Climate averages 1991–2020
Geita weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Geita: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katoro (36 km away). In October its highs average 26.7°C, about as warm as Geita, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Geita ranks joint 30th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 41st of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Geita is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 152 mm to 215 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
Geita climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 135 | 22.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 100 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 149 | 20.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 163 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 60 | 9.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 8.5 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 41 | 6.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 81 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 152 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 215 | 26.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.6°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 191 | 25.0 | 12.312 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
- Katoro in OctoberTanzania · 36 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 52 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Ushirombo in OctoberTanzania · 75 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Mwanza in OctoberTanzania · 84 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Kahama in OctoberTanzania · 114 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 159 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Bukoba in OctoberTanzania · 178 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 160 mm rain
- Nzega in OctoberTanzania · 183 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 21 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 Geita) is explained once on the Geita year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.