Usangi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Usangi?

Usangi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 667 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Usangi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1941, reaching 37.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Usangi?

The coldest day measured in Usangi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1996, at 10.2 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Usangi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Usangi warmed?

Yes: Usangi warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Usangi?

The wettest day measured in Usangi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1940, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Usangi?

The windiest day measured in Usangi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1940, with winds reaching 24.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Usangi?

The warmest month in Usangi is February (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Usangi?

Usangi receives on average 667 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Usangi?

Usangi gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Usangi (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 667 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 February (24.9 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Usangi averages 0 frost days, 112 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 125 rainy days per year.

Usangi has warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 37.9 °C (on 25 March 1941) and the coldest 10.2 °C (on 4 August 1996).

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

UsangiKilimanjaro

coords: -3.70°, 37.67°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.8°C

Average daily high

28.5°C

Average daily low

18.3°C

Annual rainfall

667mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

69%

Average peak wind

13.6km/h

Seasonal range

4.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

112 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

125 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.9 °C

Average feels-like low

20.0 °C

Average peak gust

36.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

83 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.4 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.55 · 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

37.9 °C

25 March 1941

Coldest day

10.2 °C

4 August 1996

Wettest day

109 mm

1 March 1940

Windiest day

24.8 km/h

26 December 1940

Strongest gust

65.2 km/h

26 December 1940

Hottest feels-like

38.7 °C

10 April 2019

Coldest feels-like

8.6 °C

11 July 1944

Sunniest day

12.2 h

28 December 2023

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.9 °C28 February 2025	13.9 °C26 July 2025	23.5 °C	741 mm	166
2024	36.2 °C18 February 2024	14.5 °C25 June 2024	23.9 °C	767 mm	159
2023	35.8 °C5 February 2023	13.4 °C10 July 2023	23.8 °C	698 mm	148
2022	34.3 °C13 March 2022	14.3 °C21 July 2022	23.7 °C	327 mm	166
2021	34.4 °C24 November 2021	12.9 °C27 August 2021	23.5 °C	424 mm	162
2020	33.2 °C6 October 2020	12.7 °C17 July 2020	23.2 °C	953 mm	124
2019	35.5 °C10 April 2019	11.9 °C24 July 2019	23.6 °C	943 mm	129
2018	34.9 °C26 February 2018	12.5 °C10 June 2018	23.0 °C	812 mm	117
2017	34.5 °C10 March 2017	14.3 °C16 July 2017	23.7 °C	515 mm	155
2016	36.0 °C28 March 2016	13.1 °C9 July 2016	23.5 °C	504 mm	143
2015	34.7 °C28 February 2015	13.7 °C16 June 2015	23.6 °C	732 mm	162
2014	34.2 °C3 February 2014	12.8 °C29 June 2014	23.4 °C	587 mm	135
2013	35.4 °C20 February 2013	13.1 °C8 July 2013	23.4 °C	640 mm	150
2012	36.0 °C22 January 2012	13.8 °C1 August 2012	23.8 °C	478 mm	174
2011	35.2 °C11 February 2011	13.5 °C11 July 2011	23.7 °C	570 mm	156
2010	34.6 °C2 February 2010	13.4 °C4 July 2010	23.3 °C	505 mm	143
2009	34.5 °C18 March 2009	14.2 °C28 July 2009	23.7 °C	353 mm	178
2008	33.8 °C26 January 2008	12.1 °C29 June 2008	23.0 °C	578 mm	132
2007	34.3 °C23 February 2007	12.3 °C20 June 2007	23.1 °C	594 mm	121
2006	35.2 °C30 January 2006	12.6 °C3 July 2006	22.9 °C	905 mm	83
2005	35.6 °C2 March 2005	13.8 °C15 July 2005	23.4 °C	470 mm	151
2004	34.4 °C5 March 2004	13.2 °C12 July 2004	23.2 °C	530 mm	121
