Climate averages 1991–2020
Songea weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd 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 Songea: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 22 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (177 km away). In October its highs average 22.3°C, 6.6°C cooler than Songea, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Songea ranks 20th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Songea is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 22 mm to 71 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
Songea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 315 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 273 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 29 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 22.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| August | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 28.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 22 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 71 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 224 | 21.4 | 12.713 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
- Njombe in OctoberTanzania · 177 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Mzuzu in OctoberMalawi · 198 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Makumbako in OctoberTanzania · 223 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Mafinga in OctoberTanzania · 268 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.5°C · 15 mm rain
- Katumba in OctoberTanzania · 275 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Lichinga in OctoberMozambique · 296 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 21 mm rain
- Ifakara in OctoberTanzania · 305 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Iringa in OctoberTanzania · 324 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 14.2°C · 8.3 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 Songea) is explained once on the Songea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.