Climate averages 1991–2020
Moroni weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Moroni: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mamoudzou (246 km away). In October its highs average 26.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Moroni, with 20 mm of rain.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 69 mm.
The annual picture
October in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Moroni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 240 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 213 | 21.7 | 12.512 h |
| March | 29.8°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 199 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.6°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 124 | 22.6 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 63 | 17.1 | 11.612 h |
| June | 27.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 44 | 15.2 | 11.411 h |
| July | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 40 | 15.2 | 11.512 h |
| August | 27.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 27 | 10.3 | 11.712 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 7.4 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 29.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 33 | 9.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 29.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 69 | 13.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 30.0°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 166 | 21.0 | 12.813 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
October in nearby cities
- Mamoudzou in OctoberMayotte · 246 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 24.5°C · 20 mm rain
- Pemba in OctoberMozambique · 329 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Mtwara in OctoberTanzania · 371 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Nacala in OctoberMozambique · 423 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Lindi in OctoberTanzania · 430 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Montepuez in OctoberMozambique · 488 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Masasi in OctoberTanzania · 498 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Mahajanga in OctoberMadagascar · 556 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 17 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Moroni) is explained once on the Moroni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.