Mwanza
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Mwanza from Capri Point, Tanzania: Jonathan Stonehouse, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Mwanza is a city in Tanzania. About 1.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 2.52° S, 32.90° E, about 1,144 m (3,753 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Mwanza. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Mwanza has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Aug, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Jun at about 18°C (64°F). Around 1,089 mm (43 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.
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
- Geita · 84 km
- Bariadi · 124 km
- Kahama · 150 km
- Tabora · 278 km
- Arusha · 430 km
- Dodoma · 514 km
- Sumbawanga · 621 km
- Mbeya · 711 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 152224 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q110218 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Mwanza from Capri Point, Tanzania: Jonathan Stonehouse, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- CCM Kirumba Stadium Mwanza: Macabe5387, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
