Sumbawanga
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Sumbawanga is a city in Tanzania, in Rukwa. About 303,986 people live in the city proper, making it the 12th largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 7.97° S, 31.62° E, about 1,833 m (6,014 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Sumbawanga. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Sumbawanga has a Mediterranean (hot summer) climate (Köppen Csa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 29°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 12°C (54°F). Around 1,202 mm (47 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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- Mbeya · 227 km
- Tabora · 353 km
- Kahama · 471 km
- Dodoma · 495 km
- Songea · 536 km
- Geita · 569 km
- Mwanza · 621 km
- Bariadi · 630 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 149703 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q115323 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.