- Record watch2.1°C from a recordThe November record here is 35.1°C, set on Sunday, 4 November 2012.The whole record book →
- RankHotter than 97% of themOf the 8,970 stations reporting to us right now, only 201 are hotter.Today’s full leaderboard →
- The opposite of here82.5°C colderAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station, Antarctica is at −49.5°C at this same moment.Go to Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station →
Other conditions at this reading
- Dew point
- 22.0°C
- Humidity
- 53%
- derived from the temperature and dew point
- Wind
- NNE 30°, 11 km/h
- Pressure
- 1012.9 hPa
- altimeter setting, QNH
- Visibility
- 9.7 km or more
Where Dar Es Salaam Arpt stands
Its highest placing today was 147th of 5,130, reached at 06:00 UTC.
- Best global heat placing in 44 days recorded: 69th of 9,581.
- Reached the world's hottest 100 on 7 of those 44 days.
- Was the hottest reporting station in Tanzania on 43 of those 44 days.
Ranking as of 09:45 UTC.
The last 24 hours
Local timeThe record book, month by month
Highest and lowest ever recorded here · with the day it happenedJan
35.8°
Tue 13 Jan 2004
14.7°
Thu 6 Jan 2005
Feb
38.0°
Wed 11 Feb 1981
15.6°
Thu 27 Feb 2014
Mar
39.2°
Wed 15 Mar 1978
16.1°
Mon 21 Mar 1988
Apr
35.7°
Sat 4 Apr 1987
18.0°
Sun 30 Apr 1978
May
35.6°
Record high
34.5°C
Mon 7 Nov 2016
Record low
17.0°C
Sat 7 Nov 1981
Average high
31.6°C
all years on record
- 1
Today is already hotter than 87% of all days recorded here since 1957.
From our dataToday's high against every day recorded at this station since 1957. - 2
Between its coldest night and its hottest day, this place has swung 29.1°C.
From our dataRecord high 39.2°C against record low 10.1°C. - 3
At 06:30 it was 24.0°C. By 12:30 it was 33.0°C. The night never stood a chance.
From our dataToday so far at this station, in local time.
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1.5°C short of the record for 7 November
Today’s high 33.0°C against 34.5°C in 2016. A reading that beats it is flagged here automatically, once a second cycle confirms it.
All-time record high
39.2°C
- Date
- Wednesday, 15 March 1978
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Dar Es Salaam Arpt, Tanzania
- Position
- 6.88°S 39.20°E · 53 m
The highest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2025.
All-time record low
10.1°C
- Date
- Monday, 11 August 1997
- Time of day
- Not recorded. The daily archive stores the day, not the hour.
- Location
- Dar Es Salaam Arpt, Tanzania
- Position
- 6.88°S 39.20°E · 53 m
The lowest in available records since 1957. Source: GHCN-Daily, 1957 to 2025.
By year, from our own record
2026
Highest 35.0°C, lowest 20.0°C, mean 27.1°C. 47 days recorded from 1,993 readings.
By month, from our own record
For the long record, see Dar Es Salaam Arpt’s average and record temperature for every month.
| Month | High | Low | Mean | Days | Readings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2026 | 34.0°C | 23.0°C | 28.3°C | 7 | 293 |
| October 2026 | 35.0°C | 20.0°C | 27.1°C | 31 | 1,355 |
| September 2026 | 33.0°C | 21.0°C | 26.2°C | 8 of 9 | 345 |
Means are of the readings we stored, weighted by how often this station reported, so they are not daily averages and not climate normals. Some days were recorded before we began counting observations and contribute their high and low but not the mean.
Highest and lowest we have recorded here
Highest
35.0°C
Sat 24 Oct 2026 at 15:00 local
Lowest
20.0°C
Sat 3 Oct 2026 at 06:00 local
These are not official records. They are the highest and lowest readings this site has stored for Dar Es Salaam Arpt since September 2026, across 47 days we hold a reading for. Official climatological records are adjudicated by national meteorological services and by the WMO.
Dar Es Salaam Arpt (HTDA) is a METAR weather station in Tanzania, 53 m above sea level, about 10 km from Dar es Salaam.
We have kept a daily record here since 22 September 2026, every one of the 47 days this site has existed. We have stored 1,993 observations across the 46 of those days for which we also recorded a count.
Recent temperature history
The same record at three widths, picking up where the last 24 hours above leaves off. Each period is summarised from the grain that suits it, so nothing here is one reading repeated thousands of times into the page.
Recent readings
Each reading as it arrived, newest first, with what our quality checks did with it. A reading we did not count is shown struck through with the reason.
| Time | Temp | Change | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| high | 33.0°C | +1.0°C | Counted |
| 32.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 32.0°C | 0.0°C | Counted | |
| 32.0°C | +1.0°C |
In summary
Over the last week we have readings for 7 days here, running from 23.0°C to 34.0°C, a spread of 11.0°C.
It reports about every 30 minutes, and sent 47 readings in the last 24 hours.
Its best placing today was 147th hottest of the 5,130 stations reporting.
What stands out here
- Its best placing so far is 69th hottest of the 9,581 stations reporting worldwide. It has reached the world's hottest 100 on 7 days.