2003	34.9 °C13 March 2003	12.2 °C9 July 2003	23.6 °C	320 mm	179
2002	33.4 °C9 February 2002	12.8 °C23 July 2002	22.8 °C	724 mm	91
2001	33.8 °C3 March 2001	11.9 °C4 August 2001	22.9 °C	433 mm	120
2000	35.6 °C22 February 2000	13.0 °C9 July 2000	22.9 °C	483 mm	136
1999	35.1 °C10 February 1999	12.4 °C5 July 1999	22.6 °C	561 mm	117
1998	32.9 °C31 December 1998	12.4 °C1 July 1998	22.6 °C	794 mm	100
1997	34.3 °C28 January 1997	12.7 °C15 July 1997	22.8 °C	831 mm	97
1996	33.7 °C3 February 1996	10.2 °C4 August 1996	22.7 °C	575 mm	124
1995	33.0 °C6 February 1995	12.1 °C3 July 1995	22.7 °C	580 mm	94
1994	35.0 °C1 February 1994	12.6 °C12 June 1994	22.7 °C	802 mm	96
1993	33.4 °C13 November 1993	12.0 °C24 July 1993	22.8 °C	340 mm	101
1992	34.5 °C27 February 1992	10.6 °C1 August 1992	22.6 °C	657 mm	102
1991	34.1 °C20 March 1991	12.0 °C21 July 1991	22.7 °C	519 mm	111
1990	32.8 °C11 February 1990	12.4 °C26 June 1990	22.3 °C	720 mm	49
1989	34.2 °C27 February 1989	12.2 °C1 July 1989	22.3 °C	726 mm	69
1988	35.5 °C3 March 1988	14.0 °C8 July 1988	23.1 °C	522 mm	116
1987	35.3 °C5 March 1987	12.8 °C5 August 1987	23.3 °C	656 mm	165
1986	35.8 °C10 February 1986	11.8 °C28 June 1986	22.6 °C	715 mm	113
1985	33.4 °C20 March 1985	11.5 °C8 June 1985	22.3 °C	597 mm	68
1984	34.7 °C16 February 1984	12.4 °C8 September 1984	22.6 °C	719 mm	103
1983	34.1 °C9 March 1983	13.5 °C5 August 1983	23.3 °C	609 mm	151
1982	36.0 °C25 February 1982	12.3 °C18 July 1982	22.8 °C	700 mm	94
1981	33.9 °C11 February 1981	11.9 °C13 June 1981	22.7 °C	812 mm	127
1980	34.2 °C26 February 1980	12.6 °C26 July 1980	22.9 °C	597 mm	131
1979	32.5 °C30 November 1979	11.7 °C31 July 1979	22.0 °C	866 mm	84
1978	32.3 °C29 October 1978	12.5 °C8 July 1978	22.0 °C	1,098 mm	52
1977	33.8 °C21 February 1977	13.5 °C20 June 1977	22.8 °C	1,000 mm	86
1976	33.8 °C8 March 1976	12.2 °C26 July 1976	22.7 °C	644 mm	136
1975	34.6 °C14 March 1975	13.3 °C28 July 1975	22.7 °C	618 mm	116
1974	33.5 °C1 February 1974	11.2 °C30 July 1974	22.4 °C	587 mm	105
1973	34.8 °C17 March 1973	11.7 °C3 July 1973	22.7 °C	640 mm	131
1972	33.2 °C9 March 1972	11.5 °C27 June 1972	22.2 °C	973 mm	65
1971	34.6 °C1 March 1971	12.3 °C5 June 1971	22.3 °C	642 mm	110
1970	32.9 °C27 February 1970	12.0 °C10 July 1970	22.3 °C	667 mm	88
1969	32.4 °C21 March 1969	12.1 °C16 June 1969	22.4 °C	446 mm	83
1968	33.8 °C29 January 1968	10.8 °C15 July 1968	21.6 °C	1,057 mm	49
1967	34.2 °C19 February 1967	12.0 °C28 August 1967	22.1 °C	735 mm	98
1966	33.7 °C15 February 1966	12.9 °C27 July 1966	22.5 °C	703 mm	109
1965	33.6 °C25 February 1965	11.6 °C28 June 1965	22.1 °C	632 mm	61
1964	33.8 °C26 February 1964	11.0 °C29 June 1964	21.9 °C	723 mm	66
1963	33.7 °C2 March 1963	11.8 °C28 July 1963	22.0 °C	706 mm	68
1962	32.0 °C4 November 1962	12.5 °C13 August 1962	22.3 °C	583 mm	71
1961	33.4 °C23 January 1961	14.2 °C10 August 1961	22.7 °C	961 mm	109
1960	33.2 °C24 February 1960	11.9 °C25 July 1960	22.2 °C	806 mm	78
1959	33.7 °C10 February 1959	12.3 °C12 September 1959	22.6 °C	766 mm	91
1958	33.7 °C22 January 1958	12.1 °C14 August 1958	22.6 °C	637 mm	107
1957	33.1 °C22 January 1957	13.2 °C21 July 1957	22.2 °C	889 mm	63
1956	33.6 °C23 September 1956	12.0 °C13 July 1956	22.1 °C	613 mm	94
1955	33.6 °C4 March 1955	12.0 °C10 August 1955	22.3 °C	675 mm	126
1954	33.5 °C26 October 1954	12.8 °C22 June 1954	22.6 °C	542 mm	119
1953	32.7 °C4 November 1953	11.7 °C21 July 1953	21.5 °C	1,178 mm	24
1952	33.3 °C27 March 1952	12.5 °C15 July 1952	22.2 °C	600 mm	92
1951	32.4 °C2 October 1951	12.2 °C19 July 1951	21.8 °C	1,060 mm	59
1950	33.7 °C23 February 1950	12.1 °C28 May 1950	22.1 °C	689 mm	94
1949	34.2 °C8 February 1949	12.4 °C19 July 1949	22.6 °C	670 mm	145
1948	32.2 °C23 September 1948	12.6 °C15 July 1948	22.0 °C	724 mm	41
1947	33.7 °C1 March 1947	12.2 °C27 June 1947	21.7 °C	859 mm	54
1946	36.0 °C21 February 1946	12.7 °C15 August 1946	23.2 °C	344 mm	151
1945	33.5 °C16 January 1945	12.2 °C29 July 1945	22.2 °C	627 mm	99
1944	34.9 °C12 February 1944	10.5 °C11 July 1944	22.8 °C	495 mm	152
1943	34.5 °C24 January 1943	12.3 °C26 July 1943	22.9 °C	198 mm	186
1942	33.9 °C2 February 1942	11.7 °C27 July 1942	22.7 °C	395 mm	149
1941	37.9 °C25 March 1941	12.8 °C6 July 1941	22.6 °C	929 mm	118
1940	32.4 °C25 February 1940	13.3 °C29 June 1940	22.5 °C	730 mm	80

