Climate averages 1991–2020
Dar es Salaam weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Dar es Salaam: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Vikindu (21 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Dar es Salaam, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam ranks joint 14th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 29th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Dar es Salaam is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 92 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
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, selected | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 57 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Vikindu in OctoberTanzania · 21 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Kibaha in OctoberTanzania · 39 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in OctoberTanzania · 59 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Zanzibar in OctoberTanzania · 74 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Morogoro in OctoberTanzania · 178 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Tanga in OctoberTanzania · 196 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Handeni in OctoberTanzania · 208 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Kilosa in OctoberTanzania · 252 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 Dar es Salaam) is explained once on the Dar es Salaam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.