Changelog

The freezing level and the wind at camp height on Kilimanjaro, updated through the day. Everything else we show for Moshi is read at about 850 m; this is for the guides and porters who sleep at 4,000 m and higher, where the town's weather says nothing useful. It is a forecast model, not a judgement about whether to go up.

Tap your ward when the power goes off and see whether neighbours in the same ward are reporting it too — so you can tell a fault in your own house from one across the area. Reports clear themselves after a few hours. TANESCO's toll-free 180 is on the page, because the board tells your neighbours, not the utility.

When your tap runs dry, the first question is usually whether it's just your tank or the whole ward. The new board lets neighbours answer that for each other: tap your ward if your water is off, and if several people report the same one, it shows as likely area-wide. Reports clear themselves after a while, so the board stays current. It's a neighbour signal, not MUWSA — the 24-hour toll-free fault line (0800 110074) is there for reporting a burst or an official fix. Covers all 21 wards.

We re-checked the Kilimanjaro park fees in the fair-climb calculator. No new TANAPA tariff has been announced for 2026/27, so the figures are unchanged and the tool is current through to the middle of 2027.

A new planning tool compares the seven Kilimanjaro routes by where you sleep each night — the day-by-day altitude that decides whether your body keeps up — alongside how many days each takes, the distance, the crowds, and where each one reaches the summit. More days on the mountain means a better chance of getting to the top and an easier climb on the crew, so it sits beside the fair-climb cost tool as the other half of planning an honest climb. It is built from published route itineraries, not medical advice: see a doctor or travel clinic before you go, and plan your days with a licensed guide.

Moshi is home to Tanzania's coffee auction, but how a smallholder's coffee actually reaches the market isn't always clear. A new page explains it plainly: the Thursday auction and how bidding works, the path through your AMCOS and curing to the auction or the direct-export window, the marketing season, and TCB registration. It sticks to the facts of the system and takes no side in any cooperative dispute.

Moshi's year turns on two rainy seasons and two dry ones, and the farm, the coffee crop and the climb all depend on them. A new tool shows where the rains stand — the last 30 days against the long-term average and the week ahead — with the season calendar (masika, vuli) and what each means for planting, coffee and the mountain. It uses live Open-Meteo data and points to TMA for the season ahead.

Today's air for the town centre in plain words, updated hourly from the Copernicus model — telling dry-season dust (coarse PM10) apart from cane and cooking smoke (fine PM2.5), with what each means for your day. Pinned to the top of the town page.

Moshi was requested by someone who cares about how Kilimanjaro's porters are treated, and its first tools follow that lead: a fair climb calculator that shows the park fees, crew wage floors and tip conventions under any quote, common questions on water, power, seasons and safety, and a who-to-call page for MUWSA, TANESCO, KCMC and the crew-welfare office.

Eight docs on the town behind the Kilimanjaro trekking economy: how porters actually get hired, the KPAP wage floors and where reality falls short, the coffee and sugar economies, water and power services, and where residents get news. The wage-transparency idea from the original request looks strong; a full booking marketplace does not.