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Arusha in October

Warm and mostly dry, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Arusha is warm: highs near 82°F, lows near 59°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 11 minutes.October in Arusha is warm: highs near 28°C, lows near 15°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 11 minutes.

High
82°F28°Caverage
Low
59°F15°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 26% of days
Daylight
12h 11mon average

Is October a good time to visit Arusha?

A good month, just outside Arusha's best months, which run from June to September.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 82°F in October, against 74°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 28°C in October, against 23°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

26% of days in October, against 10% to 88% through the year.

Cloud cover

56% cover in October, against 43% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

12h 11m in October, against 11h 56m to 12h 19m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with October shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. September80°27°low 57°low 14°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. October82°28°low 59°low 15°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. November83°28°low 61°low 16°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Arusha sits, in October

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:14 AMsets 6:24 PM
Above the sea
1,400 mupland
Latitude
3.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Magara110 km west

The land around Arusha, shaded by its typical high in October, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in October

high · low · wet days
See October on the planning mapThe whole year in Arusha

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Arusha. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.