Mtwara weather in July

In July, Mtwara sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.3 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of July to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Mtwara's 5th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mtwara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
9th warmest
Overnight low
23°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
5 mm
1.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:41 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
33%
5th clearest
Wind
24 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.91 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.4
out of 10

Mtwara is city.

Founded
1971

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 26°C through the month.

A typical July day in Mtwara reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Mtwara

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.

Mtwara 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
Jan28° / 26°18620.512.54.8
Feb28° / 26°14518.412.34.7
Mar28° / 26°18223.812.14.1
Apr28° / 25°11518.511.84.8
May28° / 25°387.211.56.9
Jun27° / 23°81.811.48.1
Jul26° / 23°51.311.58.4
Aug26° / 23°61.611.78.6
Sep26° / 23°103.211.98.5
Oct26° / 24°20612.27.9
Nov27° / 25°4210.712.56.8
Dec28° / 26°12320.912.65.1

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 71% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 15%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Mtwara gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.3 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 4% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 76% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
10167311
20177310
3018739
4018739
5018748
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Wind in July

Winds average 24 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 22 km/h on the calmest days to 24 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
124breezy
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of July to 11 h 30 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 6:40 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:406:05
211.46:416:05
311.46:416:05
411.46:416:06
511.46:416:06
611.46:416:06
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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 4.91 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in November across the year — July's 4.91 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.0Bright
285.1Bright
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315.1Bright
Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Mtwara

In seasonPeak

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

Mtwara sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Mtwara's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is July a good time to visit Mtwara?

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

8.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.2
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mtwara in July

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

In July, Mtwara sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 23°C. Worth packing: light clothes, sun protection and a windbreaker.

light clothessun protectiona windbreaker

Sea temperature near Mtwara in July

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Mtwara in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mtwara peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jun 21UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Mtwara?

Mtwara sits at 10.3°S, 40.2°E, 21 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Lindi, 59 km away.

KitamaTandahimbaNyangaoNangangaLuchinguMocímboa

Topography around Mtwara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mtwara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 460 m.

The land around Mtwara is covered by water (38%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, water (39%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and water (39%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km
43 m
16 km
163 m
80 km
460 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
July weather nearby: Lindi 59 km · Nanyamba 60 km · Kitama 70 km · Tandahimba 81 km · Nyangao 99 km · Nanganga 114 km · Luchingu 117 km · Mocímboa 118 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 Mtwara (-10.2667°, 40.1833°, elevation 21 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).