Riding weather · Tanzania
Arusha motorcycle weather by month
On our rules, the best months to ride in the Arusha area are May to October and December to February.
The driest months are July to September; the wettest is April, with about 158 mm of rain over 24 rain days.
Days are warmest in February (average high 29 °C) and nights coldest in July (average low 12 °C).
Month by month
Arusha and the Mount Meru foothills, at about 1,400 m.
- JanGood28°/17°100 mm
- FebGood29°/17°73 mm
- MarMixed28°/17°144 mm
- AprMixed25°/17°158 mm
- MayGood23°/15°39 mm
- JunGood22°/13°7 mm
- JulGood22°/12°5 mm
- AugGood23°/13°5 mm
- SeptGood25°/14°4 mm
- OctGood27°/16°36 mm
- NovMixed26°/17°125 mm
- DecGood27°/17°95 mm
Average high/low in °C and monthly rain. How we rate months
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| Month | Riding | High | Low | Rain | Rain days | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Good | 28 °C 82 °F | 17 °C 62 °F | 100 mm | 12 | |
| February | Good | 29 °C 83 °F | 17 °C 62 °F | 73 mm | 9 | |
| March | Mixed | 28 °C 82 °F | 17 °C 63 °F | 144 mm | 14 | wet |
| April | Mixed | 25 °C 76 °F | 17 °C 63 °F | 158 mm | 24 | wet |
| May | Good | 23 °C 73 °F | 15 °C 59 °F | 39 mm | 10 | |
| June | Good | 22 °C 71 °F | 13 °C 56 °F | 7 mm | 3 | |
| July | Good | 22 °C 72 °F | 12 °C 54 °F | 5 mm | 1 | |
| August | Good | 23 °C 74 °F | 13 °C 56 °F | 5 mm | 2 | |
| September | Good | 25 °C 78 °F | 14 °C 58 °F | 4 mm | 1 | |
| October | Good | 27 °C 80 °F | 16 °C 60 °F | 36 mm | 8 | |
| November | Mixed | 26 °C 79 °F | 17 °C 62 °F | 125 mm | 19 | wet |
| December | Good | 27 °C 80 °F | 17 °C 62 °F | 95 mm | 17 |
Rain days: days with at least 1 mm. Averages of daily values, 2015 to 2024, for Arusha, corrected to riding elevation. Reanalysis smooths mountains and local showers, so read these as a regional picture rather than a forecast.
Climate data: Open-Meteo / ERA5, 2015 to 2024 (CC BY 4.0).
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