Climate averages 1991–2020
Zanzibar weather
in November.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Zanzibar: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes November a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagamoyo (45 km away). In November its highs average 30.2°C, 0.9°C warmer than Zanzibar, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Zanzibar ranks joint 13th of 43 for the warmest November highs and joint 15th of 43 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 43 cities is 27.8°C; Zanzibar is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 84 mm to 93 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
Zanzibar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 43 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 36 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 122 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 200 | 25.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 146 | 18.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 35 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 22 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 21 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 19 | 5.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 52 | 9.8 | 12.212 h |
| November, selected | 29.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 84 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 93 | 20.3 | 12.512 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
- Bagamoyo in NovemberTanzania · 45 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 89 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in NovemberTanzania · 74 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 92 mm rain
- Kibaha in NovemberTanzania · 74 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 104 mm rain
- Vikindu in NovemberTanzania · 94 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 23.9°C · 89 mm rain
- Tanga in NovemberTanzania · 122 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Handeni in NovemberTanzania · 154 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.0°C · 107 mm rain
- Morogoro in NovemberTanzania · 185 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Ukunda in NovemberKenya · 212 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 74 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 Zanzibar) is explained once on the Zanzibar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.