Climate averages 1991–2020
Kahama weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kahama: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (77 km away). In October its highs average 31.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kahama, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kahama ranks 11th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 23rd of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Kahama is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 117 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
Kahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 114 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 87 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 104 | 15.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.1 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 30.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 42 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 117 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 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
- Nzega in OctoberTanzania · 77 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Ushirombo in OctoberTanzania · 80 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 93 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Geita in OctoberTanzania · 114 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Katoro in OctoberTanzania · 119 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 130 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Tabora in OctoberTanzania · 134 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Mwanza in OctoberTanzania · 150 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 211 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 Kahama) is explained once on the Kahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.