Climate averages 1991–2020
Sengerema weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 8th 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 Sengerema: daytime highs average 26.5°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a 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 Mwanza (32 km away). In October its highs average 25.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Sengerema, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sengerema ranks 33rd of 43 for the warmest October highs and 39th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Sengerema is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 197 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
Sengerema climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 112 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 85 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 122 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 128 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 44 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 7.7 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 66 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 144 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 197 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 167 | 23.0 | 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
- Mwanza in OctoberTanzania · 32 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Geita in OctoberTanzania · 52 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Katoro in OctoberTanzania · 88 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Ushirombo in OctoberTanzania · 119 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Kahama in OctoberTanzania · 130 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Bariadi in OctoberTanzania · 149 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Bunda in OctoberTanzania · 153 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 113 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 Sengerema) is explained once on the Sengerema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.