Igunga weather in July

In July, Igunga sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
17°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:57 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
45%
1st clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
6.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical July day in Igunga reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 1°C cooler than August.

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How July really feels in Igunga

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.

Igunga weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 20°10415.912.24.4
Feb31° / 20°7712.712.14.2
Mar31° / 20°10415.3124.1
Apr30° / 20°9112.911.94.5
May31° / 19°173.611.85.3
Jun31° / 18°10.411.85.7
Jul30° / 17°0011.86.1
Aug31° / 18°10.211.95.4
Sep33° / 19°10.4124.4
Oct34° / 21°163.512.13.7
Nov32° / 21°8210.512.23.8
Dec30° / 20°1221712.24.2

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 45% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 34%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16139
26238
36337
46337
56436
66535
76634
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Igunga gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 97% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
19640
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Wind in July

Winds average 12 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 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 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:55 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:45 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:556:40
211.86:556:41
311.86:556:41
411.86:566:41
511.86:566:41
611.86:566:41
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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 6.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.89 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in September across the year — July's 6.25 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Igunga

In seasonPeak

None of Igunga's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Igunga's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
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Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Igunga?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Igunga in July

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

In July, Igunga sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Igunga 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 Igunga peaks around March 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 11UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Igunga?

Igunga sits at 4.3°S, 33.9°E, 1,090 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Shelui, 36 km away.

KishapuNzegaShinyangaMwaduiTindeSepuka

Topography around Igunga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Igunga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 1,076 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 247 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 760 m.

The land around Igunga is covered by cropland (47%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
31 m
16 km
247 m
80 km
760 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
July weather nearby: Shelui 36 km · Kiomboi 54 km · Kishapu 74 km · Nzega 78 km · Shinyanga 86 km · Mwadui 87 km · Tinde 88 km · Sepuka 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 Igunga (-4.2833°, 33.8833°, elevation 1,090 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. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).