Ruvuma Region · Tanzania
Songea travel guide
Songea is a city in Ruvuma Region, Tanzania, home to about 286,000 people.
- Best months
- May to September
- Currency
- TZSTanzanian shilling
- Time zone
- Africa/Dar es Salaam
- Language
- English, Swahili
About
About Songea
Songea is the capital of Ruvuma Region in southwestern Tanzania. It is located along the A19 road.
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Where to stay
Which part of Songea to stay in
There are guest houses all around the standi for Tsh 5000 to 10,000. Don Bosco – Tsh 5000 self-contained single (but the beds are double-bed size), big room with a television, the running water isn’t hot but the matron will bring you some if you ask, less than five-minutes’ walk from the bus standi.
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When to go
The best time to visit Songea
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Songea are May to September. November is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; January is the wettest, with about 266 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 Songea
Getting in
Dar es Salaam – Sumry Tsh 32,000. You get a soda and a snack, plus there’s the Al Jazeera stop.
Getting around
Taxi no more than Tsh 3,000 from anywhere to anywhere else in Songea town—it isn't that big a place.
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Questions
Songea: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Songea?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Songea are May to September. November is the warmest month, with average highs of 30 °C; January is the wettest, with about 266 mm of rain.
What currency is used in Songea?
Tanzanian shilling (TZS).
Nearby
Destinations near Songea
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; 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.