mm	68
1992	33.0 °C10 November 1992	8.8 °C4 July 1992	21.1 °C	1,084 mm	38
1991	33.1 °C2 November 1991	9.2 °C14 August 1991	20.9 °C	1,732 mm	27
1990	32.6 °C16 October 1990	10.0 °C11 July 1990	21.2 °C	1,195 mm	39
1989	33.8 °C11 November 1989	11.0 °C29 June 1989	20.7 °C	1,772 mm	32
1988	32.7 °C19 October 1988	9.3 °C17 July 1988	21.3 °C	1,221 mm	34
1987	33.8 °C8 December 1987	8.8 °C10 July 1987	21.4 °C	1,275 mm	52
1986	32.7 °C25 October 1986	9.2 °C28 June 1986	20.4 °C	1,763 mm	20
1985	32.8 °C3 November 1985	8.5 °C2 August 1985	20.4 °C	1,288 mm	14
1984	32.4 °C16 October 1984	9.1 °C20 August 1984	20.4 °C	1,419 mm	20
1983	34.8 °C14 November 1983	9.9 °C21 August 1983	21.1 °C	1,381 mm	41
1982	32.8 °C7 November 1982	8.7 °C17 July 1982	20.5 °C	1,706 mm	15
1981	33.2 °C27 November 1981	8.5 °C12 June 1981	20.5 °C	1,381 mm	30
1980	33.0 °C27 October 1980	9.3 °C13 July 1980	20.6 °C	1,441 mm	23
1979	34.0 °C2 November 1979	9.6 °C28 June 1979	20.6 °C	1,654 mm	53
1978	33.4 °C25 October 1978	9.5 °C17 June 1978	20.7 °C	1,861 mm	31
1977	36.0 °C23 October 1977	9.9 °C6 July 1977	21.0 °C	1,646 mm	27
1976	33.5 °C13 November 1976	9.0 °C18 July 1976	20.7 °C	1,455 mm	58
1975	34.0 °C26 October 1975	6.6 °C26 July 1975	20.5 °C	1,567 mm	21
1974	34.0 °C4 December 1974	8.7 °C28 July 1974	20.4 °C	1,676 mm	37
1973	34.2 °C5 November 1973	8.6 °C11 July 1973	20.8 °C	1,483 mm	32
1972	31.7 °C16 October 1972	9.7 °C30 July 1972	20.4 °C	1,902 mm	17
1971	33.5 °C9 November 1971	9.1 °C11 June 1971	20.2 °C	1,504 mm	25
1970	33.6 °C18 November 1970	8.8 °C20 June 1970	20.8 °C	1,496 mm	34
1969	33.0 °C30 October 1969	9.3 °C24 July 1969	21.0 °C	1,264 mm	48
1968	32.7 °C4 October 1968	6.2 °C24 June 1968	20.6 °C	1,344 mm	19
1967	32.0 °C27 October 1967	8.9 °C20 July 1967	20.5 °C	1,560 mm	16
1966	32.3 °C18 October 1966	9.4 °C23 August 1966	20.9 °C	1,053 mm	32
1965	32.5 °C20 November 1965	8.2 °C10 August 1965	20.1 °C	1,594 mm	14
1964	32.7 °C22 November 1964	8.4 °C30 June 1964	20.4 °C	1,284 mm	20
1963	32.3 °C28 October 1963	9.1 °C4 July 1963	20.4 °C	1,520 mm	31
1962	34.0 °C23 November 1962	10.4 °C13 August 1962	20.8 °C	1,383 mm	37
1961	32.8 °C27 October 1961	9.4 °C11 August 1961	20.7 °C	1,969 mm	22
1960	33.5 °C8 December 1960	10.2 °C7 July 1960	20.8 °C	1,308 mm	47
1959	33.5 °C2 November 1959	11.1 °C18 July 1959	20.8 °C	1,695 mm	22
1958	32.7 °C19 October 1958	8.7 °C30 July 1958	21.1 °C	1,313 mm	46
1957	33.0 °C27 November 1957	9.7 °C30 May 1957	20.6 °C	2,141 mm	47
1956	34.1 °C25 November 1956	8.8 °C27 July 1956	20.6 °C	1,400 mm	69
1955	33.3 °C19 October 1955	7.5 °C10 August 1955	20.4 °C	1,719 mm	58
1954	33.8 °C27 October 1954	8.6 °C21 June 1954	20.7 °C	972 mm	47
1953	33.6 °C9 November 1953	8.0 °C23 July 1953	20.5 °C	1,654 mm	44
1952	33.3 °C9 November 1952	8.8 °C16 August 1952	20.9 °C	1,063 mm	55
1951	33.8 °C29 October 1951	8.5 °C7 August 1951	20.8 °C	1,443 mm	52
1950	33.5 °C25 October 1950	9.2 °C17 August 1950	20.3 °C	1,449 mm	26
1949	33.1 °C29 November 1949	9.5 °C18 July 1949	21.0 °C	1,086 mm	55
1948	34.0 °C12 November 1948	9.2 °C3 July 1948	21.4 °C	1,000 mm	77
1947	33.2 °C28 November 1947	8.8 °C18 July 1947	20.8 °C	1,211 mm	57
1946	33.5 °C11 October 1946	8.8 °C14 June 1946	20.8 °C	1,186 mm	48
1945	33.5 °C24 November 1945	9.4 °C14 June 1945	20.3 °C	1,531 mm	56
1944	33.9 °C10 November 1944	8.4 °C11 July 1944	20.8 °C	1,104 mm	56
1943	35.1 °C26 November 1943	8.5 °C25 July 1943	21.1 °C	870 mm	108
1942	34.5 °C9 November 1942	9.3 °C27 July 1942	20.8 °C	1,061 mm	70
1941	33.3 °C19 October 1941	9.2 °C26 August 1941	20.6 °C	1,422 mm	48
1940	34.0 °C30 December 1940	9.2 °C27 June 1940	20.8 °C	1,415 mm	48

