Makumbako weather in June

In June, Makumbako sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

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

Daytime high: 24°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:56 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 4th clearest
Wind: 18 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score: 9.0; out of 10

Makumbako is town in Njombe 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 24°C through the month.

A typical June day in Makumbako reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 25°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13

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

Makumbako weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	189	25.9	12.5	4.1
Feb	26° / 17°	148	22.4	12.3	4.2
Mar	26° / 18°	160	23.1	12.1	4.6
Apr	25° / 17°	49	9.7	11.8	6.7
May	25° / 16°	5	1.2	11.6	8.6
Jun	24° / 14°	0	0	11.5	9.0
Jul	23° / 13°	0	0	11.5	9.0
Aug	24° / 14°	0	0	11.7	9.1
Sep	26° / 15°	1	0.1	11.9	8.8
Oct	28° / 16°	11	2.6	12.2	7.6
Nov	29° / 17°	57	9.1	12.4	5.9
Dec	27° / 18°	163	20.5	12.5	4.9

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

	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 (%)	86	86	85	85	85	85	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83
Cloudier (%)	14	14	15	15	15	15	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Makumbako gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 1% 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 (%)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	1
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
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 92% 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 (%)	74	77	79	81	83	85	87	89	90	91	92	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	98	98
Comfortable (%)	26	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	77	23
3	79	21
4	81	19
5	83	17
6	85	15
7	87	13
8	89	11
9	90	10
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	93	7
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2

Wind in June

Winds average 18 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 17 km/h on the calmest days to 18 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)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	17	light breeze
2	17	light breeze
3	17	light breeze
4	17	light breeze
5	17	light breeze
6	17	light breeze
7	17	light breeze
8	17	light breeze
9	18	light breeze
10	18	light breeze
11	18	light breeze
12	18	light breeze
13	18	light breeze
14	18	light breeze
15	18	light breeze
16	18	light breeze
17	18	light breeze
18	18	light breeze
19	18	light breeze
20	18	light breeze
21	18	light breeze
22	18	light breeze
23	18	light breeze
24	18	light breeze
25	18	light breeze
26	18	light breeze
27	18	light breeze
28	18	light breeze
29	18	light breeze
30	18	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 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 grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:53 AM to 6:59 AM, and sunset from 6:24 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)	11.5	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	11.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59
Sunset (PM)	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:53	6:24
2	11.5	6:53	6:24
3	11.5	6:53	6:24
4	11.5	6:53	6:24
5	11.5	6:54	6:24
6	11.5	6:54	6:24
7	11.5	6:54	6:24
8	11.5	6:54	6:24
9	11.5	6:55	6:25
10	11.5	6:55	6:25
11	11.5	6:55	6:25
12	11.5	6:55	6:25
13	11.5	6:56	6:25
14	11.5	6:56	6:25
15	11.5	6:56	6:25
16	11.5	6:56	6:26
17	11.5	6:57	6:26
18	11.5	6:57	6:26
19	11.5	6:57	6:26
20	11.5	6:57	6:26
21	11.5	6:57	6:26
22	11.5	6:58	6:27
23	11.5	6:58	6:27
24	11.5	6:58	6:27
25	11.5	6:58	6:27
26	11.5	6:58	6:28
27	11.5	6:59	6:28
28	11.5	6:59	6:28
29	11.5	6:59	6:28
30	11.5	6:59	6:28

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in October across the year — June's 5.33 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	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	5.3
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	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	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	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 Makumbako

In seasonPeak

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

Makumbako'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 Makumbako?

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

9.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

7.3

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

June is one of the better times to visit Makumbako for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Makumbako in June

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

In June, Makumbako sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 14°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Makumbako 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 Makumbako 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	15	14	13
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	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Makumbako 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 Makumbako is worst in October — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (May, 7 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	11	10	8	7	8	11	14	17	21	17	10
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Makumbako?

Makumbako sits at 8.8°S, 34.8°E, 1,651 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mtwango, 19 km away.

Topography around Makumbako

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Makumbako has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 155 m around an average of 1,653 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 534 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,220 m.

The land around Makumbako is covered by cropland (43%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and shrubs (30%) within 16 km, and shrubs (30%), trees (26%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

155 m

cropland 43%

16 km

534 m

cropland 51%

80 km

2,220 m

shrubs 30%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

June weather nearby: Mtwango 19 km · Ilembula 28 km · Rujewa 52 km · Njombe 56 km · Urunda 63 km · Mafinga 79 km · Chimala 89 km · Igurusi 108 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 Makumbako (-8.85°, 34.8333°, elevation 1,651 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	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	14
6	24	14
7	24	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	14
14	24	14
15	24	14
16	23	13
17	23	13
18	23	13
19	23	13
20	23	13
21	23	13
22	23	13
23	23	13
24	23	13
25	23	13
26	23	13
27	23	13
28	23	13
29	23	13
30	23	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	77	23
3	79	21
4	81	19
5	83	17
6	85	15
7	87	13
8	89	11
9	90	10
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	93	7
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	77	23
3	79	21
4	81	19
5	83	17
6	85	15
7	87	13
8	89	11
9	90	10
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	93	7
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	86	14
2	86	14
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	85	15
6	85	15
7	83	17
8	83	17
9	83	17
10	82	18
11	82	18
12	82	18
13	82	18
14	81	19
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	81	19
18	81	19
19	82	18
20	82	18
21	82	18
22	82	18
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	83	17
26	83	17
27	83	17
28	83	17
29	83	17
30	83	17

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	74	26
2	77	23
3	79	21
4	81	19
5	83	17
6	85	15
7	87	13
8	89	11
9	90	10
10	91	9
11	92	8
12	93	7
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	95	5
16	95	5
17	95	5
18	96	4
19	96	4
20	96	4
21	96	4
22	97	3
23	97	3
24	97	3
25	97	3
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	98	2
30	98	2