Uvinza climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Uvinza?

Uvinza has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,144 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Uvinza between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2007, reaching 35.4 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Uvinza?

The coldest day measured in Uvinza between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1960, at 9.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Uvinza?

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

Q: Has the climate of Uvinza warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Uvinza?

The wettest day measured in Uvinza between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1954, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Uvinza?

The windiest day measured in Uvinza between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1967, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Uvinza?

The warmest month in Uvinza is September (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Uvinza?

Uvinza receives on average 1,144 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Uvinza?

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

Uvinza (Tanzania) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,144 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 September (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is December (21.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Uvinza averages 0 frost days, 70 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.

Uvinza 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 35.4 °C (on 25 September 2007) and the coldest 9.6 °C (on 31 July 1960).

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

UvinzaKigoma

coords: -5.10°, 30.39°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthDecemberWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.0°C

Average daily high

27.8°C

Average daily low

17.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,144mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

11.7km/h

Seasonal range

3.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

70 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

159 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.7 °C

Average feels-like low

18.4 °C

Average peak gust

32.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

11 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.6 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.70 · 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

35.4 °C

25 September 2007

Coldest day

9.6 °C

31 July 1960

Wettest day

58 mm

31 October 1954

Windiest day

24.0 km/h

27 July 1967

Strongest gust

60.1 km/h

18 October 2004

Hottest feels-like

38.4 °C

2 February 2010

Coldest feels-like

8.5 °C

31 July 1960

Sunniest day

12.1 h

18 November 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.7 °C29 September 2025	10.8 °C5 August 2025	23.1 °C	828 mm	131
2024	34.8 °C28 September 2024	11.0 °C5 August 2024	23.2 °C	1,114 mm	157
2023	34.9 °C9 October 2023	11.5 °C20 July 2023	22.9 °C	1,279 mm	96
2022	35.4 °C24 October 2022	11.4 °C10 July 2022	22.8 °C	938 mm	92
2021	33.9 °C29 August 2021	11.1 °C8 July 2021	22.6 °C	916 mm	86
2020	34.0 °C21 September 2020	13.4 °C18 July 2020	22.9 °C	1,098 mm	103
2019	34.0 °C14 September 2019	12.9 °C28 July 2019	22.9 °C	984 mm	104
2018	34.5 °C19 September 2018	12.3 °C30 May 2018	22.5 °C	1,043 mm	83
2017	34.4 °C6 October 2017	13.4 °C11 July 2017	22.9 °C	979 mm	100
2016	35.2 °C17 October 2016	12.2 °C1 July 2016	23.0 °C	952 mm	104
2015	34.5 °C29 September 2015	11.7 °C13 July 2015	22.8 °C	1,030 mm	99
2014	33.3 °C25 September 2014	14.1 °C5 July 2014	22.6 °C	958 mm	86
2013	34.2 °C15 September 2013	12.2 °C9 July 2013	22.5 °C	997 mm	100
2012	34.9 °C23 September 2012	12.4 °C8 July 2012	22.4 °C	1,074 mm	89
2011	33.9 °C14 September 2011	12.9 °C7 July 2011	22.4 °C	1,014 mm	86
2010	34.9 °C9 October 2010	14.0 °C10 July 2010	22.9 °C	978 mm	116
2009	34.4 °C15 September 2009	12.1 °C21 July 2009	22.7 °C	931 mm	104
2008	35.2 °C27 September 2008	11.7 °C10 July 2008	22.2 °C	883 mm	75
2007	35.4 °C25 September 2007	11.7 °C20 June 2007	22.7 °C	780 mm	87
2006	34.8 °C4 October 2006	12.6 °C5 July 2006	22.3 °C	1,117 mm	83
2005	34.7 °C27 September 2005	13.3 °C21 July 2005	23.0 °C	745 mm	124
