Climate averages 1991–2020
Dar es Salaam weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Dar es Salaam: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vikindu (21 km away). In November its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Dar es Salaam, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam ranks joint 8th of 43 for the warmest November highs and 19th of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Dar es Salaam is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 94 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
Dar es Salaam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 53 | 10.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 52 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 156 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 229 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 152 | 20.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 39 | 11.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 25 | 8.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 25 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 57 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| November, selected | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 92 | 17.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 18.0 | 12.513 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
- Vikindu in NovemberTanzania · 21 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Kibaha in NovemberTanzania · 39 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in NovemberTanzania · 59 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Zanzibar in NovemberTanzania · 74 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 84 mm rain
- Morogoro in NovemberTanzania · 178 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Tanga in NovemberTanzania · 196 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Handeni in NovemberTanzania · 208 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Kilosa in NovemberTanzania · 252 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 52 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 Dar es Salaam) is explained once on the Dar es Salaam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.