Best time to visit Dodoma

Tanzania · 20-year averages

June is the best month in Dodoma, scoring 96 out of 100, with December the weakest at 51. The 45-point spread means timing is worth planning around without being decisive. The good window runs June to August — 3 months within ten points of the best.

October is the warmest month at 32.9 °C and July the coolest at 27.8 °C — a 5.1 °C spread across the year. 157 days a year top 30 °C, more than a third of the calendar, so heat is the baseline here rather than a season.

There is a real wet season here. January, February, March, April and December carry the rain — up to 20 wet days in a month — while June to October drop as low as 0. That 20-day gap is the biggest single difference between a good month and a bad one in Dodoma, and it moves further than the temperature does.

Daylight barely moves: about 12.5 hours whatever the month, which removes one variable from the decision entirely.

The three strongest months are June, July, August. The one to think twice about is December. Each month below has its own page with rainfall reliability, extremes, daylight and crowd levels.

Dodoma month by month

MonthHigh °CLow °CRain daysDaylight hScoreVerdict
January 28.318.12012.4 59Shoulder season
February 28.717.91612.3 63Shoulder season
March 28.617.91912.1 58Shoulder season
April 28.417.51712 65A good month
May 28.816511.8 84Prime time
June 2813.9011.8 96Prime time
July 27.813.1011.8 96Prime time
August 29.314.2011.9 90Prime time
September 31.515.4012.1 80Prime time
October 32.917212.2 70A good month
November 32.818.2812.4 60Shoulder season
December 30.418.61712.5 51Shoulder season

Planning the rest of the trip

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