Dar es Salaam
TanzaniaAw
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About
Dar es Salaam or Daresalaam is the largest city and financial hub of Tanzania and the capital of the Dar es Salaam Region. It is located on the Swahili coast. With a population of over 7 million people, Dar es Salaam is the largest city in East Africa by population and the fifth-largest in Africa. Dar es Salaam is an important economic centre and one of the fastest-growing cities in the world. Experts predict that the city's population will grow to over 10 million before 2030.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dar es Salaam, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Dar es Salaam
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Drizzle
30° / 23°
3.0 mm
UV High
Sat
Drizzle
29° / 23°
1.6 mm
UV High
Sun
Drizzle
30° / 23°
1.4 mm
UV High
Mon
Drizzle
30° / 24°
0.6 mm
UV High
Tue
Drizzle
30° / 23°
0.6 mm
UV High
Wed
Drizzle
30°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
32° / 22°
Typical high / low
5 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
11.8h
06:24 – 18:13local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Dar es Salaam
2 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Julius Nyerere International Airport (DAR) at 10 km.
Getting around Dar es Salaam
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Local transit operators
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY 4.0, SheLikesHeraldry.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.