Climate averages 1991–2020
Shinyanga 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 Shinyanga: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 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 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (67 km away). In October its highs average 31.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Shinyanga, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Shinyanga ranks joint 2nd of 43 for the warmest October highs and joint 15th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Shinyanga is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 80 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
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, selected | 31.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 24 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 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
October in nearby cities
- Nzega in OctoberTanzania · 67 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Kahama in OctoberTanzania · 93 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Bariadi in OctoberTanzania · 115 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Mwanza in OctoberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 140 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Geita in OctoberTanzania · 159 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Ushirombo in OctoberTanzania · 163 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Tabora in OctoberTanzania · 164 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 18 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.