About Musoma
Musoma is a city in Mara, Tanzania with a population of 164,172. It is the 25th largest of the 223 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Tanzania, and the 3,469th largest worldwide. It lies 562 km from Dodoma.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 12
Coordinates
-1.500, 33.800
Record updated
14 April 2026
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 223 in TanzaniaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.