Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaambooni weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kaambooni: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kismayo (178 km away). In October its highs average 30.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kaambooni, with 39 mm of rain.
Among the 14 cities listed in Somalia, Kaambooni ranks joint 6th of 14 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 14 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 14 cities is 29.7°C; Kaambooni is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 55 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
Kaambooni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 14 | 1.4 | 12.212 h |
| February | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 2.4 | 0.6 | 12.212 h |
| March | 32.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 81 | 18.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.1°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 154 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 65 | 17.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 27.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 47 | 14.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 31 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 26 | 8.6 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 30.0°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 9.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 30.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 55 | 12.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 31.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 32 | 7.4 | 12.212 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
- Kismayo in OctoberSomalia · 178 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Malindi in OctoberKenya · 240 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 65 mm rain
- Garissa in OctoberKenya · 253 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Kilifi in OctoberKenya · 294 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.7°C · 73 mm rain
- Mtwapa in OctoberKenya · 327 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Jomvu in OctoberKenya · 341 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Mombasa in OctoberKenya · 343 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Matuga in OctoberKenya · 360 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 84 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 Kaambooni) is explained once on the Kaambooni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.