Weather and climate

Nyerere National Park weather

What it is doing right now, what the next two weeks look like, and what each month of the year means for the game viewing.

Right now in the park

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The next two weeks

Straight from the forecast, updated when you open this page. Useful if you are packing. Not useful for choosing a month, which is what the year below is for.

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The year at a glance

Bars are rainfall, the line is the daytime high. Thirty-year averages. The green band marks the months this park is at its driest, which is when most people want to be here.

Rainfall in millimetres along the bottom. Highest month 144 mm, daytime highs from 19.5 to 33.1 degrees.

Every month, and what it means for the wildlife

The temperature tells you what to pack. The rainfall column decides what you will see.

Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days	What that means here
January	32.9°C	23.6°C	74 mm	12	Green season. Hot, humid, lush, and the game disperses. Birding is at its best. A few camps stay open.
February	32.3°C	23.4°C	99 mm	13	Green season. Hot, humid, lush, and the game disperses. Birding is at its best. A few camps stay open.
March	31.0°C	23.3°C	135 mm	18	The long rains. Most camps close and roads become difficult. TANAPA discounts the conservation fee between 15 March and 15 May, one of the few parks that does.
April	29.4°C	22.3°C	144 mm	18	The long rains. Most camps close and roads become difficult. TANAPA discounts the conservation fee between 15 March and 15 May, one of the few parks that does.
May	29.8°C	21.2°C	38 mm	7	The long rains. Most camps close and roads become difficult. TANAPA discounts the conservation fee between 15 March and 15 May, one of the few parks that does.
June prime	29.3°C	19.7°C	15 mm	3	The dry season opens, camps reopen, and wild dog denning begins. Green enough to be beautiful, dry enough to drive.
July prime	30.2°C	19.5°C	5 mm	1	Peak. Game concentrates on the river and lakes, dogs are at their dens, and the skimmers are nesting on the exposed sandbars.
August prime	30.9°C	20.3°C	5 mm	1	Peak. Game concentrates on the river and lakes, dogs are at their dens, and the skimmers are nesting on the exposed sandbars.
September prime	31.8°C	21.1°C	7 mm	1	The driest and most concentrated. Hot, dusty, and the best month for predator activity.
October	33.1°C	22.2°C	18 mm	2	The driest and most concentrated. Hot, dusty, and the best month for predator activity.
November	33.1°C	23.2°C	33 mm	5	Short rains arrive, the bush greens up and prices fall. Still good early in November.
December	32.7°C	23.7°C	71 mm	13	Short rains arrive, the bush greens up and prices fall. Still good early in November.

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at -8.2, 37.8. The wildlife column is ours, from the sources on the best time to visit page. Averages hide bad years: a dry January still happens, and so does a wet July.