Urunda climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Urunda?

Urunda has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 683 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Urunda between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2023, reaching 36.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Urunda?

The coldest day measured in Urunda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1968, at 8.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Urunda?

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

Q: Has the climate of Urunda warmed?

Yes: Urunda warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Urunda?

The wettest day measured in Urunda between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1990, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Urunda?

The windiest day measured in Urunda between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1977, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Urunda?

The warmest month in Urunda is November (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Urunda?

Urunda receives on average 683 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Urunda?

Urunda gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Urunda (Tanzania) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 683 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 (19.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Urunda averages 0 frost days, 80 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 92 rainy days per year.

Urunda has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.4 °C (on 14 October 2023) and the coldest 8.8 °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

UrundaMbeya

coords: -8.65°, 34.30°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

BShHot semi-aridWarmest monthNovemberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

28.1°C

Average daily low

17.0°C

Annual rainfall

683mm

Sunshine / day

11.0h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

14.0km/h

Seasonal range

4.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

80 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

92 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.8 °C

Average feels-like low

16.8 °C

Average peak gust

36.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

14 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.7 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.62 · 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

36.4 °C

14 October 2023

Coldest day

8.8 °C

24 June 1968

Wettest day

86 mm

6 April 1990

Windiest day

27.7 km/h

15 October 1977

Strongest gust

66.6 km/h

5 January 1949

Hottest feels-like

37.6 °C

18 October 2017

Coldest feels-like

6.3 °C

24 June 1968

Sunniest day

12.5 h

26 December 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.9 °C30 November 2025	12.0 °C3 August 2025	23.2 °C	556 mm	148
2024	34.7 °C14 November 2024	11.8 °C8 July 2024	23.0 °C	1,090 mm	127
2023	36.4 °C14 October 2023	13.5 °C5 July 2023	23.2 °C	524 mm	133
2022	34.2 °C28 October 2022	12.9 °C3 July 2022	22.6 °C	924 mm	109
2021	36.2 °C29 December 2021	10.7 °C26 July 2021	22.9 °C	620 mm	126
2020	34.1 °C6 October 2020	11.2 °C18 July 2020	22.7 °C	1,035 mm	85
2019	35.1 °C28 October 2019	12.7 °C27 July 2019	23.5 °C	760 mm	171
2018	35.1 °C28 November 2018	13.0 °C17 August 2018	22.7 °C	814 mm	112
2017	36.1 °C18 October 2017	13.0 °C16 July 2017	23.2 °C	614 mm	130
2016	34.0 °C25 November 2016	11.6 °C1 July 2016	22.9 °C	870 mm	127
2015	33.8 °C14 November 2015	12.7 °C10 August 2015	23.1 °C	732 mm	110
2014	34.2 °C25 November 2014	12.1 °C13 July 2014	22.7 °C	608 mm	102
2013	35.2 °C1 November 2013	11.5 °C8 June 2013	23.1 °C	534 mm	151
2012	34.9 °C24 October 2012	10.9 °C8 July 2012	22.8 °C	520 mm	126
2011	35.0 °C26 October 2011	10.1 °C6 July 2011	22.4 °C	693 mm	80
2010	33.8 °C12 October 2010	11.8 °C8 June 2010	22.6 °C	547 mm	109
2009	33.3 °C4 November 2009	10.7 °C19 July 2009	22.6 °C	492 mm	129
2008	34.1 °C15 November 2008	10.3 °C7 July 2008	22.1 °C	727 mm	72
2007	34.6 °C26 November 2007	11.2 °C18 June 2007	22.4 °C	569 mm	109
2006	34.5 °C3 November 2006	10.0 °C7 July 2006	22.8 °C	467 mm	136
2005	35.3 °C15 November 2005	11.9 °C22 July 2005	22.9 °C	482 mm	156
