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Climate

Tanzania has a tropical equatorial climate, which tends to make the country hot throughout the year, with more humidity on the coast and drier regions in the central plateau. In the north of the country, there are two separate wet seasons, the longest being from March to May, and the shorter from November to December. The rest of the country experiences only one wet season, from November to May. Heavy rains can mean that road access becomes more limited, and most travel to Tanzania takes place in January and February, when the weather is hot and dry. January to March is the best time to visit the magnificent Serengeti, when most grazers give birth and there are lots of lion on the prowl, and visitors can also witness the incredible spectacle of the annual wildebeest migration to and from Kenya that occurs at the beginning of the dry season and again with the first rains - usually at the beginning of June and then again in mid-November. The capital of Tanzania, Dar-es-Salaam, has a temperature range year round of between 66ºF (19ºC) and 88ºF (31ºC). The spice island of Zanzibar has a warm climate all year round, modified by cool sea breezes, though travel to Zanzibar is best avoided in the rainy reason, from April to May.

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