Climate averages 1991–2020
Arusha weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Arusha: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kondoa (198 km away). In November its highs average 28.4°C, 2.3°C warmer than Arusha, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Arusha ranks joint 29th of 43 for the warmest November highs and 24th of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Arusha is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 108 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Arusha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 82 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 73 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 143 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 145 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 22.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 50 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 6.6 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 21.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 22.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 7.3 | 12.212 h |
| November, selected | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 103 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 108 | 16.7 | 12.312 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
November in nearby cities
- Kondoa in NovemberTanzania · 198 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Kitengela in NovemberKenya · 212 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in NovemberKenya · 219 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.7°C · 75 mm rain
- Mlolongo in NovemberKenya · 221 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 114 mm rain
- Ngong in NovemberKenya · 224 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 14.0°C · 83 mm rain
- Nairobi in NovemberKenya · 232 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.8°C · 83 mm rain
- Kikuyu in NovemberKenya · 236 kmHigh 21.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 83 mm rain
- Mwala in NovemberKenya · 240 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 155 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 Arusha) is explained once on the Arusha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.