Climate averages 1991–2020
Pemba weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Pemba: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montepuez (165 km away). In October its highs average 31.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Pemba, with 7.9 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Pemba ranks joint 10th of 22 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 22 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 22 cities is 29.8°C; Pemba is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 42 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
Pemba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 252 | 24.9 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 215 | 23.3 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 206 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 95 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 11.512 h |
| June | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 10 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 26.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 9.4 | 2.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 11 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 42 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 166 | 20.0 | 12.913 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
- Montepuez in OctoberMozambique · 165 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 7.9 mm rain
- Nacala in OctoberMozambique · 178 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Nampula in OctoberMozambique · 274 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 12 mm rain
- Mtwara in OctoberTanzania · 303 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.8°C · 19 mm rain
- Masasi in OctoberTanzania · 313 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 8.7 mm rain
- Moroni in OctoberComoros · 329 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Lindi in OctoberTanzania · 342 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 25 mm rain
- Angoche in OctoberMozambique · 368 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.6°C · 9.6 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 Pemba) is explained once on the Pemba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.