Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanga weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Tanga: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 9th 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 Ukunda (101 km away). In October its highs average 28.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Tanga, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tanga ranks 18th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 33rd of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Tanga is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 87 mm to 84 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
Tanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 31 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 148 | 23.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 165 | 18.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 44 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 35 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 40 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 29.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 87 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 84 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 68 | 16.5 | 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
- Ukunda in OctoberKenya · 101 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Matuga in OctoberKenya · 113 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Zanzibar in OctoberTanzania · 122 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Handeni in OctoberTanzania · 126 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Mombasa in OctoberKenya · 129 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 23.2°C · 75 mm rain
- Jomvu in OctoberKenya · 133 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Mtwapa in OctoberKenya · 145 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.3°C · 75 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in OctoberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 55 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 Tanga) is explained once on the Tanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.