Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakonde weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Nakonde: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (5 km away). In October its highs average 27.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Nakonde, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nakonde ranks 23rd of 24 for the warmest October highs and 20th of 24 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 24 cities is 31.2°C; Nakonde is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 110 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
Nakonde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 277 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 221 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 248 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| April | 23.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 120 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October, selected | 28.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 4.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 110 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 249 | 25.2 | 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
- Tunduma in OctoberTanzania · 5 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 20 mm rain
- Vwawa in OctoberTanzania · 33 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 16.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Katumba in OctoberTanzania · 96 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.9°C · 48 mm rain
- Kasama in OctoberZambia · 197 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 18 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in OctoberTanzania · 197 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.9°C · 39 mm rain
- Njombe in OctoberTanzania · 222 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.2°C · 18 mm rain
- Makumbako in OctoberTanzania · 236 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Mzuzu in OctoberMalawi · 274 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 Nakonde) is explained once on the Nakonde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.