Serengeti National Park weather

What it is doing right now, what the next two weeks look like, and what each month of the year means for the game viewing.

Right now in the park

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The next two weeks

Straight from the forecast, updated when you open this page. Useful if you are packing. Not useful for choosing a month, which is what the year below is for.

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The year at a glance

Bars are rainfall, the line is the daytime high. Thirty-year averages. The green band marks the months this park is at its driest, which is when most people want to be here.

Rainfall in millimetres along the bottom. Highest month 144 mm, daytime highs from 16.6 to 31.2 degrees.

Every month, and what it means for the wildlife

The temperature tells you what to pack. The rainfall column decides what you will see.

Month	Day	Night	Rain	Wet days
January	28.0°C	17.0°C	87 mm	15
February	28.8°C	17.5°C	90 mm	14
March	29.0°C	17.7°C	128 mm	16
April	27.4°C	17.4°C	144 mm	18
May	28.0°C	17.5°C	42 mm	7
June prime	28.2°C	17.0°C	9 mm	2
July prime	28.5°C	16.6°C	2 mm	1
August prime	29.3°C	17.1°C	8 mm	2
September prime	30.7°C	18.0°C	13 mm	4
October	31.2°C	18.7°C	37 mm	7
November	29.1°C	18.0°C	99 mm	15
December	26.7°C	17.2°C	144 mm	20

Climate figures are Open-Meteo climate normals, 1991 to 2020, taken at -2.37, 34.565. The wildlife column is ours, from the sources on the best time to visit page. Averages hide bad years: a dry January still happens, and so does a wet July.