Climate averages 1991–2020
Arusha weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Arusha: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kondoa (198 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, 2.4°C warmer than Arusha, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Arusha ranks joint 35th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 19th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Arusha is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 103 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
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, selected | 26.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 7.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kondoa in OctoberTanzania · 198 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Kitengela in OctoberKenya · 212 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.2°C · 37 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in OctoberKenya · 219 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Mlolongo in OctoberKenya · 221 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 37 mm rain
- Ngong in OctoberKenya · 224 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 13.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Nairobi in OctoberKenya · 232 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Kikuyu in OctoberKenya · 236 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.7°C · 40 mm rain
- Mwala in OctoberKenya · 240 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 33 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.