Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagamoyo weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th 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 Bagamoyo: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 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 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kibaha (36 km away). In October its highs average 30.5°C, about as warm as Bagamoyo, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bagamoyo ranks joint 9th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 27th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Bagamoyo is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 89 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
Bagamoyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 49 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 43 | 8.9 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 21.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 195 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 130 | 16.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 26 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 16 | 4.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 20 | 5.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 19 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 89 | 18.2 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 95 | 20.6 | 12.512 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
- Kibaha in OctoberTanzania · 36 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Zanzibar in OctoberTanzania · 45 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in OctoberTanzania · 59 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Vikindu in OctoberTanzania · 76 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Morogoro in OctoberTanzania · 144 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Handeni in OctoberTanzania · 149 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Tanga in OctoberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Kilosa in OctoberTanzania · 217 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 35 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 Bagamoyo) is explained once on the Bagamoyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.