Climate
Singida is classed as semi-arid with no extremes of temperature. It is dry most of the time with total annual rainfall of 660mm, falling in two periods of the year. It can be quite breezy and rain can be very heavy, though I only saw a light shower. At night and in the early morning it can be quite cool.

Natural vegetation is dry scrub and a number of impressive baobab trees.

Natural Surroundings
The terrain undulates, rather than being flat or hilly and there are many rocks, usually in large piles which add interest to the local views.

Two small (under 1km long) lakes adjoining the town. These are quite salty and the water is not used for human consumption but cattle and goats are watered there. Fishing is common but the fish caught are very small and most fish sold in the area is brought from Mwanza, to the North on Lake Victoria. Salt is produced by by putting sand from the shoreline and lake water in small specially-constructed pools on the rocks. The sand settles, the water evaporates and the salt is left encrusted round the edges.

Water Supply
The water table is typically only a few metres below the ground and many local people use water sources which are simply shallow dug pits sometimes only a metre or two deep. Many rural people use wells or boreholes, often with a handpump, though many of these are not working.

In the town, the council water department uses electric pumps in boreholes to supply the people. There are large water storage tanks built on two of the rock piles in the town and piped supply is gravity-fed from here.