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Dar es Salaam in October

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Dar es Salaam is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 74°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 16 minutes.October in Dar es Salaam is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 23°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 16 minutes.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
74°F23°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 44% of days
Daylight
12h 16mon average

Is October a good time to visit Dar es Salaam?

A good month, just outside Dar es Salaam's best months, which run from June to August.

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 88°F in October, against 84°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in October, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

44% of days in October, against 23% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

44% cover in October, against 35% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

12h 16m in October, against 11h 44m to 12h 31m 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. September87°31°low 73°low 23°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. October88°31°low 74°low 23°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. November89°32°low 76°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Dar es Salaam sits, in October

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
6:01 AMsets 6:16 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zanzibar (Stone Town)73 km north

The land around Dar es Salaam, 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 Dar es Salaam

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 10 km south of Dar es Salaam. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. 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.