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Satellite view of Kiwengwa Beach; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Kiwengwa Beach

TanzaniaZanzibar North · Tanzania · Indian Ocean

-5.9890, 39.3788 · Kiwengwa, 0 km

  • 29°Sea · March
  • 30°High · March
  • 8.9 hSunshine · December
The dot marks Kiwengwa Beach. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Kiwengwa Beach in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high25°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 8.6 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month64 mm in total
  • 19 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 22Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 31 kmAirport: Abeid Amani Karume International Airport (ZNZ)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 26.8 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.6 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.5 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaMarch and April29 °C
Most sunshineFebruary and December9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August13 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°8 h62 mm
  2. Feb28°9 h51 mm
  3. Mar29°8 h119 mm
  4. Apr29°6 h256 mm
  5. May28°6 h186 mm
  6. Jun27°7 h29 mm
  7. Jul26°7 h13 mm
  8. Aug26°8 h14 mm
  9. Sep26°8 h22 mm
  10. Oct27°9 h64 mm
  11. Nov28°9 h101 mm
  12. Dec28°9 h92 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28°Feb: 28°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 28°Jun: 27°Jul: 26°Aug: 26°Sep: 26°Oct: 27°Nov: 28°Dec: 28°29°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)Feb: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)Mar: 29 °C (High 30° / Low 28°)Apr: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 27°)May: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 26°)Jun: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 25°)Jul: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Sep: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Oct: 27 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Nov: 28 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)Dec: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 27°)29°26°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 62 mmFeb: 51 mmMar: 119 mmApr: 256 mm256May: 186 mmJun: 29 mmJul: 13 mm13Aug: 14 mmSep: 22 mmOct: 64 mmNov: 101 mmDec: 92 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 8.5 hFeb: 8.8 hMar: 8.0 hApr: 6.3 hMay: 6.0 h6.0Jun: 7.1 hJul: 7.3 hAug: 7.8 hSep: 8.4 hOct: 8.6 hNov: 8.7 hDec: 8.9 h8.9

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Kiwengwa Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Kiwengwa Beach: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January29272862128.522
February3027285198.819
Marchwarmest sea302829119208.014
April292729256266.318
May282628186216.024
June2725272987.126
July2724261357.326
August2724261447.823
September2824262248.421
October28252764108.619
November292628101178.716
December30272892188.918

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER1 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202013 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.11 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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