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When is the best time to visit Tanzania?

The best time to visit Tanzania is between May and October, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.

Tanzania is a warm-year climate with a drier stretch and a wetter one, not four seasons in the European sense. The hot months are the outdoor months until the rain takes over. The pin on this page is a country centroid. Zanzibar will not feel like the same week, and a city page is the honest place to read the year if you already know where you are going.

Most visitors come in the drier stretch and treat the wet months as a different trip: slower days, heavier skies, still warm. The monthly table on this page still owns the averages. This layer is how Tanzania actually feels.

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Dry season

The drier stretch in Tanzania is when outdoor days are the default. May, June, July and August sit on that side of the year. Heat is still the point. Rain is not gone, it is no longer in charge.

A country pin hides local storms. Read a city page if you already know the neighbourhood. Pack for sun and for one wet afternoon you did not plan, not for a temperate spring jacket.

Read Tanzania in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.

Wet season

The wetter stretch in Tanzania is still warm. January, February, March and April sit on that side of the year. Days can be heavy. Showers arrive, dump, and often leave the air stickier than before.

This is a slower trip, not a cancelled one. Build indoor hours into the afternoon. Do not treat Tanzania as closed. Treat it as a place where the sky does more of the talking than it does in the dry months.

Read Tanzania in this stretch as its own climate, not as a generic holiday season copied from another destination.

Tanzania weather by month

TemperatureRainfall

Source: MeteostatPeriod: 1991-2020Checked: 1 Oct 2026358 places covered

Average temperature and rainfall, month by month

Every figure below is a 1991–2020 climate normal for Tanzania, in °C and °F. Open a month for what to expect and what to pack.

Tanzania weather by month: average temperature, rainfall, sunshine for each month, from 1991–2020 climate normals
MonthAverageRainfall
January25°C / 76°F152 mm
February25°C / 76°F124 mm
March24°C / 76°F106 mm
April23°C / 74°F47 mm
May23°C / 73°F3 mm
June21°C / 71°F0 mm
July21°C / 69°F0 mm
August22°C / 71°F0 mm
September23°C / 73°F0 mm
October24°C / 76°F3 mm
November25°C / 78°F28 mm
December25°C / 77°F150 mm

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FAQs about Tanzania weather

Climate averages for Tanzania, 1991–2020.

The best time to visit Tanzania is between May and October, the most comfortable stretch of the year on these averages.

November is the hottest month, with an average around 25°C.

January is the wettest month, with about 152 mm of rain.

Tanzania has a distinct rainy season from December to March, peaking in January at about 152 mm. The dry season runs from April to November.

July is the coolest month, averaging 21°C (69°F) against 25°C (78°F) in November.

This page does not show today's weather. It is a 1991–2020 climate normal from Meteostat — a long-run average of what each month is usually like, which is what you want when booking ahead. For today or the coming week, check a live forecast.

No. These are 1991–2020 climate normals from Meteostat, not a live forecast. Actual weather in any given week can differ.