Songea
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Songea is a city in Tanzania, in Ruvuma. About 286,285 people live in the city proper, making it the 13th largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 10.68° S, 35.65° E, about 1,113 m (3,652 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Songea. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Songea has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Nov, with average highs near 32°C (90°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 11°C (52°F). Around 1,283 mm (51 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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.
What to eat in TanzaniaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Mbeya · 311 km
- Morogoro · 482 km
- Dodoma · 501 km
- Sumbawanga · 533 km
- Kibaha · 562 km
- Dar es Salaam · 583 km
- Zanzibar · 634 km
- Tabora · 700 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 877401 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q794813 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.