Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasama weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Kasama: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nakonde (197 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, 1.9°C cooler than Kasama, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Kasama ranks joint 18th of 24 for the warmest October highs and joint 17th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Kasama is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 123 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
Kasama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 286 | 28.9 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 229 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 216 | 26.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 85 | 14.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 25.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 8.1 | 1.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 24.5°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 24.4°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 26.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 30.6°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.8°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 123 | 15.1 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 267 | 26.2 | 12.713 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
- Nakonde in OctoberZambia · 197 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 20 mm rain
- Tunduma in OctoberTanzania · 201 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Vwawa in OctoberTanzania · 228 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in OctoberTanzania · 254 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Mansa in OctoberZambia · 273 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 19.8°C · 18 mm rain
- Nchelenge in OctoberZambia · 285 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 59 mm rain
- Katumba in OctoberTanzania · 288 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Mzuzu in OctoberMalawi · 340 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 16.2°C · 43 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 Kasama) is explained once on the Kasama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.