Morogoro
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Morogoro is a city in Tanzania. About 471,409 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 6.82° S, 37.66° E, about 504 m (1,654 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Morogoro. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Morogoro has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 15°C (59°F). Around 1,159 mm (46 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.
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- Kibaha · 139 km
- Dar es Salaam · 177 km
- Zanzibar · 184 km
- Dodoma · 224 km
- Tanga · 251 km
- Arusha · 398 km
- Songea · 483 km
- Mbeya · 518 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 153220 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q243319 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.