Tanga
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Tanga aerial view: Ali A. Fazal, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Tanga is a city in Tanzania. About 393,429 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 5.07° S, 39.10° E, about 22 m (72 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Tanga. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Tanga has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 30°C (85°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 24°C (75°F). Around 986 mm (39 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.
What to eat in TanzaniaNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Zanzibar · 122 km
- Kibaha · 190 km
- Dar es Salaam · 196 km
- Morogoro · 251 km
- Arusha · 327 km
- Dodoma · 391 km
- Bariadi · 619 km
- Tabora · 694 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 149606 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q152902 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Tanga aerial view: Ali A. Fazal, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)