Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwanza weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Mwanza: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sengerema (32 km away). In October its highs average 26.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Mwanza, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mwanza ranks 39th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 43rd of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Mwanza is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 24.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 266 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
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, selected | 25.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 211 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 32 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Geita in OctoberTanzania · 84 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Katoro in OctoberTanzania · 120 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Bunda in OctoberTanzania · 121 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 113 mm rain
- Bariadi in OctoberTanzania · 124 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Kahama in OctoberTanzania · 150 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Ushirombo in OctoberTanzania · 150 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 63 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.