Best Time to Visit Dar es Salaam
The best time to visit Dar es Salaam is January to February and June to October, when the average temperature is 25–28°C and rainfall is low for Dar es Salaam, at 12–90 mm a month.
Dar es Salaam weather by month
The wettest month in Dar es Salaam is April with 258 mm of rain, and the warmest is February at an average 28°C. The coolest is July at 25°C.
| Month | Average temperature | Rainfall | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28°C / 82°F | 90 mm | Best |
| February | 28°C / 82°F | 80 mm | Best |
| March | 28°C / 82°F | 155 mm | Wet |
| April | 27°C / 81°F | 258 mm | Wet |
| May | 26°C / 80°F | 151 mm | Wet |
| June | 25°C / 78°F | 24 mm | Best |
| July | 25°C / 77°F | 12 mm | Best |
| August | 25°C / 77°F | 14 mm | Best |
| September | 26°C / 78°F | 24 mm | Best |
| October | 27°C / 80°F | 68 mm | Best |
| November | 27°C / 81°F | 128 mm | Rainy |
| December | 28°C / 82°F | 127 mm | Rainy |
How we pick the best months
- Best: an average temperature of 15–28°C and low rainfall for Dar es Salaam: under 150 mm, and no more than 106 mm, a quarter above Dar es Salaam's median month (never set below 60 mm).
- If no month qualifies, we show the three driest months that average 10–30°C instead.
- Wet: 150 mm of rain or more. Rainy: more than 106 mm. Hot: 29°C or more on average. Cool: under 15°C. Cold: under 5°C.
Averages cover day and night, so afternoons are warmer than the figure shown. Weather is only one reason to pick a month: school holidays, festivals and prices matter too.
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Where these numbers come from
Monthly averages for January 2001 – December 2020 from the NASA POWER project, for the area around Julius Nyerere International (DAR) at -6.87, 39.21. The model covers a grid about 50 km across, so a coastal or hilly spot can run a degree or two different. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center (LaRC) Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resource (POWER) Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.