Climate averages 1991–2020
Singida weather
in October.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Singida: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 5.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes October a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kondoa (116 km away). In October its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Singida, with 8.4 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Singida ranks 24th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Singida is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.5 mm to 49 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
Singida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 143 | 16.5 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 101 | 13.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 25.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 113 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 65 | 8.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 25.5°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 12 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.2°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.8°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 28.5°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 5.5 | 1.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 49 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 119 | 13.6 | 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
- Kondoa in OctoberTanzania · 116 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 15.2°C · 8.4 mm rain
- Nzega in OctoberTanzania · 185 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Dodoma in OctoberTanzania · 187 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 18.0°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 195 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Tabora in OctoberTanzania · 214 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Bariadi in OctoberTanzania · 240 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 18.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Kahama in OctoberTanzania · 262 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Arusha in OctoberTanzania · 269 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.2°C · 30 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 Singida) is explained once on the Singida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.