Climate averages 1991–2020
Shinyanga weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Shinyanga: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (67 km away). In November its highs average 28.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Shinyanga, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Shinyanga ranks 11th of 43 for the warmest November highs and 14th of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Shinyanga is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 113 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
Shinyanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 102 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 74 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 91 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 24 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| November, selected | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 80 | 10.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 113 | 16.4 | 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
- Nzega in NovemberTanzania · 67 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Kahama in NovemberTanzania · 93 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 117 mm rain
- Bariadi in NovemberTanzania · 115 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 128 mm rain
- Mwanza in NovemberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Sengerema in NovemberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 197 mm rain
- Geita in NovemberTanzania · 159 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.5°C · 215 mm rain
- Ushirombo in NovemberTanzania · 163 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.8°C · 157 mm rain
- Tabora in NovemberTanzania · 164 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 19.7°C · 94 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 Shinyanga) is explained once on the Shinyanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.