Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 23.9°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes November a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaka (111 km away). In November its highs average 24.1°C, about as warm as Bukoba, with 133 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks 42nd of 43 for the warmest November highs and 35th of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Bukoba is 3.9°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 140 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
Bukoba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 120 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 151 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 186 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 110 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November, selected | 23.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 169 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 140 | 24.1 | 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
November in nearby cities
- Masaka in NovemberUganda · 111 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Mbarara in NovemberUganda · 153 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Nyagatare in NovemberRwanda · 166 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.4°C · 121 mm rain
- Katabi in NovemberUganda · 174 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 199 mm rain
- Sengerema in NovemberTanzania · 175 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 197 mm rain
- Geita in NovemberTanzania · 178 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Mwanza in NovemberTanzania · 179 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Rutoma in NovemberUganda · 180 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 15.6°C · 158 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 Bukoba) is explained once on the Bukoba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.