Climate averages 1991–2020
Makumbako weather
in November.
A warm, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Makumbako: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (56 km away). In November its highs average 22.6°C, 2.7°C cooler than Makumbako, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Makumbako ranks 37th of 43 for the warmest November highs and 11th of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Makumbako is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 162 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
Makumbako climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 189 | 25.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 150 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 5.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 20.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.312 h |
| November, selected | 25.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 162 | 20.5 | 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
November in nearby cities
- Njombe in NovemberTanzania · 56 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.7°C · 54 mm rain
- Mafinga in NovemberTanzania · 79 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 14.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Katumba in NovemberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Iringa in NovemberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Vwawa in NovemberTanzania · 210 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Ifakara in NovemberTanzania · 219 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 36 mm rain
- Songea in NovemberTanzania · 223 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 71 mm rain
- Tunduma in NovemberTanzania · 232 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 110 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 Makumbako) is explained once on the Makumbako year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.