Bukoba weather by month & the best time to visit

🇹🇿 Tanzania · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Bukoba is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 87/100), with June and August close behind. Bukoba averages about 2,154 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 25°C / 77°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in July.

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Sun hours / year

2,154

Sunniest month

July

Peak score

87/100

Rain / year

1,324 mm

Midday UV at peak

10 (very high)

Population

145k

Elevation

1,141 m

When is the best time to visit Bukoba?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Bukoba is July, then June and August. The dullest month is March (64/100, 170 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Bukoba?

Bukoba gets a moderate 2,154 hours of sunshine a year. July (87/100) is noticeably better than March (64). It ranks #15 of 15 destinations in Tanzania for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,867 hours. The year's 1,324 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Entebbe Uganda · 168 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
• Kigali Rwanda · 200 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 568 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Arusha Tanzania · 628 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
• Mombasa Kenya · 914 km · best in Aug · 2,799 h sun/yr
• Zanzibar Tanzania · 985 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Mwanza Tanzania · 175 km · 2,686 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Musoma Tanzania · 221 km · 2,884 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Kisoro Uganda · 234 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Kirundo Burundi · 235 km · 2,315 h sun/yr · best in Jul