Somanda weather in June

In June, Somanda sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.8 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of June to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Somanda's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Somanda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 2 mm; 0.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:50 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover: 56%; 5th clearest
Wind: 14 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.64 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

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Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical June day in Somanda reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Somanda weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 5th-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	28° / 18°	128	16.8	12.2	5.2
Feb	29° / 18°	98	13.6	12.1	4.9
Mar	29° / 18°	122	16.1	12	4.8
Apr	28° / 18°	98	13.5	11.9	5.4
May	29° / 18°	21	3.9	11.8	6.4
Jun	29° / 18°	2	0.8	11.8	6.8
Jul	29° / 17°	2	0.3	11.8	7.1
Aug	29° / 17°	3	0.6	11.9	6.5
Sep	31° / 18°	7	1.3	12	5.6
Oct	31° / 19°	29	5.1	12.1	4.8
Nov	30° / 19°	101	12.2	12.2	4.7
Dec	28° / 18°	153	17.9	12.2	4.9

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 32% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 46%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	65	65	65	63	63	62	61	59	58	56	54	53	51	51	49	49	49	48	48	47	48	48	50	50	51	51	53	54	54	56
Cloudier (%)	35	35	35	37	37	38	39	41	42	44	46	47	49	49	51	51	51	52	52	53	52	52	50	50	49	49	47	46	46	44

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	56	44
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	56	44

Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Somanda gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.8 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 3% and peaks near 4% 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 (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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 82% 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 (%)	60	62	64	66	67	69	70	73	74	75	76	79	80	82	83	84	86	86	88	89	90	90	91	93	94	94	95	96	96	97
Comfortable (%)	34	32	30	28	27	25	24	22	21	20	19	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3
Humid (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	34	6
2	62	32	6
3	64	30	6
4	66	28	6
5	67	27	6
6	69	25	6
7	70	24	6
8	73	22	5
9	74	21	5
10	75	20	5
11	76	19	5
12	79	17	4
13	80	16	4
14	82	15	3
15	83	14	3
16	84	13	3
17	86	12	2
18	86	12	2
19	88	11	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	90	9	1
23	91	8	1
24	93	7	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	96	4	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0

Wind in June

Winds average 14 km/h in June.

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

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of June 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 June. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:53 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:42 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)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	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
Sunset (PM)	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:47	6:36
2	11.8	6:47	6:36
3	11.8	6:48	6:37
4	11.8	6:48	6:37
5	11.8	6:48	6:37
6	11.8	6:48	6:37
7	11.8	6:48	6:37
8	11.8	6:49	6:37
9	11.8	6:49	6:37
10	11.8	6:49	6:38
11	11.8	6:49	6:38
12	11.8	6:49	6:38
13	11.8	6:50	6:38
14	11.8	6:50	6:38
15	11.8	6:50	6:38
16	11.8	6:50	6:39
17	11.8	6:50	6:39
18	11.8	6:51	6:39
19	11.8	6:51	6:39
20	11.8	6:51	6:39
21	11.8	6:51	6:40
22	11.8	6:52	6:40
23	11.8	6:52	6:40
24	11.8	6:52	6:40
25	11.8	6:52	6:40
26	11.8	6:52	6:41
27	11.8	6:53	6:41
28	11.8	6:53	6:41
29	11.8	6:53	6:41
30	11.8	6:53	6:42

Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.64 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in September across the year — June's 5.64 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)	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8
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	5.8	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.8	Bright

Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Somanda

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is June a good time to visit Somanda?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

8.4

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Somanda in June

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

In June, Somanda sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Somanda 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 Somanda peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 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)	14	16	16	15	12	10	11	12	13	14	14	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Somanda 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 Somanda is worst in January — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (May, 10 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)	18	17	15	12	10	13	13	12	12	11	12	14
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	12	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	12	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	14	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Somanda?

Somanda sits at 3.4°S, 34.0°E, 1,208 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Lalago, 9.0 km away.

Topography around Somanda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Somanda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 1,214 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 228 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 580 m.

The land around Somanda is covered by cropland (58%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (65%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and cropland (64%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

cropland 58%

16 km

228 m

cropland 65%

80 km

580 m

cropland 64%

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

June weather nearby: Lalago 9.0 km · Nyalikungu 28 km · Kishapu 29 km · Shanwa 30 km · Kisesa 39 km · Mwadui 44 km · Mwanhuzi 44 km · Songwa 51 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 Somanda (-3.3667°, 33.95°, elevation 1,208 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	29	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	18
14	29	18
15	29	18
16	29	18
17	29	18
18	29	18
19	29	18
20	29	18
21	29	18
22	29	18
23	29	17
24	29	17
25	29	17
26	29	17
27	29	17
28	29	17
29	29	17
30	29	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	56	44
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	34	6
2	62	32	6
3	64	30	6
4	66	28	6
5	67	27	6
6	69	25	6
7	70	24	6
8	73	22	5
9	74	21	5
10	75	20	5
11	76	19	5
12	79	17	4
13	80	16	4
14	82	15	3
15	83	14	3
16	84	13	3
17	86	12	2
18	86	12	2
19	88	11	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	90	9	1
23	91	8	1
24	93	7	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	96	4	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	56	44
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	34	6
2	62	32	6
3	64	30	6
4	66	28	6
5	67	27	6
6	69	25	6
7	70	24	6
8	73	22	5
9	74	21	5
10	75	20	5
11	76	19	5
12	79	17	4
13	80	16	4
14	82	15	3
15	83	14	3
16	84	13	3
17	86	12	2
18	86	12	2
19	88	11	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	90	9	1
23	91	8	1
24	93	7	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	96	4	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	65	35
2	65	35
3	65	35
4	63	37
5	63	37
6	62	38
7	61	39
8	59	41
9	58	42
10	56	44
11	54	46
12	53	47
13	51	49
14	51	49
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	49	51
18	48	52
19	48	52
20	47	53
21	48	52
22	48	52
23	50	50
24	50	50
25	51	49
26	51	49
27	53	47
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	56	44

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	60	34	6
2	62	32	6
3	64	30	6
4	66	28	6
5	67	27	6
6	69	25	6
7	70	24	6
8	73	22	5
9	74	21	5
10	75	20	5
11	76	19	5
12	79	17	4
13	80	16	4
14	82	15	3
15	83	14	3
16	84	13	3
17	86	12	2
18	86	12	2
19	88	11	1
20	89	10	1
21	90	9	1
22	90	9	1
23	91	8	1
24	93	7	0
25	94	6	0
26	94	6	0
27	95	5	0
28	96	4	0
29	96	4	0
30	97	3	0