Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafinga weather
in October.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mafinga: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 13.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (74 km away). In October its highs average 25.5°C, 1.3°C warmer than Mafinga, with 8.3 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mafinga ranks 41st of 43 for the warmest October highs and 7th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Mafinga is 4.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 106 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
Mafinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 319 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 271 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 288 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 21.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 109 | 16.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 20.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 20.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 24.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 106 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| December | 23.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 288 | 22.1 | 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
- Iringa in OctoberTanzania · 74 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 8.3 mm rain
- Makumbako in OctoberTanzania · 79 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Njombe in OctoberTanzania · 130 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Ifakara in OctoberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Katumba in OctoberTanzania · 211 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Dodoma in OctoberTanzania · 242 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Kilosa in OctoberTanzania · 248 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Songea in OctoberTanzania · 268 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.0°C · 22 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 Mafinga) is explained once on the Mafinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.