Kahama
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Buzwagi Goldmine 03: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Kahama is a city in Tanzania, in Shinyanga. About 453,654 people live in the city proper, making it the 8th largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 3.83° S, 32.60° E, about 1,249 m (4,098 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Kahama. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Kahama has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 14°C (58°F). Around 1,002 mm (39 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
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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- Geita · 114 km
- Tabora · 134 km
- Mwanza · 150 km
- Bariadi · 191 km
- Dodoma · 434 km
- Arusha · 455 km
- Sumbawanga · 472 km
- Mbeya · 570 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 158597 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q6346798 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Buzwagi Goldmine 03: Hansueli Krapf, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)