Climate and average weather in Bukoba
In Bukoba, the weather is humid, warm, wet, and partly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around April.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Bukoba typically varies from 17°C to 26°C, and is rarely below 16°C or above 28°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while November is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Bukoba for warm-weather activities is from early June to mid August.
- Hottest
- Feb
- 26°
- Coldest
- Nov
- 19°
- Wettest
- Apr
- 186 mm
- Driest
- Jul
- 29 mm
- Rain / yr
- 1419 mm
- 228 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.9–12.1 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 1,149 m
- 1.3°S
- Clearest
- Jul
- 54% cloud
Bukoba is city in Kagera, Tanzania.
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Bukoba weather by month, at a glance
The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.
Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around early June to mid August.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Bukoba, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
Temperatures in Bukoba stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 26°C and low of 19°C; the coolest is November, with an average low of 19°C and high of 25°C.
Days typically run about 7°C warmer than nights year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 |
| Avg low (°C) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26 | 19 |
| Feb | 26 | 19 |
| Mar | 26 | 19 |
| Apr | 25 | 19 |
| May | 25 | 19 |
| Jun | 25 | 18 |
| Jul | 25 | 17 |
| Aug | 25 | 18 |
| Sep | 25 | 18 |
| Oct | 25 | 19 |
| Nov | 25 | 19 |
| Dec | 25 | 19 |
Average hourly temperature in Bukoba
A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 26°C, and coldest before dawn in November, near 19°C.
Bukoba weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26° / 19° | 120 | 21 | 12.1 | 4.9 |
| Feb | 26° / 19° | 114 | 18.8 | 12 | 4.9 |
| Mar | 26° / 19° | 151 | 22.4 | 12 | 4.7 |
| Apr | 25° / 19° | 186 | 24.6 | 12 | 4.2 |
| May | 25° / 19° | 118 | 20 | 11.9 | 5.2 |
| Jun | 25° / 18° | 47 | 9.4 | 11.9 | 6.8 |
| Jul | 25° / 17° | 29 | 5 | 11.9 | 7.6 |
| Aug | 25° / 18° | 74 | 12.6 | 12 | 6.4 |
| Sep | 25° / 18° | 110 | 19.1 | 12 | 5.2 |
| Oct | 25° / 19° | 160 | 24.9 | 12 | 4.4 |
| Nov | 25° / 19° | 169 | 26.2 | 12.1 | 4.1 |
| Dec | 25° / 19° | 140 | 24.2 | 12.1 | 4.5 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Bukoba gets about 1419 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 8.1 months, from around Sep 13 to May 17, peaking in November at about 88% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 13.
April is the wettest month by volume, with 186 mm over about 25 wet days; July is the driest, with 29 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 69 | 67 | 72 | 82 | 63 | 32 | 18 | 41 | 63 | 80 | 87 | 77 |
| Rain days | 21 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 24 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 69 | 21 |
| Feb | 67 | 19 |
| Mar | 72 | 22 |
| Apr | 82 | 25 |
| May | 63 | 20 |
| Jun | 32 | 9 |
| Jul | 18 | 5 |
| Aug | 41 | 13 |
| Sep | 63 | 19 |
| Oct | 80 | 25 |
| Nov | 87 | 26 |
| Dec | 77 | 24 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Bukoba collects about 1419 mm of rain across 228 wet days — roughly 118 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. April is the wettest month with 186 mm, while July is the driest at just 29 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 120 | 114 | 151 | 186 | 118 | 47 | 29 | 74 | 110 | 160 | 169 | 140 |
| Rain days | 21 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 24 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 120 | 21 |
| Feb | 114 | 19 |
| Mar | 151 | 22 |
| Apr | 186 | 25 |
| May | 118 | 20 |
| Jun | 47 | 9 |
| Jul | 29 | 5 |
| Aug | 74 | 13 |
| Sep | 110 | 19 |
| Oct | 160 | 25 |
| Nov | 169 | 26 |
| Dec | 140 | 24 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Bukoba, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.
