Zanzibar
City in Tanzania: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Stone Town, Zanzibar (1): Paul Brockmeyer from Chicago, USA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Zanzibar is a city in Tanzania, in Zanzibar Urban/West. About 709,809 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Tanzania in our atlas.
It lies at 6.16° S, 39.20° E, about 14 m (46 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Dar_es_Salaam time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Zanzibar. Green dots: other major cities of Tanzania. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Zanzibar has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 24°C (75°F). Around 1,009 mm (40 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.
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
- Dar es Salaam · 74 km
- Kibaha · 74 km
- Tanga · 122 km
- Morogoro · 185 km
- Dodoma · 382 km
- Arusha · 416 km
- Songea · 636 km
- Bariadi · 686 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 148730 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q2222874 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Stone Town, Zanzibar (1): Paul Brockmeyer from Chicago, USA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- House of wonders: Moongateclimber, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Amaan Stadium Zanzibar 3: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palace Museum, Forodhani: Willem van der Horst, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
