Climate averages 1991–2020
Iringa weather
in October.
A warm, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Iringa: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 8.3 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mafinga (74 km away). In October its highs average 24.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Iringa, with 15 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Iringa ranks 38th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 3rd of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Iringa is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.3 mm to 46 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
Iringa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 163 | 23.7 | 12.513 h |
| February | 23.4°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 127 | 20.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.1°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 130 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 22.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 57 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 22.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 7.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 21.4°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 22.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 24.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 1.2 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 25.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.3 | 1.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 46 | 7.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 24.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 131 | 19.2 | 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
- Mafinga in OctoberTanzania · 74 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Ifakara in OctoberTanzania · 116 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Makumbako in OctoberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Kilosa in OctoberTanzania · 176 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Dodoma in OctoberTanzania · 177 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Njombe in OctoberTanzania · 203 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Morogoro in OctoberTanzania · 241 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Katumba in OctoberTanzania · 281 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 48 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 Iringa) is explained once on the Iringa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.