Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaka (111 km away). In October its highs average 24.6°C, about as warm as Bukoba, with 125 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks 42nd of 43 for the warmest October highs and 42nd of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Bukoba is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 160 mm to 169 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
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, selected | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Masaka in OctoberUganda · 111 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 125 mm rain
- Mbarara in OctoberUganda · 153 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 15.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Nyagatare in OctoberRwanda · 166 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.8°C · 108 mm rain
- Katabi in OctoberUganda · 174 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 144 mm rain
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 175 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Geita in OctoberTanzania · 178 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Mwanza in OctoberTanzania · 179 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Rutoma in OctoberUganda · 180 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 163 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.