Weather and climate

Udzungwa Mountains National Park weather

What it is doing right now, what the next two weeks look like, and what each month of the year means for the game viewing.

Right now in the park

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The next two weeks

Straight from the forecast, updated when you open this page. Useful if you are packing. Not useful for choosing a month, which is what the year below is for.

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The year at a glance

Bars are rainfall, the line is the daytime high. Thirty-year averages. The green band marks the months this park is at its driest, which is when most people want to be here.

Rainfall in millimetres along the bottom. Highest month 369 mm, daytime highs from 13.7 to 29.8 degrees.

Every month, and what it means for the wildlife

The temperature tells you what to pack. The rainfall column decides what you will see.

Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	What that means here
January	27.6°C	19.9°C	369 mm	22	Wetter, with a relative lull
February	27.2°C	19.9°C	352 mm	20	Wetter, with a relative lull
March	26.6°C	19.7°C	245 mm	18	Long rains
April	25.3°C	18.8°C	165 mm	13	Long rains
May	24.5°C	17.1°C	134 mm	9	Long rains
June prime	23.5°C	14.6°C	23 mm	4	Dry
July prime	23.8°C	13.7°C	19 mm	3	Dry
August prime	25.1°C	15.1°C	12 mm	3	Dry
September prime	27.2°C	16.5°C	17 mm	2	Dry
October	29.1°C	18.4°C	26 mm	2	Transition
November	29.8°C	19.8°C	79 mm	6	Short rains
December	28.3°C	20.1°C	269 mm	17	Wetter, with a relative lull

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at -8.0, 36.4. The wildlife column is ours, from the sources on the best time to visit page. Averages hide bad years: a dry January still happens, and so does a wet July.