Climate averages 1991–2020
Vikindu weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Vikindu: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dar es Salaam (21 km away). In October its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Vikindu, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Vikindu ranks 17th of 43 for the warmest October highs and 26th of 43 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 43 cities is 28.4°C; Vikindu is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 89 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
Vikindu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 54 | 10.1 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 60 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.2°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 158 | 22.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 200 | 25.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 130 | 19.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 32 | 9.5 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 20 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 21 | 7.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 20 | 6.3 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 29.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 54 | 11.3 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 89 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 91 | 17.6 | 12.513 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
- Dar es Salaam in OctoberTanzania · 21 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.3°C · 57 mm rain
- Kibaha in OctoberTanzania · 50 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 63 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in OctoberTanzania · 76 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 55 mm rain
- Zanzibar in OctoberTanzania · 94 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Morogoro in OctoberTanzania · 182 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Tanga in OctoberTanzania · 217 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 87 mm rain
- Handeni in OctoberTanzania · 225 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.9°C · 81 mm rain
- Kilosa in OctoberTanzania · 256 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 35 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 Vikindu) is explained once on the Vikindu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.