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

47 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1358 mm

-40 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.4 °C	+0.6 °C	278 mm	-28 mm
Feb	28.4 °C	+1.8 °C	188 mm	-90 mm
Mar	26.4 °C	+0.3 °C	289 mm	+14 mm
Apr	25.7 °C	+0.7 °C	161 mm	+7 mm
May	24.0 °C	-0.2 °C	85 mm	+51 mm
Jun	23.8 °C	+0.3 °C	7 mm	+1 mm
Jul	22.9 °C	-0.4 °C	7 mm	+2 mm
Aug	24.8 °C	-0.2 °C	4 mm	-2 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	+1.4 °C	1 mm	-4 mm
Oct	29.9 °C	+0.1 °C	8 mm	-11 mm
Nov	30.2 °C	+0.3 °C	79 mm	-5 mm
Dec	28.9 °C	+1.0 °C	252 mm	+25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

5 Dec 2025

Coldest day

9.5 °C

3 Aug 2025

Wettest day

38.9 mm

16 Mar 2025

Windiest day

19.8 km/h

28 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

47.9 km/h

12 Mar 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.4 °C

29 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.3 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

9 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Songea?

Songea has a hot-summer mediterranean climate (Köppen Csa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.0 °C and it receives 1,398 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Songea?

The hottest day measured in Songea between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 1977, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Songea?

The coldest day measured in Songea between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1968, at 6.2 °C.

Does it snow in Songea?

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

Has the climate of Songea warmed?

Yes: Songea warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Songea?

The wettest day measured in Songea between 1940 and 2025 was 22 December 1974, with 90 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Songea?

The windiest day measured in Songea between 1940 and 2025 was 13 March 1941, with winds reaching 29.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Songea?

The warmest month in Songea is November (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Songea?

Songea receives on average 1,398 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 152 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Songea?

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

Are there tropical nights in Songea?

Yes: Songea has on average 17 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Songea?

In Songea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.2 °C on 13 December 2023, and the lowest was 3.7 °C on 26 July 1975.

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