Climate averages 1991–2020
Katoro weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Katoro: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th 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 Geita (36 km away). In October its highs average 27.1°C, about as warm as Katoro, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katoro ranks 32nd of 43 for the warmest October highs and 40th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Katoro is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 232 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
Katoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 98 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 176 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 146 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 232 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 201 | 25.1 | 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
- Geita in OctoberTanzania · 36 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Ushirombo in OctoberTanzania · 55 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 88 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Kahama in OctoberTanzania · 119 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Mwanza in OctoberTanzania · 120 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 181 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Bukoba in OctoberTanzania · 186 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 160 mm rain
- Nzega in OctoberTanzania · 194 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 Katoro) is explained once on the Katoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.