Climate averages 1991–2020
Ukunda weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ukunda: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matuga (14 km away). In October its highs average 27.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Ukunda, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ukunda ranks 10th of 37 for the warmest October highs and joint 22nd of 37 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 37 cities is 26.1°C; Ukunda is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 74 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
Ukunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 24 | 4.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 32.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 16 | 3.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 54 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 134 | 24.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 220 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 93 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 74 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 61 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 52 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 84 | 16.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 74 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 59 | 14.0 | 12.412 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
- Matuga in OctoberKenya · 14 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Mombasa in OctoberKenya · 29 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Jomvu in OctoberKenya · 34 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Mtwapa in OctoberKenya · 44 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Kilifi in OctoberKenya · 80 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Tanga in OctoberTanzania · 101 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Malindi in OctoberKenya · 134 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Zanzibar in OctoberTanzania · 212 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 52 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 Ukunda) is explained once on the Ukunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Matuga lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.