Climate averages 1991–2020
Katumba weather
in October.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Katumba: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vwawa (76 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, 2.4°C warmer than Katumba, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katumba ranks joint 35th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 24th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Katumba is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 179 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
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, selected | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 48 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Vwawa in OctoberTanzania · 76 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Tunduma in OctoberTanzania · 94 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Nakonde in OctoberZambia · 96 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Njombe in OctoberTanzania · 127 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Makumbako in OctoberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Mafinga in OctoberTanzania · 211 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Mzuzu in OctoberMalawi · 252 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in OctoberTanzania · 261 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 39 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.