Climate averages 1991–2020
Handeni weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Handeni: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 81 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanga (126 km away). In October its highs average 29.3°C, 2.1°C warmer than Handeni, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Handeni ranks 29th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 32nd of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Handeni is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 81 mm to 107 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
Handeni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 119 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 110 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 160 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 189 | 26.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 25.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 123 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 29 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 26.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 27.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 107 | 19.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 141 | 20.7 | 12.412 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
- Tanga in OctoberTanzania · 126 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in OctoberTanzania · 149 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Zanzibar in OctoberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Morogoro in OctoberTanzania · 159 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Kibaha in OctoberTanzania · 179 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Kilosa in OctoberTanzania · 193 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in OctoberTanzania · 208 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Ukunda in OctoberKenya · 213 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 84 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 Handeni) is explained once on the Handeni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.