Best time to visit Tanzania

Tanzania is represented here by Dar es Salaam (-6.8°, 39.3°). The NASA POWER daily series for 2001–2020 gives that city a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split, 1131 mm of rain a year, and a 3.0°C swing between the coolest and warmest monthly averages.

Every city we list in Tanzania falls in a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split.

Climate in Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam is hottest in February (average 28.2°C) and coolest in July (25.2°C). The monsoon runs March–May.

Open the Dar es Salaam page for the month-by-month table, the temperature–rainfall chart, and the scoring notes.

Best months by region

Dar es Salaam: typical hottest-month average 28.2°C and about 1131 mm of rain a year. Best-scoring months — Dar es Salaam (June, July, and August).

Dar es Salaam in Tanzania

Dar es Salaam sits at -6.82°, 39.27°. It is a monsoon climate with a sharp wet-dry split. February is the warmest month at 28.2°C (high 30.2°C); July is the coolest at 25.2°C (low 22.9°C). The gap between those monthly averages is 3.0°C.

The monsoon runs from March to May. The three highest-scoring months for a visit are June, July, and August. That ranking uses the same 22°C / low-rain / 60% humidity score as the city pages. Population in the GeoNames record is 5,383,728. The wettest month is April (258 mm, 26 days with at least 1 mm); the driest is July (12 mm).