Climate averages 1991–2020
Ushirombo weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd 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 Ushirombo: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 63 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet 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 Katoro (55 km away). In October its highs average 26.7°C, 2.9°C cooler than Ushirombo, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Ushirombo ranks 16th of 43 for the warmest October highs and joint 30th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Ushirombo is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 63 mm to 157 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
Ushirombo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 122 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 90 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 139 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 126 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 33 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 8.5 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 24 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 29.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 63 | 10.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 157 | 19.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 151 | 22.4 | 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
- Katoro in OctoberTanzania · 55 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.2°C · 146 mm rain
- Geita in OctoberTanzania · 75 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 152 mm rain
- Kahama in OctoberTanzania · 80 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Sengerema in OctoberTanzania · 119 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Mwanza in OctoberTanzania · 150 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.8°C · 211 mm rain
- Nzega in OctoberTanzania · 157 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 21 mm rain
- Shinyanga in OctoberTanzania · 163 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Tabora in OctoberTanzania · 195 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 Ushirombo) is explained once on the Ushirombo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.