Climate averages 1991–2020
Nzega weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Nzega: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shinyanga (67 km away). In October its highs average 31.8°C, 0.7°C warmer than Nzega, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Nzega ranks 6th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Nzega is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 21 mm to 100 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
Nzega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 117 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 95 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 31.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 100 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 134 | 18.3 | 12.412 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
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 67 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Kahama in OctoberTanzania · 77 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Tabora in OctoberTanzania · 97 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Ushirombo in OctoberTanzania · 157 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Bariadi in OctoberTanzania · 181 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 182 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Geita in OctoberTanzania · 183 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Singida in OctoberTanzania · 185 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 16.0°C · 5.5 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 Nzega) is explained once on the Nzega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.