Climate averages 1991–2020
Dodoma weather
in November.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Dodoma: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes November a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kondoa (142 km away). In November its highs average 28.4°C, 2.8°C cooler than Dodoma, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dodoma ranks 3rd of 43 for the warmest November highs and 1st of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Dodoma is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 80 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
Dodoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 104 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 82 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 87 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 42 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.5 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November, selected | 31.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 24 | 3.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 9.7 | 12.512 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
- Kondoa in NovemberTanzania · 142 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Kilosa in NovemberTanzania · 156 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Iringa in NovemberTanzania · 177 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Singida in NovemberTanzania · 187 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Morogoro in NovemberTanzania · 224 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Ifakara in NovemberTanzania · 242 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Mafinga in NovemberTanzania · 242 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Handeni in NovemberTanzania · 265 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 107 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 Dodoma) is explained once on the Dodoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.