Climate averages 1991–2020
Musoma weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Musoma: daytime highs average 26.4°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 126 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bunda (59 km away). In October its highs average 28.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Musoma, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Musoma ranks 34th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 36th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Musoma is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 126 mm to 150 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
Musoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 12.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 140 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 178 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 115 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 42 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 25 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 67 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 26.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 126 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 150 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 140 | 20.3 | 12.212 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
- Bunda in OctoberTanzania · 59 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Tarime in OctoberTanzania · 65 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.9°C · 93 mm rain
- Migori in OctoberKenya · 89 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Kisii in OctoberKenya · 141 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 149 mm rain
- Bariadi in OctoberTanzania · 146 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Mwanza in OctoberTanzania · 151 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 182 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Kisumu in OctoberKenya · 189 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.4°C · 194 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 Musoma) is explained once on the Musoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.