The clearer part of the year begins around May 14 and lasts for 4.2 months, ending around September 18. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 54% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around September 19 and lasts for 4.3 months, ending around January 27. The cloudiest month is November, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 83% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 31 | 35 | 28 | 17 | 36 | 48 | 54 | 49 | 35 | 20 | 17 | 27 |
| Cloudier (%) | 69 | 65 | 72 | 83 | 64 | 52 | 46 | 51 | 65 | 80 | 83 | 73 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31 | 69 |
| Feb | 35 | 65 |
| Mar | 28 | 72 |
| Apr | 17 | 83 |
| May | 36 | 64 |
| Jun | 48 | 52 |
| Jul | 54 | 46 |
| Aug | 49 | 51 |
| Sep | 35 | 65 |
| Oct | 20 | 80 |
| Nov | 17 | 83 |
| Dec | 27 | 73 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.
The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Bukoba barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 h 06 min of light in every season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 7:00 | 7:06 | 7:02 | 6:54 | 6:51 | 6:55 | 7:00 | 6:58 | 6:47 | 6:37 | 6:36 | 6:47 |
| Sunset (PM) | 7:04 | 7:09 | 7:03 | 6:52 | 6:47 | 6:51 | 6:56 | 6:56 | 6:47 | 6:39 | 6:40 | 6:51 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.1 | 7:00 | 7:04 |
| Feb | 12.0 | 7:06 | 7:09 |
| Mar | 12.0 | 7:02 | 7:03 |
| Apr | 12.0 | 6:54 | 6:52 |
| May | 11.9 | 6:51 | 6:47 |
| Jun | 11.9 | 6:55 | 6:51 |
| Jul | 11.9 | 7:00 | 6:56 |
| Aug | 12.0 | 6:58 | 6:56 |
| Sep | 12.0 | 6:47 | 6:47 |
| Oct | 12.0 | 6:37 | 6:39 |
| Nov | 12.1 | 6:36 | 6:40 |
| Dec | 12.1 | 6:47 | 6:51 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Bukoba averages about 5 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 1 and 13 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 4.3 months, from around May 14 to Sep 20. The sunniest month is July, with roughly 12 sunny days (mixed).
The greyest month is November, down near 2 sunny days — about 87% fewer than the July peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Mixed | Mixed | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy | Gloomy |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 5 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 4 | Gloomy |
| Apr | 2 | Gloomy |
| May | 6 | Gloomy |
| Jun | 9 | Mixed |
| Jul | 12 | Mixed |
| Aug | 9 | Mixed |
| Sep | 6 | Gloomy |
| Oct | 3 | Gloomy |
| Nov | 2 | Gloomy |
| Dec | 3 | Gloomy |
Humidity comfort
Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.
Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.
In Bukoba, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 9.2 months, from around September 4 to June 9. The muggiest month is January, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 100% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around June 10 to September 3, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 30% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comfortable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 29 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Humid (%) | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 53 | 57 | 54 | 32 | 13 | 3 | 5 |
| Muggy (%) | 93 | 94 | 96 | 97 | 83 | 38 | 13 | 33 | 66 | 87 | 97 | 95 |
| Oppressive (%) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 | 7 | 93 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 1 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | 3 | 96 | 1 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 0 |
| May | 0 | 0 | 17 | 83 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 8 | 53 | 38 | 0 |
| Jul | 1 | 29 | 57 | 13 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 14 | 54 | 33 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 2 | 32 | 66 | 0 |
| Oct | 0 | 0 | 13 | 87 | 0 |
| Nov | 0 | 0 | 3 | 97 | 0 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 | 5 | 95 | 0 |
Wind
Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.
This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.
Across the year, average wind speed in Bukoba is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.
The windier part of the year lasts 5.4 months, from around Apr 9 to Sep 18. The windiest month is July, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).
The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 19 to Apr 8, with December the calmest month at about 6 km/h.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7 | calm |
| Feb | 7 | calm |
| Mar | 8 | calm |
| Apr | 8 | calm |
| May | 9 | calm |
| Jun | 10 | calm |
| Jul | 10 | calm |
| Aug | 9 | calm |
| Sep | 8 | calm |
| Oct | 7 | calm |
| Nov | 6 | calm |
| Dec | 6 | calm |
Best time to visit Bukoba
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Bukoba throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around mid June, Bukoba is still near the start of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds not yet at full swing.
Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.
The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bukoba for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to mid August, with a peak score in the second week of July.
