Mafinga weather in June

In June, Mafinga sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of June to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Mafinga's 4th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mafinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 1 mm; 0.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:53 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 39%; 4th clearest
Wind: 16 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.2; out of 10

Mafinga is city in Mafinga Town, Iringa Region, Tanzania.

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

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical June day in Mafinga reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 1°C cooler than May and on par with July.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10

Mafinga weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 11th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 15°	319	26.4	12.4	4.1
Feb	23° / 15°	270	23.2	12.3	4.2
Mar	23° / 15°	288	25.9	12.1	4.2
Apr	22° / 15°	109	16.5	11.8	5.5
May	21° / 13°	14	3.7	11.6	7.6
Jun	21° / 11°	1	0.2	11.5	8.2
Jul	20° / 10°	0	0	11.6	8.2
Aug	21° / 11°	1	0.1	11.7	8.5
Sep	23° / 12°	3	0.5	12	8.8
Oct	25° / 13°	15	3.2	12.2	8.3
Nov	25° / 15°	106	10.4	12.4	6.8
Dec	23° / 15°	288	22.1	12.5	4.9

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 55% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	81	82	82	83	83	83	84	83	83	83	82	81	81	80	80	79	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78
Cloudier (%)	19	18	18	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	79	21
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Mafinga gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 98% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	88	90	91	92	93	95	95	96	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100
Comfortable (%)	12	10	9	8	7	5	5	4	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	90	10
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	97	3
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

Wind in June

Winds average 16 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 17 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	15	light breeze
2	15	light breeze
3	15	light breeze
4	16	light breeze
5	16	light breeze
6	16	light breeze
7	16	light breeze
8	16	light breeze
9	16	light breeze
10	16	light breeze
11	16	light breeze
12	16	light breeze
13	16	light breeze
14	16	light breeze
15	16	light breeze
16	16	light breeze
17	16	light breeze
18	16	light breeze
19	16	light breeze
20	16	light breeze
21	16	light breeze
22	16	light breeze
23	16	light breeze
24	16	light breeze
25	16	light breeze
26	16	light breeze
27	16	light breeze
28	16	light breeze
29	17	light breeze
30	17	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of June to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:50 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:28 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.6	6:50	6:23
2	11.5	6:50	6:23
3	11.5	6:50	6:23
4	11.5	6:51	6:23
5	11.5	6:51	6:23
6	11.5	6:51	6:23
7	11.5	6:51	6:23
8	11.5	6:52	6:23
9	11.5	6:52	6:24
10	11.5	6:52	6:24
11	11.5	6:52	6:24
12	11.5	6:52	6:24
13	11.5	6:53	6:24
14	11.5	6:53	6:24
15	11.5	6:53	6:24
16	11.5	6:53	6:25
17	11.5	6:54	6:25
18	11.5	6:54	6:25
19	11.5	6:54	6:25
20	11.5	6:54	6:25
21	11.5	6:55	6:26
22	11.5	6:55	6:26
23	11.5	6:55	6:26
24	11.5	6:55	6:26
25	11.5	6:55	6:26
26	11.5	6:56	6:27
27	11.5	6:56	6:27
28	11.5	6:56	6:27
29	11.5	6:56	6:27
30	11.5	6:56	6:28

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 6.64 kWh/m² in October across the year — June's 5.28 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Mafinga

In seasonPeak

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

Mafinga's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Mafinga?

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

8.2

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Mafinga for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Mafinga in June

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

In June, Mafinga sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: sun protection.

sun protection

UV index in Mafinga in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mafinga peaks around March 10 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	16	14	11	10	11	12	13	14	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Mafinga in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Mafinga is worst in October — around 34 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.2× the cleanest month (May, 8 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)	11	12	11	9	8	9	13	18	24	34	32	14
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	32	Moderate
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Mafinga?

Mafinga sits at 8.3°S, 35.3°E, 1,766 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Iringa, 74 km away.

Topography around Mafinga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mafinga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 149 m around an average of 1,854 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 416 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,993 m.

The land around Mafinga is covered by artificial surfaces (32%), cropland (27%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (40%) and trees (27%) within 16 km, and trees (38%) and shrubs (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

149 m

artificial surfaces 32%

16 km

416 m

grassland 40%

80 km

1,993 m

trees 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← May Mafinga year-round climate July →Best places to visit in June

June weather nearby: Iringa 74 km · Makumbako 79 km · Mlimba 80 km · Mtwango 96 km · Ilembula 103 km · Ilula 107 km · Rujewa 110 km · Urunda 116 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 Mafinga (-8.3002°, 35.2937°, elevation 1,766 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	79	21
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	90	10
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	97	3
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	79	21
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	90	10
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	97	3
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	11
6	21	11
7	21	11
8	21	11
9	21	11
10	21	11
11	21	11
12	21	11
13	21	11
14	21	11
15	21	11
16	21	11
17	21	11
18	21	11
19	20	11
20	20	11
21	20	11
22	20	11
23	20	11
24	20	11
25	20	11
26	20	11
27	20	10
28	20	10
29	20	10
30	20	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	81	19
2	82	18
3	82	18
4	83	17
5	83	17
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	82	18
12	81	19
13	81	19
14	80	20
15	80	20
16	79	21
17	78	22
18	78	22
19	77	23
20	77	23
21	77	23
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	77	23
25	77	23
26	77	23
27	78	22
28	78	22
29	78	22
30	78	22

	Rain chance (%)
1	3
2	2
3	2
4	2
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	1
11	1
12	1
13	1
14	1
15	1
16	1
17	1
18	1
19	1
20	1
21	1
22	1
23	1
24	1
25	1
26	1
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	88	12
2	90	10
3	91	9
4	92	8
5	93	7
6	95	5
7	95	5
8	96	4
9	97	3
10	98	2
11	98	2
12	98	2
13	99	1
14	99	1
15	99	1
16	99	1
17	99	1
18	100	0
19	100	0
20	100	0
21	100	0
22	100	0
23	100	0
24	100	0
25	100	0
26	100	0
27	100	0
28	100	0
29	100	0
30	100	0