Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpanda weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mpanda: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baudhuinville (169 km away). In October its highs average 28.3°C, 3.5°C cooler than Mpanda, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mpanda ranks joint 2nd of 43 for the warmest October highs and joint 17th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Mpanda is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 101 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
Mpanda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 176 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 147 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 116 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 30.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 31.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 101 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 165 | 23.7 | 12.512 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
- Baudhuinville in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in OctoberTanzania · 190 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Kalemie in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Kasulu in OctoberTanzania · 224 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Kigoma in OctoberTanzania · 228 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Tabora in OctoberTanzania · 244 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Kahama in OctoberTanzania · 327 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Kalima in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 330 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 160 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 Mpanda) is explained once on the Mpanda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.