Mbeya
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Mbeya: Andrew Coe at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mbeya is a city in Tanzania. About 541,603 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 8.90° S, 33.45° E, about 1,697 m (5,568 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mbeya. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mbeya has a Mediterranean (warm summer) climate (Köppen Csb). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 26°C (79°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 6°C (43°F). Around 1,519 mm (60 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.
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
- Sumbawanga · 226 km
- Songea · 312 km
- Dodoma · 393 km
- Tabora · 436 km
- Morogoro · 516 km
- Kahama · 570 km
- Kibaha · 645 km
- Dar es Salaam · 679 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 154380 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q335548 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Mbeya: Andrew Coe at en.wikipedia, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)