2004	35.2 °C9 October 2004	11.9 °C14 June 2004	22.3 °C	915 mm	77
2003	34.1 °C14 October 2003	12.7 °C10 July 2003	22.7 °C	669 mm	110
2002	34.5 °C1 October 2002	13.3 °C15 June 2002	22.1 °C	955 mm	78
2001	34.4 °C17 October 2001	13.1 °C15 June 2001	22.0 °C	879 mm	66
2000	34.5 °C5 October 2000	13.4 °C25 July 2000	22.2 °C	990 mm	83
1999	34.9 °C26 October 1999	13.4 °C29 June 1999	22.0 °C	895 mm	58
1998	34.6 °C7 October 1998	13.0 °C2 July 1998	22.8 °C	1,026 mm	95
1997	35.3 °C25 September 1997	13.3 °C17 July 1997	22.2 °C	1,183 mm	77
1996	33.6 °C15 October 1996	13.8 °C27 July 1996	22.3 °C	881 mm	76
1995	33.5 °C24 September 1995	13.6 °C5 July 1995	22.2 °C	894 mm	58
1994	33.0 °C14 September 1994	12.8 °C5 August 1994	21.9 °C	1,192 mm	46
1993	34.5 °C30 September 1993	13.4 °C27 July 1993	22.4 °C	866 mm	70
1992	33.0 °C26 September 1992	12.3 °C14 August 1992	22.0 °C	1,020 mm	41
1991	32.8 °C7 October 1991	12.0 °C23 July 1991	21.9 °C	1,036 mm	44
1990	33.4 °C13 October 1990	12.2 °C6 July 1990	22.1 °C	1,075 mm	50
1989	33.0 °C23 September 1989	10.6 °C2 July 1989	21.6 °C	1,231 mm	53
1988	32.5 °C17 September 1988	12.7 °C29 June 1988	22.0 °C	1,255 mm	42
1987	32.9 °C4 September 1987	13.5 °C9 June 1987	22.3 °C	1,186 mm	63
1986	34.7 °C6 October 1986	12.3 °C16 July 1986	21.5 °C	1,439 mm	56
1985	32.3 °C8 October 1985	13.0 °C26 July 1985	21.6 °C	1,286 mm	40
1984	33.5 °C14 September 1984	14.0 °C10 June 1984	21.7 °C	1,192 mm	43
1983	33.6 °C16 September 1983	14.3 °C22 July 1983	22.1 °C	1,179 mm	43
1982	32.9 °C3 September 1982	12.7 °C20 July 1982	21.7 °C	1,248 mm	44
1981	33.7 °C24 September 1981	12.6 °C11 June 1981	21.8 °C	1,189 mm	35
1980	33.1 °C20 September 1980	13.3 °C9 June 1980	21.8 °C	1,044 mm	56
1979	34.4 °C12 October 1979	12.2 °C19 June 1979	21.7 °C	1,319 mm	65
1978	34.1 °C3 September 1978	12.5 °C20 July 1978	21.7 °C	1,519 mm	72
1977	33.8 °C6 October 1977	11.8 °C23 June 1977	21.7 °C	1,525 mm	65
1976	33.5 °C13 September 1976	12.4 °C27 June 1976	21.4 °C	1,369 mm	43
1975	32.2 °C4 November 1975	12.3 °C5 August 1975	21.2 °C	1,120 mm	20
1974	33.6 °C11 October 1974	12.3 °C27 July 1974	21.3 °C	1,232 mm	66
1973	34.2 °C26 October 1973	12.5 °C3 July 1973	21.6 °C	1,228 mm	49
1972	33.1 °C3 September 1972	12.8 °C3 July 1972	21.2 °C	1,525 mm	42
1971	33.4 °C10 October 1971	12.1 °C7 June 1971	21.1 °C	1,252 mm	37
1970	34.2 °C7 October 1970	12.4 °C26 June 1970	21.6 °C	1,297 mm	61
1969	34.1 °C9 October 1969	12.2 °C20 June 1969	21.7 °C	1,247 mm	66
1968	34.1 °C10 October 1968	12.6 °C15 July 1968	21.4 °C	1,332 mm	70
1967	33.2 °C12 October 1967	12.3 °C23 July 1967	21.4 °C	1,266 mm	39
1966	33.4 °C15 October 1966	13.6 °C1 July 1966	21.7 °C	1,224 mm	60
1965	33.7 °C9 October 1965	12.1 °C22 June 1965	21.5 °C	1,233 mm	69
1964	32.4 °C29 September 1964	12.5 °C15 July 1964	21.3 °C	1,287 mm	25
1963	33.6 °C29 October 1963	13.5 °C25 June 1963	21.4 °C	1,323 mm	71
1962	32.6 °C19 September 1962	13.0 °C27 June 1962	21.1 °C	1,486 mm	47
1961	32.6 °C2 September 1961	11.2 °C29 May 1961	21.7 °C	1,544 mm	51
1960	32.8 °C24 October 1960	9.6 °C31 July 1960	21.9 °C	1,363 mm	57
1959	33.7 °C2 October 1959	11.4 °C6 June 1959	22.0 °C	1,379 mm	42
1958	33.8 °C1 November 1958	10.4 °C24 July 1958	22.1 °C	1,467 mm	61
1957	33.2 °C15 September 1957	10.8 °C11 July 1957	21.6 °C	1,617 mm	51
1956	34.0 °C15 October 1956	11.7 °C15 July 1956	21.3 °C	1,198 mm	63
1955	33.2 °C11 October 1955	12.8 °C17 August 1955	21.2 °C	1,203 mm	54
1954	33.6 °C24 October 1954	12.2 °C15 June 1954	21.5 °C	967 mm	64
1953	32.3 °C14 October 1953	12.0 °C23 July 1953	21.1 °C	1,706 mm	53
1952	33.0 °C28 August 1952	11.7 °C18 July 1952	21.4 °C	1,368 mm	65
1951	34.1 °C1 October 1951	12.0 °C15 June 1951	21.4 °C	1,554 mm	67
1950	32.9 °C17 October 1950	11.1 °C5 June 1950	20.9 °C	1,340 mm	38
1949	33.7 °C1 October 1949	12.6 °C29 July 1949	21.6 °C	1,176 mm	81
1948	33.6 °C21 September 1948	12.7 °C8 July 1948	21.5 °C	1,353 mm	61
1947	33.9 °C10 October 1947	12.7 °C14 August 1947	21.6 °C	1,215 mm	95
1946	32.7 °C27 September 1946	13.3 °C4 August 1946	21.7 °C	1,114 mm	66
1945	34.0 °C4 October 1945	11.4 °C7 June 1945	21.5 °C	977 mm	73
1944	35.0 °C20 September 1944	11.9 °C14 July 1944	22.0 °C	865 mm	99
1943	34.0 °C24 October 1943	11.1 °C13 June 1943	21.7 °C	765 mm	75
1942	34.1 °C8 October 1942	12.3 °C28 July 1942	21.6 °C	875 mm	87
1941	34.6 °C19 October 1941	13.5 °C3 July 1941	21.6 °C	1,019 mm	71
1940	32.8 °C15 August 1940	13.7 °C8 June 1940	21.2 °C	1,120 mm	55

