Tarakea climate — normals and trends
Tarakea (Tanzania) has a temperate oceanic climate (Cfb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 3,317 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 March (17.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (13.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.
Tarakea averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 276 rainy days per year.
Tarakea has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 26.3 °C (on 10 March 2020) and the coldest 4.5 °C (on 12 August 1964).
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
TarakeaKilimanjaro
- coords
- -3.00°, 37.56°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
15.5°C
Average daily high
20.3°C
Average daily low
11.8°C
Annual rainfall
3,317mm
Sunshine / day
10.8h
Mean relative humidity
79%
Average peak wind
10.1km/h
Seasonal range
3.4°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
276 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
21.0 °C
Average feels-like low
11.4 °C
Average peak gust
34.5 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
19.7 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.80 · 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
26.3 °C
10 March 2020
Coldest day
4.5 °C
12 August 1964
Wettest day
221 mm
2 April 1968
Windiest day
17.2 km/h
20 December 1943
Strongest gust
77.4 km/h
25 October 2019
Hottest feels-like
33.0 °C
10 March 2020
Coldest feels-like
1.2 °C
11 July 1944
Sunniest day
12.2 h
26 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 | 21.3 °C | +0.4 °C | 500 mm | +192 mm |
| Feb | 22.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 93 mm | -231 mm |
| Mar | 22.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 484 mm | +53 mm |
| Apr | 21.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 427 mm | -218 mm |
| May | 20.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 243 mm | -94 mm |
| Jun | 19.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 106 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 18.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 73 mm | -4 mm |
| Aug | 18.9 °C | -0.1 °C | 170 mm | +72 mm |
| Sep | 21.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 74 mm | -41 mm |
| Oct | 21.0 °C | +0.2 °C | 293 mm | +117 mm |
| Nov | 21.1 °C | +0.7 °C | 180 mm | -179 mm |
| Dec | 21.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 425 mm | +85 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Tarakea?
Tarakea has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 15.5 °C and it receives 3,317 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tarakea?
The hottest day measured in Tarakea between 1940 and 2025 was 10 March 2020, reaching 26.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Tarakea?
The coldest day measured in Tarakea between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 1964, at 4.5 °C.
Does it snow in Tarakea?
Almost never: Tarakea sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Tarakea warmed?
Yes: Tarakea warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Tarakea?
The wettest day measured in Tarakea between 1940 and 2025 was 2 April 1968, with 221 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Tarakea?
The windiest day measured in Tarakea between 1940 and 2025 was 20 December 1943, with winds reaching 17.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Tarakea?
The warmest month in Tarakea is March (17.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (13.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Tarakea?
Tarakea receives on average 3,317 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 276 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Tarakea?
Tarakea gets on average 10.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,942 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Tarakea?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Tarakea.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tarakea?
In Tarakea, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.0 °C on 10 March 2020, and the lowest was 1.2 °C on 11 July 1944.
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