Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunda weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Bunda: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musoma (59 km away). In October its highs average 26.4°C, 1.8°C cooler than Bunda, with 126 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bunda ranks 27th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 35th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Bunda is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 172 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
Bunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 120 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 171 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 25 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 34 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 56 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 164 | 22.2 | 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
- Musoma in OctoberTanzania · 59 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 126 mm rain
- Bariadi in OctoberTanzania · 87 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Tarime in OctoberTanzania · 93 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Mwanza in OctoberTanzania · 121 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Migori in OctoberKenya · 126 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 153 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Kisii in OctoberKenya · 179 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 189 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 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 Bunda) is explained once on the Bunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.