Mtwara Region · Tanzania
Mtwara travel guide
Mtwara is a city in Mtwara Region, Tanzania, home to about 141,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- MYW7 km · Mtwara Airport
- Currency
- TZSTanzanian shilling
- Time zone
- Africa/Dar es Salaam
- Language
- English, Swahili
When to go
The best time to visit Mtwara
Mtwara has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. November is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; March is the wettest, with about 217 mm of rain.
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 Mtwara: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mtwara Airport (MYW), about 7.0 km from the city centre in a straight line.
MYW · Mtwara Airport
Questions
Mtwara: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Mtwara?
Mtwara has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. November is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; March is the wettest, with about 217 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Mtwara?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mtwara Airport (MYW), about 7.0 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Mtwara?
Tanzanian shilling (TZS).
Nearby
Destinations near Mtwara
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.