Dodoma weather by month & the best time to visit
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The best time to visit Dodoma is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 99/100), with August and September close behind. Dodoma averages about 3,307 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 27°C / 81°F and roughly 1 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 3,307
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 99/100
- Rain / year
- 728 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 13 (extreme)
- Population
- 765k
- Elevation
- 1,113 m
When is the best time to visit Dodoma?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Dodoma is July, then August and September. The dullest month is January (71/100, 184 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Dodoma?
Dodoma is one of the sunniest places on Earth: about 3,307 hours of sunshine a year. July (99/100) is noticeably better than January (71). Dodoma is the sunniest of the 15 destinations tracked in Tanzania. Rain is strongly seasonal here: roughly 62% of the year's 728 mm falls in the three months around January.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 71 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 184 mm | 12 |
| February | 79 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 107 mm | 13 |
| March | 77 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 120 mm | 12 |
| April | 84 | 28° / 82°F | 17° / 63°F | 78 mm | 11 |
| May | 96 | 28° / 82°F | 15° / 59°F | 16 mm | 10 |
| June | 98 | 28° / 82°F | 13° / 55°F | 2 mm | 9 |
| July | 99 | 27° / 81°F | 13° / 55°F | 1 mm | 10 |
| August | 99 | 29° / 84°F | 14° / 57°F | 0 mm | 11 |
| September | 99 | 31° / 88°F | 15° / 59°F | 1 mm | 12 |
| October | 87 | 33° / 91°F | 17° / 63°F | 9 mm | 13 |
| November | 90 | 32° / 90°F | 18° / 64°F | 47 mm | 12 |
| December | 71 | 30° / 86°F | 18° / 64°F | 163 mm | 12 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Arusha Tanzania · 338 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
- Zanzibar Tanzania · 384 km · best in Jul · 2,836 h sun/yr
- Dar es Salaam Tanzania · 389 km · best in Jul · 2,837 h sun/yr
- Mombasa Kenya · 487 km · best in Aug · 2,799 h sun/yr
- Nairobi Kenya · 555 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
- Kigali Rwanda · 779 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Tabora Tanzania · 346 km · 3,158 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Shinyanga Tanzania · 379 km · 3,241 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Tanga Tanzania · 386 km · 2,874 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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