- It has passed 30°C on every one of the 7 days we have recorded here.
Recent highlights
Reached 35.0°C, the highest we have recorded here, beating 33.0°C on Wed 21 Oct 2026.
Entered the hundred hottest reporting stations on Earth, reaching 69th of 5,316.
Its high of 34.0°C was the highest of the 30 stations we hold in Tanzania.
Recent days
A reading on every one of the last 30 days. Typically 46 readings a day.
| Day | High | At | Low | At |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-07 | 33.0°C | 09:30 UTC | 24.0°C | 03:30 UTC |
| 2026-11-06 | 33.0°C | 09:30 UTC | 25.0°C | 22:30 UTC |
| 2026-11-05 | 34.0°C | 10:01 UTC | 24.0°C | 03:00 UTC |
| 2026-11-04 | 34.0°C | 11:00 UTC |
Nearby, and the opposite
- Nearest stationZanzibar/Karume Intl31.0°C72.9 km away, today's high
- Warmest nearbyMorogoro Arpt27.0°C171.5 km away
- The opposite of hereAmundsen-Scott South Pole Station−49.5°CAntarctica
| Station | Away | Height | High | Low | vs here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
What we have stored, day by day
We have readings for every one of the 47 days since we started storing this station on 22 September 2026.
Tracking history
It has reported on every day since Tue 22 Sep 2026.
- First reading stored26.0°C on our first day here
- 100 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- First day as the hottest we hold in its country30.0°C
- 1,000 readings storedfired late: 1 earlier day(s) carry no reading count
- 30 days reporting without a gap
- First time in the hundred hottest reporting stations76 of 7,399
Where this station is
This station lies about 800 km south of the equator. It lies within the tropics.
Where Dar Es Salaam Arpt is
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6.88°S 39.20°E
Dar Es Salaam Arpt
Ground · satellite
Land surface temperature for 2026-11-06, from NASA GIBS. This is the temperature of the ground seen from orbit, not the air, and it is never ranked against air readings. Cloud hides the ground, so gaps are unread rather than guessed.
View more on Google Maps6.8810°S, 39.2010°E
Dar Es Salaam Arpt, answered from the data
How hot does it get in Dar Es Salaam Arpt?
The warmest month on record here is March, when the highest reading has reached 39.2°C (102.6°F) on Wednesday, 15 March 1978.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, highest reading recorded in each month
How cold does it get in Dar Es Salaam Arpt?
The coldest month on record here is August, when the lowest reading has fallen to 10.1°C (50.2°F) on Monday, 11 August 1997.
NOAA GHCN-Daily, lowest reading recorded in each month
What is the highest temperature ever recorded in Dar Es Salaam Arpt?
39.2°C (102.6°F) on Wednesday, 15 March 1978. That is the highest in the daily record we hold for this station, which runs since 1957. It is not an officially certified record unless a meteorological authority has recognised it.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the lowest temperature ever recorded in Dar Es Salaam Arpt?
10.1°C (50.2°F) on Monday, 11 August 1997. That is the lowest in the daily record we hold, which runs since 1957.
NOAA GHCN-Daily
What is the temperature in Dar Es Salaam Arpt right now?
33.0°C (91.4°F), measured at 12:30 local on Saturday 7 November.
Live reading from the station, after our quality checks
Data sources for this page
Readings here arrive through NOAA METAR. METAR is the routine aerodrome weather report, issued for aviation, typically every 30 or 60 minutes and more often when conditions change. It updates far more frequently than a synoptic report, which is why these pages have a usable chart.
| Figure | Source | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Latest reading, today so far | NOAA Aviation Weather Center (METAR) and NOAA NWS WMO bulletins (SYNOP) | Measured, station |
| All-time, monthly and on-this-day records | NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network daily (GHCN-Daily), 1957 to 2025 at this site and its predecessors, and our own observations, 47 days | Measured, station |
| Nearby stations and distances | Computed from station positions in our own database | Calculated |
How these readings are checked
Every reading on this page has passed the checks below. A reading that fails any of them is stored as refused and can never be ranked, shown as a record, or counted in a daily high or low.
No reading from this station has been refused in the last 14 days.
- 01
Has a real position
A reading with no usable latitude and longitude is discarded. It cannot be ranked, mapped, or compared with its neighbours, and a temperature with no place is not an answer to which place is hottest.
- 02
Position is not a placeholder
Some feeds fill an unknown position with a stand-in value such as 99.99 degrees or an elevation of 9999 m. Those are not coordinates. They are caught separately from a missing position because a station placed at a fake point has no neighbours, so the neighbour check below can never see anything wrong with it.
- 03
The bulletin itself is current
SYNOP arrives as files that are only re-read when they change. A file that has stopped being updated is set aside whole, before any reading inside it is considered.
- 04
The reading is recent enough for its network
Different networks get different windows, because they report at different rates: 2 hours for METAR, which transmits continuously, and 9 hours for SYNOP, which reports at 00, 06, 12 and 18 UTC. A single rule would have discarded the entire synoptic network, including every station in Antarctica.
- 05
Inside the range of measured temperature