Weather in Zanzibar Urban/West

Calculated from weather data of Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (HTZA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	32.0	31.3	31.8	32.0	32.0	32.2
February	32.9	33.2	33.0	32.2	32.2	33.6
March	32.9	32.6	32.3	33.0	33.2	33.2
April	30.3	29.0	30.1	30.8	30.3	30.5
May	29.8		30.3	30.8	30.1	30.3
June	29.5		29.1	29.8	29.3	30.1
July	28.9		28.5	27.8	29.3	29.3
August	29.4		29.6	28.6	29.3	29.5
September	30.2		30.6	29.8	29.8	30.5
October	30.8		30.8	30.6	31.0	32.5
November	31.0		29.3	30.6	32.0	32.2
December	31.4		31.6	31.3	30.8	31.6
Average	30.9	31.5	30.6	30.6	30.8	31.2

2nd 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	24.4	26	25	25	24	24
February	24.8	27	26	26	24	26
March	24.3	25	24	25	24	25
April	23.8	22	26	24	24	23
May	23.3		19	25	24	24
June	22.8		22	23	22	24
July	22.2		23	22	23	22
August	22.1		23	21	23	21
September	22.0		22	20	23	22
October	22.4		24	21	22	22
November	22.9		23	24	25	20
December	24.3		25	24	24	24
Average	23.4	24.7	23.4	23.2	23.4	23.1

16th 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	85	193	195	206	218
25 °C or warmer	121	363	352	365	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	2.7	6	3	3	2	6
February	1.4	2	0	1	3	2
March	1.7	3	3	0	1	3
April	12.7	15	12	8	14	20
May	9.0		5	2	5	7
June	1.8		6	1	2	1
July	1.3		3	3	0	1
August	1.5		1	1	1	3
September	2.1		1	1	1	2
October	4.6		2	2	2	5
November	8.4		25	5	2	12
December	5.5		6	2	9	2
Average	4.6	6.5	5.2	2.4	3.3	5.2

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	17.3	18	20	22	21	13
February	15.9	20	21	17	18	10
March	14.8	18	21	19	19	8
April	15.8	20	17	17	22	10
May	17.7		21	23	21	15
June	19.8		20	29	24	17
July	20.3		24	24	25	18
August	18.8		25	22	22	16
September	19.6		23	24	24	18
October	16.9		19	21	20	14
November	13.6		16	16	17	13
December	13.8		16	16	15	17
Average	17.2	19.1	20.2	20.9	20.6	14.0

2nd 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	N	N	N	N
February	N	NE	N	N	N
March	S	NE	NE	NE	S
April	S	S	S	S	S
May		S	S	S	S
June		S	S	S	S
July		S	S	S	S
August		S	S	S	S
September		S	S	S	SE
October		S	SE	SE	S
November		S	SE	SE	E
December		NE	NE	SE	NE

Prevailing wind direction

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

Zanzibar Urban/West weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Zanzibar Urban/West?

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

What is the coldest month in Zanzibar Urban/West?

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

Which month is the wettest in Zanzibar Urban/West?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in April with a probability of around 12.8 %.

Which month is the driest in Zanzibar Urban/West?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in July. The probability is about 1.4 %.