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Zanzibar (Stone Town) in July

Warm and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

July in Zanzibar (Stone Town) is warm: highs near 84°F, lows near 73°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 48 minutes.July in Zanzibar (Stone Town) is warm: highs near 29°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 48 minutes.

High
84°F29°Caverage
Low
73°F23°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
11h 48mon average

Is July a good time to visit Zanzibar (Stone Town)?

Yes. July is one of Zanzibar (Stone Town)'s best months (June to September).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How July sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 84°F in July, against 84°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 29°C in July, against 29°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in July, against 37% to 92% through the year.

Cloud cover

42% cover in July, against 37% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

11h 48m in July, against 11h 46m to 12h 28m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with July shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. June85°29°low 74°low 23°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. July84°29°low 73°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. August85°29°low 73°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Zanzibar (Stone Town) sits, in July

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in July 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-July
6:35 AMsets 6:23 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dongwe38 km east

The land around Zanzibar (Stone Town), shaded by its typical high in July, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in July

high · low · wet days
See July on the planning mapThe whole year in Zanzibar (Stone Town)

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Zanzibar (Stone Town). Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.