Mbeya

Mbeya City

Undiscovered pearl

The former gold mining town of Mbeya is located at an altitude of 1700m and is surrounded by high mountains. Because of its location on a highland valley, Mbeya is also called the Scotland of Africa.

The Mbeya region has many interesting tourist attractions, high mountain peaks, exciting waterfalls, green lakes, a meteorite, and the Garden of God.

The thriving city of Mbeya sprawls in the shadow of Loleza Peak (2,656m). Tea, coffee, cocoa, and bananas are grown in this scenic, lush, and mountainous area.

The cool climate is perfect for walks, botanical excursions, and fantastic views over the hills.

Location

Mbeya is located at an altitude of 1700 meters and extends through a narrow highland valley surrounded by a bowl of high mountains. The hills are covered with heather and ferns, which are botanically closely related to the fynbos (fine shrub) of the Western Cape Province in South Africa.

Region Feature

Mbeya City has good transport links and is a growing metropolis and business center for the southern regions and neighboring counties Malawi Zambia and Congo.

Products

Mbeya has a climate with sufficient rainfall and fertile soil that makes it the largest producer of maize, rice, bananas, beans, potatoes, soy nuts, and wheat in the entire country.

There is also extensive livestock farming, mainly dairy cattle products from Mbeya are coffee (arabica, tea, cocoa, pyrethrum, and spices.

Culture

The city has several tribes including the Safwa, Nyakyusa, Nyiha, and Ndali who are all agricultural peoples. The language of instruction is informal Swahili and the English language is extensively taught in schools. In addition to a growing number of secondary schools. Mbeya has several higher and scientific education institutions.

Climate and Seasons

Mbeya has a subtropical climate with humid summers and dry winters.

October and November

These are the warmest months, with temperatures of around 27 degrees in the afternoon and a minimum of 13 degrees in the early morning The raiкт showers are increasing, The general temperature range is between minus 6 degrees in the mornings in the highlands and 29 degrees during the afternoons in the lowlands.

December to April

The heaviest rainfall occurs during this period Temperatures are between 23 and 14 degrees on average.

The weather from June to October is dry and cold, averaging 9 degrees at night and 21/25 degrees during the day.

May It no longer rains every day  and shorter Temperatures are around 22 degrees during the day and 12 degrees at night.