Handeni weather in July

In July, Handeni sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 29 mm of rain across 8.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Handeni's 8th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Handeni's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
12th warmest
Overnight low
16°
1st coldest
Rainfall
29 mm
8.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:42 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
65%
8th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.31 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.9
out of 10

Handeni is town in Tanga Region, Tanzania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical July day in Handeni reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Handeni

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Handeni weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°11914.412.34.5
Feb30° / 21°11012.412.24.4
Mar29° / 21°16022.2123.9
Apr27° / 20°18926.511.93.9
May26° / 19°12319.111.85.3
Jun25° / 17°3610.311.76.7
Jul25° / 16°298.711.76.9
Aug25° / 16°4111.611.86.5
Sep26° / 17°3810.7126.5
Oct27° / 18°8114.712.15.8
Nov28° / 20°10719.512.24.7
Dec29° / 20°14120.712.34.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 31% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24060
34159
44159
54258
64258
74357
84258
94357
104456
114456
124555
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144456
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204258
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244060
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313466

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Handeni gets around 29 mm of rain over 8.7 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
134
233
333
432
531
631
730
830
929
1029
1129
1229
1328
1428
1528
1628
1727
1827
1927
2027
2127
2227
2328
2428
2529
2629
2730
2831
2931
3032
3133

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels humid — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the humid band about 68% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1319699
2320698
3322678
4323677
5324667
6326656
7327655
8328645
9328645
10329644
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13229663
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22226702
23226693
24226693
25225703
26125704
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28125704
29124705
30124705
31124705

Wind in July

Winds average 9 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:41 AM to 6:41 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:416:22
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311.76:416:22
411.76:416:23
511.76:416:23
611.76:416:23
711.76:416:23
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 4.31 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.3Bright
24.3Bright
34.3Bright
44.3Bright
54.3Bright
64.3Bright
74.3Bright
84.3Bright
94.3Bright
104.3Bright
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274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.3Bright
304.3Bright
314.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Handeni?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Handeni for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Handeni in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Handeni sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes and rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Handeni in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Handeni peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 16UV 15Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Handeni in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Handeni is worst in February — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodModerateFeb 917 µg/m³Nov 99 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr10Good
May11Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Handeni?

Handeni sits at 5.4°S, 38.0°E, 642 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Chanika, 2.0 km away.

MazindeMatuiLushotoMakuyuniMarambaMadizini

Topography around Handeni

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Handeni.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Handeni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 174 m around an average of 678 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 522 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,245 m.

The land around Handeni is covered by cropland (29%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (31%), grassland (27%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and shrubs (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
174 m
16 km
522 m
80 km
2,245 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
July weather nearby: Chanika 2.0 km · Korogwe 61 km · Mazinde 74 km · Matui 75 km · Lushoto 78 km · Makuyuni 78 km · Maramba 79 km · Madizini 89 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
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

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 Handeni (-5.4333°, 38.0167°, elevation 642 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).