Arusha
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Arusha, Tanzania (Explored) - Flickr - romanboed: Roman Boed from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Arusha is a city in Tanzania. About 617,631 people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 3.37° S, 36.68° E, about 1,415 m (4,642 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Arusha. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Arusha has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 31°C (87°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 13°C (55°F). Around 870 mm (34 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Apr.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in TanzaniaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Bariadi · 306 km
- Tanga · 328 km
- Dodoma · 329 km
- Morogoro · 398 km
- Zanzibar · 417 km
- Mwanza · 430 km
- Kibaha · 451 km
- Kahama · 455 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 161325 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q4301 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Arusha, Tanzania (Explored) - Flickr - romanboed: Roman Boed from The Netherlands, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)