Weather in Dar es Salaam

Calculated from weather data of Julius Nyerere International Airport (HTDA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	31.8	31.1	31.6	31.8	31.8	31.8
February	32.5	33.1	32.1	31.6	32.1	32.6
March	32.5	32.7	32.2	32.8	33.3	32.5
April	30.3	29.3	30.5	31.3	30.1	30.1
May	30.0		30.6	31.0	30.3	30.3
June	29.8		29.6	29.8	30.0	30.3
July	29.4		29.5	28.0	30.1	29.3
August	30.0		29.8	29.5	30.1	30.1
September	30.8		31.0	30.1	31.1	30.5
October	31.1		31.8	30.6	31.6	31.1
November	31.4		30.5	32.0	32.5	30.1
December	32.1		32.1	32.2	31.6	32.0
Average	31.1	31.6	30.9	30.8	31.2	30.9

1st highest temperature of Tanzania

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.2	22	25	25	22	19
February	23.4	25	26	23	23	22
March	22.6	25	24	22	24	21
April	20.6	23	22	20	23	17
May	21.1		22	21	21	20
June	19.4		22	20	18	21
July	18.9		19	18	20	19
August	17.9		20	18	19	19
September	19.4		21	19	19	19
October	21.5		22	21	21	22
November	21.7		23	24	24	15
December	22.9		25	23	24	25
Average	21.3	23.7	22.4	20.9	21.4	19.8

14th lowest temperature of Tanzania

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	90	242	217	248	222
25 °C or warmer	120	363	352	363	363
20 °C or warmer	121	365	354	365	366
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	4.5	11	3	5	6	5
February	2.7	1	2	3	5	5
March	3.4	5	5	4	1	5
April	16.0	23	20	9	18	18
May	9.2		6	3	4	6
June	2.7		7	1	4	0
July	2.2		3	7	1	2
August	2.1		1	5	1	2
September	3.2		4	4	3	2
October	5.1		2	1	3	6
November	6.0		13	2	5	10
December	4.7		7	3	7	3
Average	5.6	10.0	6.0	3.7	4.6	5.4

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	19.6	16	17	19	23	21
February	17.4	18	17	14	19	16
March	14.1	13	17	16	16	13
April	13.8	14	13	12	19	11
May	16.4		15	16	20	15
June	18.3		15	20	20	16
July	20.0		20	16	24	19
August	17.5		20	15	19	18
September	17.6		18	16	21	18
October	16.1		16	16	19	14
November	14.1		11	16	18	11
December	16.1		15	16	13	17
Average	16.6	15.3	16.3	16.1	19.4	15.9

6th highest wind speed of Tanzania

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	N	NE	NE	NE	N
February	NE	NE	NE	NE	N
March	SE	NE	NE	NE	SE
April	S	S	S	S	S
May		S	S	S	S
June		S	S	S	S
July		S	S	S	S
August		SE	SE	SE	SE
September		SE	SE	SE	E
October		E	E	E	E
November		SE	E	E	E
December		NE	NE	E	NE

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Dar es Salaam weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Dar es Salaam?

The warmest month is March with an average temperature of 33 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Dar es Salaam?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 29 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Dar es Salaam?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in April with a probability of around 16.1 %.

Which month is the driest in Dar es Salaam?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in August. The probability is about 2.2 %.