Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbawanga weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Sumbawanga: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 15.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes November a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mpanda (190 km away). In November its highs average 29.2°C, 4.7°C warmer than Sumbawanga, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sumbawanga ranks 39th of 43 for the warmest November highs and 31st of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Sumbawanga is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 148 mm to 282 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
Sumbawanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 304 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 241 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 279 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 160 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 30 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 1.8 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 23.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.2 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November, selected | 24.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 15.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 22.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 282 | 26.4 | 12.613 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
- Mpanda in NovemberTanzania · 190 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 19.3°C · 101 mm rain
- Vwawa in NovemberTanzania · 193 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 102 mm rain
- Tunduma in NovemberTanzania · 195 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 15.4°C · 110 mm rain
- Nakonde in NovemberZambia · 197 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 16.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.5°C · 175 mm rain
- Kasama in NovemberZambia · 254 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 123 mm rain
- Katumba in NovemberTanzania · 261 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 179 mm rain
- Kalemie in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 349 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 111 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 Sumbawanga) is explained once on the Sumbawanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.