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.1 °C

+1.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

131 d/yr

+61

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

828 mm

-316 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.9 °C	+1.6 °C	128 mm	-46 mm
Feb	29.3 °C	+2.4 °C	45 mm	-98 mm
Mar	28.6 °C	+1.9 °C	175 mm	+5 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	+1.6 °C	157 mm	+4 mm
May	27.8 °C	+0.8 °C	52 mm	+14 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+0.9 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	29.3 °C	+0.6 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	30.2 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	32.3 °C	+1.3 °C	0 mm	-11 mm
Oct	31.5 °C	+1.4 °C	35 mm	-29 mm
Nov	28.9 °C	+2.1 °C	87 mm	-93 mm
Dec	27.2 °C	+1.3 °C	146 mm	-58 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.7 °C

29 Sep 2025

Coldest day

10.8 °C

5 Aug 2025

Wettest day

43.4 mm

7 Apr 2025

Windiest day

20.7 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

50.4 km/h

9 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

28 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.6 °C

5 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

5 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Uvinza?

Uvinza has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.0 °C and it receives 1,144 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Uvinza?

The hottest day measured in Uvinza between 1940 and 2025 was 25 September 2007, reaching 35.4 °C.

What is the coldest day in Uvinza?

The coldest day measured in Uvinza between 1940 and 2025 was 31 July 1960, at 9.6 °C.

Does it snow in Uvinza?

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

Has the climate of Uvinza warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Uvinza?

The wettest day measured in Uvinza between 1940 and 2025 was 31 October 1954, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Uvinza?

The windiest day measured in Uvinza between 1940 and 2025 was 27 July 1967, with winds reaching 24.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Uvinza?

The warmest month in Uvinza is September (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is December (21.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Uvinza?

Uvinza receives on average 1,144 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Uvinza?

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

Are there tropical nights in Uvinza?

Yes: Uvinza has on average 11 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Uvinza?

In Uvinza, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 2 February 2010, and the lowest was 8.5 °C on 31 July 1960.

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