2004	34.4 °C21 November 2004	10.2 °C9 July 2004	22.3 °C	500 mm	102
2003	34.1 °C8 December 2003	10.8 °C9 July 2003	22.5 °C	497 mm	103
2002	34.0 °C4 November 2002	13.1 °C23 June 2002	22.0 °C	696 mm	82
2001	33.8 °C27 November 2001	12.6 °C26 August 2001	21.9 °C	660 mm	85
2000	33.0 °C12 November 2000	11.9 °C19 July 2000	21.8 °C	542 mm	64
1999	34.3 °C25 October 1999	12.1 °C28 June 1999	22.2 °C	365 mm	93
1998	34.4 °C19 December 1998	12.1 °C2 July 1998	22.2 °C	821 mm	91
1997	35.0 °C15 November 1997	12.3 °C18 July 1997	22.5 °C	604 mm	112
1996	34.1 °C30 October 1996	10.2 °C1 July 1996	21.9 °C	530 mm	60
1995	34.6 °C26 November 1995	12.5 °C15 June 1995	22.4 °C	570 mm	94
1994	34.2 °C23 November 1994	11.0 °C14 July 1994	22.4 °C	580 mm	95
1993	34.0 °C1 December 1993	11.6 °C27 July 1993	22.2 °C	511 mm	105
1992	33.5 °C9 November 1992	9.6 °C29 July 1992	22.1 °C	670 mm	80
1991	33.2 °C16 November 1991	11.8 °C22 July 1991	22.1 °C	845 mm	65
1990	33.9 °C16 October 1990	10.3 °C27 June 1990	22.2 °C	771 mm	76
1989	32.9 °C4 November 1989	11.8 °C17 June 1989	21.7 °C	733 mm	64
1988	33.5 °C18 October 1988	11.8 °C4 July 1988	22.4 °C	522 mm	84
1987	33.8 °C24 November 1987	11.2 °C22 July 1987	22.2 °C	804 mm	87
1986	33.4 °C8 October 1986	9.3 °C9 July 1986	21.6 °C	650 mm	43
1985	32.6 °C31 October 1985	10.4 °C12 July 1985	21.5 °C	595 mm	30
1984	32.5 °C1 December 1984	11.5 °C21 August 1984	21.2 °C	885 mm	42
1983	34.7 °C16 November 1983	10.7 °C22 July 1983	22.3 °C	591 mm	77
1982	34.4 °C7 November 1982	11.2 °C17 July 1982	21.8 °C	588 mm	45
1981	34.2 °C8 November 1981	10.7 °C19 June 1981	21.9 °C	588 mm	66
1980	33.2 °C24 October 1980	10.5 °C16 June 1980	21.9 °C	842 mm	54
1979	33.8 °C14 November 1979	11.2 °C28 June 1979	21.9 °C	655 mm	75
1978	33.2 °C24 October 1978	10.1 °C19 July 1978	21.7 °C	824 mm	67
1977	36.0 °C23 October 1977	11.8 °C11 June 1977	22.2 °C	595 mm	93
1976	33.6 °C1 November 1976	10.7 °C26 July 1976	22.2 °C	477 mm	88
1975	34.1 °C26 October 1975	10.2 °C27 July 1975	21.9 °C	681 mm	69
1974	33.2 °C14 November 1974	11.0 °C21 June 1974	21.7 °C	534 mm	63
1973	34.0 °C10 November 1973	11.5 °C3 July 1973	21.7 °C	827 mm	53
1972	32.7 °C3 November 1972	11.1 °C31 July 1972	21.3 °C	1,029 mm	49
1971	32.7 °C9 November 1971	10.2 °C4 August 1971	21.2 °C	900 mm	36
1970	33.2 °C20 November 1970	10.0 °C21 June 1970	21.3 °C	976 mm	45
1969	33.8 °C31 October 1969	11.1 °C11 July 1969	22.1 °C	481 mm	96
1968	33.0 °C30 November 1968	8.8 °C24 June 1968	21.0 °C	916 mm	46
1967	32.8 °C25 October 1967	10.2 °C12 July 1967	21.7 °C	722 mm	53
1966	32.7 °C15 October 1966	10.9 °C24 July 1966	22.0 °C	419 mm	65
1965	32.5 °C20 November 1965	10.3 °C10 June 1965	21.1 °C	732 mm	36
1964	32.3 °C10 December 1964	9.7 °C30 June 1964	21.2 °C	660 mm	34
1963	32.8 °C30 October 1963	11.0 °C12 June 1963	21.0 °C	638 mm	32
1962	33.0 °C24 November 1962	12.3 °C26 July 1962	21.0 °C	1,022 mm	42
1961	33.0 °C25 October 1961	12.6 °C10 August 1961	21.9 °C	739 mm	51
1960	34.5 °C30 November 1960	11.7 °C25 July 1960	21.4 °C	871 mm	46
1959	32.8 °C19 November 1959	12.0 °C5 June 1959	21.2 °C	1,091 mm	20
1958	33.3 °C29 October 1958	10.2 °C21 July 1958	21.3 °C	1,030 mm	35
1957	32.5 °C27 November 1957	9.9 °C11 July 1957	20.7 °C	1,417 mm	49
1956	33.3 °C22 November 1956	10.3 °C13 July 1956	21.0 °C	819 mm	71
1955	33.1 °C21 October 1955	10.6 °C11 August 1955	21.1 °C	813 mm	57
1954	32.8 °C26 October 1954	11.3 °C11 June 1954	21.4 °C	684 mm	53
1953	33.9 °C28 October 1953	11.1 °C15 June 1953	21.1 °C	774 mm	53
1952	34.0 °C16 September 1952	11.3 °C15 July 1952	22.0 °C	343 mm	78
1951	33.5 °C29 October 1951	11.3 °C22 June 1951	21.7 °C	730 mm	76
1950	33.2 °C25 October 1950	11.3 °C2 June 1950	21.5 °C	418 mm	59
1949	33.5 °C29 November 1949	11.6 °C18 July 1949	22.0 °C	454 mm	87
1948	33.8 °C10 November 1948	12.3 °C6 July 1948	22.2 °C	513 mm	97
1947	33.6 °C21 October 1947	11.3 °C24 July 1947	21.5 °C	505 mm	71
1946	33.3 °C11 October 1946	12.0 °C14 August 1946	22.1 °C	394 mm	93
1945	33.2 °C24 November 1945	10.9 °C4 June 1945	21.2 °C	708 mm	71
1944	33.4 °C20 September 1944	11.4 °C11 July 1944	22.0 °C	411 mm	88
1943	34.2 °C26 November 1943	10.5 °C26 July 1943	22.1 °C	305 mm	117
1942	32.7 °C10 November 1942	11.5 °C25 July 1942	21.5 °C	538 mm	82
1941	33.1 °C21 October 1941	12.7 °C5 July 1941	21.1 °C	1,005 mm	42
1940	31.7 °C31 December 1940	11.6 °C10 August 1940	21.1 °C	910 mm	21

