Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwanza weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Mwanza: daytime highs average 24.4°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 266 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes November a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sengerema (32 km away). In November its highs average 25.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Mwanza, with 197 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mwanza ranks joint 40th of 43 for the warmest November highs and 42nd of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Mwanza is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs stay level at 24.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 266 mm to 224 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
Mwanza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 159 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 116 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 181 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 195 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 88 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 25.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 25.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 53 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 104 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 211 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| November, selected | 24.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 266 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 224 | 25.7 | 12.312 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
- Sengerema in NovemberTanzania · 32 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 197 mm rain
- Geita in NovemberTanzania · 84 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Katoro in NovemberTanzania · 120 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.6°C · 232 mm rain
- Bunda in NovemberTanzania · 121 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 172 mm rain
- Bariadi in NovemberTanzania · 124 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Shinyanga in NovemberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Kahama in NovemberTanzania · 150 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Ushirombo in NovemberTanzania · 150 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 157 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 Mwanza) is explained once on the Mwanza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.