Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigoma weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd 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 Kigoma: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 24.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasulu (62 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Kigoma, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks joint 30th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 38th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Kigoma is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 276 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
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, selected | 27.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 142 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kasulu in OctoberTanzania · 62 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Kalemie in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Gitega in OctoberBurundi · 165 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Bujumbura in OctoberBurundi · 169 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Kalima in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 170 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Uvira in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Mpanda in OctoberTanzania · 228 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 246 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 73 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.