The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 6.4 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Rating | fair | fair | fair | fair | fair | good | ideal | good | fair | fair | fair | fair |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 4.9 | fair |
| Feb | 4.9 | fair |
| Mar | 4.7 | fair |
| Apr | 4.2 | fair |
| May | 5.3 | fair |
| Jun | 6.8 | good |
| Jul | 7.6 | ideal |
| Aug | 6.4 | good |
| Sep | 5.2 | fair |
| Oct | 4.4 | fair |
| Nov | 4.1 | fair |
| Dec | 4.5 | fair |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Bukoba for hot-weather activities is from late May to late August, with a peak score in the second week of July.
The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).
What to pack for Bukoba, by month
Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.
Bukoba packs about the same all year — highs hold near 26°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.
In February, Bukoba sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.
UV index (midday) in Bukoba by month
Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.
Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bukoba peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (extreme).
The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV index (midday) | 13 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 13 | Extreme |
| Feb | 15 | Extreme |
| Mar | 16 | Extreme |
| Apr | 15 | Extreme |
| May | 12 | Extreme |
| Jun | 10 | Extreme |
| Jul | 11 | Extreme |
| Aug | 11 | Extreme |
| Sep | 13 | Extreme |
| Oct | 13 | Extreme |
| Nov | 12 | Extreme |
| Dec | 11 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Bukoba
Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.
The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.
UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 8 | 8 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.5 | 6 | 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | 6 |
| Feb | 8 | 6.5 |
| Mar | 8.5 | 7 |
| Apr | 8 | 6.5 |
| May | 7.5 | 6 |
| Jun | 7.5 | 5 |
| Jul | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Aug | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| Sep | 8 | 6 |
| Oct | 8 | 6 |
| Nov | 8 | 6 |
| Dec | 7.5 | 5.5 |
Air quality in Bukoba by month
Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.
Air quality in Bukoba is worst in January — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (April, 13 µg/m³).
Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | 28 | 24 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 16 | 16 | 20 |
| Level | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate | Moderate |
| PM2.5 (µg/m³) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | Moderate |
| Feb | 24 | Moderate |
| Mar | 18 | Moderate |
| Apr | 13 | Moderate |
| May | 14 | Moderate |
| Jun | 20 | Moderate |
| Jul | 24 | Moderate |
| Aug | 26 | Moderate |
| Sep | 21 | Moderate |
| Oct | 16 | Moderate |
| Nov | 16 | Moderate |
| Dec | 20 | Moderate |
Growing season
Bukoba is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Bukoba banks about 4,349 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around February.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 381 | 354 | 388 | 366 | 371 | 345 | 347 | 356 | 351 | 367 | 354 | 369 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 381 |
| Feb | 354 |
| Mar | 388 |
| Apr | 366 |
| May | 371 |
| Jun | 345 |
| Jul | 347 |
| Aug | 356 |
| Sep | 351 |
| Oct | 367 |
| Nov | 354 |
| Dec | 369 |
Solar energy
Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.
Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.
Bukoba receives about 5.3 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 4.8 and 5.9 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 5.5 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| Level | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 5.5 | Bright |
| Feb | 5.9 | Bright |
| Mar | 5.5 | Bright |
| Apr | 4.9 | Bright |
| May | 5.0 | Bright |
| Jun | 5.3 | Bright |
| Jul | 5.6 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.5 | Bright |
| Sep | 5.5 | Bright |
| Oct | 5.2 | Bright |
| Nov | 4.9 | Bright |
| Dec | 5.1 | Bright |
Where is Bukoba?
Bukoba sits at 1.3°S, 31.8°E, 1,149 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Katerero, 12 km away.
Topography around Bukoba
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bukoba.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Bukoba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m around an average of 1,197 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 575 m.
The land around Bukoba is covered by trees (39%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, water (40%), grassland (25%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and water (54%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.
Tanzania travel facts
- Travel advisory
- Level 3
- Reconsider Travel
- Power plugs
- Type D / G
- 230 V · 50 Hz
- Prices
- ≈ 29% of US
- price level, 2025
- GDP per capita
- $1,319
- 2025
- Happiness
- 3.9 / 10
- World Happiness, 2025
- Safe drinking water
- 31%
- of population, 2024
- Homicide rate
- 3.7
- per 100k, 2020
- Road deaths
- 31.1
- per 100k/yr, 2019
- Income group
- Lower middle
- World Bank
- English
- Low
- EF EPI 479
- Religion
Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.
Data sources
Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bukoba (-1.3317°, 31.8122°, elevation 1,149 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).