Geita
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Geita is a city in Tanzania. About 318,006 people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 2.87° S, 32.23° E, about 1,268 m (4,160 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Geita. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Geita has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 31°C (88°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 15°C (60°F). Around 1,044 mm (41 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
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.
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- Mwanza · 84 km
- Kahama · 114 km
- Bariadi · 194 km
- Tabora · 247 km
- Arusha · 496 km
- Dodoma · 534 km
- Sumbawanga · 570 km
- Mbeya · 683 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 159908 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q4622385 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.