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.2 °C

+0.7 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

166 d/yr

+54

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

741 mm

+74 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	30.6 °C	+0.4 °C	43 mm	-9 mm
Feb	31.7 °C	+0.6 °C	4 mm	-43 mm
Mar	31.1 °C	+0.3 °C	274 mm	+172 mm
Apr	28.5 °C	0.0 °C	154 mm	-0 mm
May	26.7 °C	+0.3 °C	76 mm	-8 mm
Jun	25.9 °C	0.0 °C	27 mm	+13 mm
Jul	26.3 °C	+0.7 °C	7 mm	-4 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	+1.2 °C	6 mm	-5 mm
Sep	30.1 °C	+1.9 °C	5 mm	-7 mm
Oct	30.1 °C	+0.5 °C	46 mm	+17 mm
Nov	31.2 °C	+1.7 °C	20 mm	-53 mm
Dec	30.9 °C	+1.6 °C	80 mm	0 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.9 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest day

13.9 °C

26 Jul 2025

Wettest day

97.8 mm

29 Mar 2025

Windiest day

24.0 km/h

14 Jan 2025

Strongest gust

60.1 km/h

14 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

7 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

13.7 °C

27 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

26 Dec 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Usangi?

Usangi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.8 °C and it receives 667 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Usangi?

The hottest day measured in Usangi between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1941, reaching 37.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Usangi?

The coldest day measured in Usangi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 August 1996, at 10.2 °C.

Does it snow in Usangi?

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

Has the climate of Usangi warmed?

Yes: Usangi warmed by +1.4 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Usangi?

The wettest day measured in Usangi between 1940 and 2025 was 1 March 1940, with 109 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Usangi?

The windiest day measured in Usangi between 1940 and 2025 was 26 December 1940, with winds reaching 24.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Usangi?

The warmest month in Usangi is February (24.9 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Usangi?

Usangi receives on average 667 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 125 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Usangi?

Usangi gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Usangi?

Yes: Usangi has on average 83 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Usangi?

In Usangi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.7 °C on 10 April 2019, and the lowest was 8.6 °C on 11 July 1944.

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