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.6 °C

+1.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

148 d/yr

+68

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

556 mm

-127 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	+1.2 °C	107 mm	-58 mm
Feb	29.0 °C	+2.1 °C	95 mm	-51 mm
Mar	28.3 °C	+1.1 °C	186 mm	+42 mm
Apr	29.4 °C	+1.5 °C	26 mm	-24 mm
May	29.7 °C	+1.4 °C	2 mm	-4 mm
Jun	28.8 °C	+1.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	27.7 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	28.8 °C	+1.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	31.3 °C	+1.9 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Oct	32.3 °C	+1.5 °C	24 mm	+8 mm
Nov	31.9 °C	+1.4 °C	26 mm	-19 mm
Dec	29.9 °C	+1.7 °C	91 mm	-19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

30 Nov 2025

Coldest day

12.0 °C

3 Aug 2025

Wettest day

28.4 mm

9 Mar 2025

Windiest day

24.3 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

58.7 km/h

20 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.3 °C

26 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.6 °C

5 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

27 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Urunda?

Urunda has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 683 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Urunda?

The hottest day measured in Urunda between 1940 and 2025 was 14 October 2023, reaching 36.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Urunda?

The coldest day measured in Urunda between 1940 and 2025 was 24 June 1968, at 8.8 °C.

Does it snow in Urunda?

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

Has the climate of Urunda warmed?

Yes: Urunda warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Urunda?

The wettest day measured in Urunda between 1940 and 2025 was 6 April 1990, with 86 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Urunda?

The windiest day measured in Urunda between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 1977, with winds reaching 27.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Urunda?

The warmest month in Urunda is November (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Urunda?

Urunda receives on average 683 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 92 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Urunda?

Urunda gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Urunda?

Yes: Urunda has on average 14 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Urunda?

In Urunda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 18 October 2017, and the lowest was 6.3 °C on 24 June 1968.

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