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Satellite view of Oyster Bay; 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.

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Oyster Bay

TanzaniaDar es Salaam Region · Tanzania · Indian Ocean

-6.7667, 39.3000 · Magomeni, 7 km

  • 29°Sea · March
  • 30°High · February
  • 8.7 hSunshine · October
The dot marks Oyster Bay. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Oyster Bay in October

  • 29°CAir, daytime high24°C at night
  • 27°CSea temperature
  • 8.7 hSunshine a day
  • 10 daysRainy days in the month68 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

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

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 26.7 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.1 °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 sunshineSeptember and October9 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August12 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan28°8 h90 mm
  2. Feb29°8 h80 mm
  3. Mar29°7 h155 mm
  4. Apr29°6 h258 mm
  5. May28°6 h151 mm
  6. Jun27°7 h24 mm
  7. Jul26°8 h12 mm
  8. Aug25°8 h14 mm
  9. Sep26°9 h24 mm
  10. Oct27°9 h68 mm
  11. Nov28°8 h128 mm
  12. Dec28°8 h127 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: 29°Mar: 29°Apr: 29°May: 28°Jun: 27°Jul: 26°Aug: 25°Sep: 26°Oct: 27°Nov: 28°Dec: 28°25°29°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
22°25°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Feb: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Mar: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)Apr: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 26°)May: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Jun: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Jul: 25 °C (High 27° / Low 23°)Aug: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Sep: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Oct: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Nov: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Dec: 28 °C (High 30° / Low 26°)28°25°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 90 mmFeb: 80 mmMar: 155 mmApr: 258 mm258May: 151 mmJun: 24 mmJul: 12 mm12Aug: 14 mmSep: 24 mmOct: 68 mmNov: 128 mmDec: 127 mm

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 7.8 hFeb: 8.1 hMar: 7.4 hApr: 6.1 h6.1May: 6.2 hJun: 7.3 hJul: 7.6 hAug: 8.0 hSep: 8.6 hOct: 8.7 h8.7Nov: 8.5 hDec: 8.4 h

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

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

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

Every month at Oyster Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January30262890157.818
February30262980128.116
Marchwarmest sea302629155227.413
April292629258266.117
May282528151186.221
June2823272467.322
July2723261247.623
August2823251448.022
September2823262458.621
October29242768108.719
November302528128188.515
December302628127208.416

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Oyster Bay: Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - panoramio
Photo: Xiaotong Gao · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Oyster Bay: Oyster Bay, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - panoramio (1)
Photo: Xiaotong Gao · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

Plan your trip

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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 POWER27 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202015 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.127 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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