Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilosa weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kilosa: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Morogoro (75 km away). In October its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Kilosa, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kilosa ranks joint 12th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 21st of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Kilosa is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 52 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
Kilosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 145 | 15.2 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 144 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 116 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 52 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.4 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 30.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 52 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 13.4 | 12.513 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
- Morogoro in OctoberTanzania · 75 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Ifakara in OctoberTanzania · 148 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Dodoma in OctoberTanzania · 156 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Iringa in OctoberTanzania · 176 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Handeni in OctoberTanzania · 193 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Kibaha in OctoberTanzania · 214 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in OctoberTanzania · 217 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Mafinga in OctoberTanzania · 248 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 15 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 Kilosa) is explained once on the Kilosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.