Kigoma Region · Tanzania

Kasulu travel guide

Kasulu is a city in Kigoma Region, Tanzania, home to about 234,000 people.

Best months
May to August
Nearest airport
GID131 km · Gitega Airport
Currency
TZSTanzanian shilling
Time zone
Africa/Dar es Salaam
Language
English, Swahili

About

About Kasulu

Kasulu Town is the largest city in Kigoma Region, and the fourteenth most populous city in Tanzania with a population of 238,321 as of 2022.

Wikipedia contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.

When to go

The best time to visit Kasulu

The most comfortable months for a city stay in Kasulu are May to August. September is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; December is the wettest, with about 196 mm of rain.

0°15°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec196 mm
Average highAverage lowRain per monthComfortable months

Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Getting to Kasulu: airports and arrival

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Gitega Airport (GID), about 131 km from the city centre in a straight line.

medium airport

GID · Gitega Airport

130.7 km from the centreICAO HBBE

Questions

Kasulu: questions travellers ask

When is the best time to visit Kasulu?

The most comfortable months for a city stay in Kasulu are May to August. September is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; December is the wettest, with about 196 mm of rain.

Which airport is closest to Kasulu?

The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Gitega Airport (GID), about 131 km from the city centre in a straight line.

What currency is used in Kasulu?

Tanzanian shilling (TZS).

Nearby

Destinations near Kasulu

Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.