Climate averages 1991–2020
Kondoa weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kondoa: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 15.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.4 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th 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 Singida (116 km away). In October its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Kondoa, with 5.5 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kondoa ranks joint 21st of 43 for the warmest October highs and 4th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Kondoa is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.4 mm to 41 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
Kondoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 101 | 13.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 81 | 11.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 108 | 13.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.6°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 79 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 27 | 5.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.0°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.9°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 25.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 41 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.4°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 81 | 11.3 | 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
- Singida in OctoberTanzania · 116 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Dodoma in OctoberTanzania · 142 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Arusha in OctoberTanzania · 198 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Kilosa in OctoberTanzania · 253 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Handeni in OctoberTanzania · 254 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 296 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Morogoro in OctoberTanzania · 298 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Nzega in OctoberTanzania · 298 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 21 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 Kondoa) is explained once on the Kondoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.