Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigoma weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Kigoma: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 276 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasulu (62 km away). In November its highs average 25.9°C, about as warm as Kigoma, with 231 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks joint 31st of 43 for the warmest November highs and 43rd of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Kigoma is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 276 mm to 298 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
Kigoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 255 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 203 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 26.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 264 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 24 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 142 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| November, selected | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 276 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 25.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 298 | 29.5 | 12.412 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
- Kasulu in NovemberTanzania · 62 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 231 mm rain
- Kalemie in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 111 mm rain
- Gitega in NovemberBurundi · 165 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Bujumbura in NovemberBurundi · 169 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Kalima in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 170 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 242 mm rain
- Uvira in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Mpanda in NovemberTanzania · 228 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 246 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 175 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 Kigoma) is explained once on the Kigoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.