Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifakara weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ifakara: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (116 km away). In October its highs average 25.5°C, 6.4°C cooler than Ifakara, with 8.3 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Ifakara ranks joint 2nd of 43 for the warmest October highs and joint 11th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Ifakara is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 36 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
Ifakara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 129 | 17.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 119 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 52 | 10.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 36 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| December | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 87 | 14.8 | 12.613 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
- Iringa in OctoberTanzania · 116 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Kilosa in OctoberTanzania · 148 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Mafinga in OctoberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Morogoro in OctoberTanzania · 181 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Makumbako in OctoberTanzania · 219 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Dodoma in OctoberTanzania · 242 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Njombe in OctoberTanzania · 250 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Kibaha in OctoberTanzania · 289 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 63 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 Ifakara) is explained once on the Ifakara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.