Climate averages 1991–2020
Katumba weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Katumba: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes November a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vwawa (76 km away). In November its highs average 27.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Katumba, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katumba ranks joint 29th of 43 for the warmest November highs and 37th of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Katumba is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 179 mm to 400 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Katumba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 456 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 370 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 24.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 362 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 44 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 9.3 | 3.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.5 | 3.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 22.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 7.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 25.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 48 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| November, selected | 26.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 400 | 27.0 | 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
November in nearby cities
- Vwawa in NovemberTanzania · 76 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Tunduma in NovemberTanzania · 94 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Nakonde in NovemberZambia · 96 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Njombe in NovemberTanzania · 127 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Makumbako in NovemberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Mafinga in NovemberTanzania · 211 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Mzuzu in NovemberMalawi · 252 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.2°C · 104 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in NovemberTanzania · 261 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 15.9°C · 148 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 Katumba) is explained once on the Katumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.