Korogwe weather in October

In October, Korogwe sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 104 mm of rain across 16.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Korogwe's 2nd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Korogwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
7th warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
104 mm
16.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:08 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
54%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.44 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.4
out of 10

Korogwe is town in Korogwe District, Tanga Region, Tanzania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical October day in Korogwe reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than September and about 1°C cooler than November.

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How October really feels in Korogwe

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

October sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Korogwe weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 22°6810.312.34.2
Feb32° / 22°618.912.24.1
Mar31° / 22°12920.1123.5
Apr28° / 22°22226.811.93.6
May27° / 20°18922.111.84.8
Jun26° / 18°5614.611.75.9
Jul26° / 17°4814.211.76.0
Aug26° / 18°5716.511.85.7
Sep27° / 18°5214.9125.9
Oct28° / 20°10416.312.15.4
Nov29° / 21°10018.912.24.3
Dec31° / 22°9416.912.34.0

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 26% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 40% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Korogwe gets around 104 mm of rain over 16.3 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 53% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
150
251
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652
752
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1051
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3059
3160

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
123734
222735
321736
420746
519747
618757
717758
816768
915769
1015769
11147610
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2586824
2686626
2776528
2876330
2966232
3066034
3155936

Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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47calm
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67calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:146:16
212.06:136:16
312.16:136:16
412.16:126:16
512.16:126:16
612.16:116:16
712.16:116:15
812.16:116:15
912.16:106:15
1012.16:106:15
1112.16:096:15
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1412.16:086:15
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1812.16:076:14
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2012.16:066:14
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.44 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.44 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.4Bright
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305.4Bright
315.4Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Korogwe

In seasonPeak

In October, Korogwe sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Korogwe's rainy season runs March–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Korogwe?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

5.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Korogwe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Korogwe in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Korogwe sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Korogwe in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Korogwe peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 18UV 15Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Korogwe in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Korogwe is worst in February — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodModerateFeb 917 µg/m³Nov 99 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr10Good
May11Good
Jun14Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct9Good
Nov9Good
Dec13Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Korogwe?

Korogwe sits at 5.2°S, 38.5°E, 309 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Maramba, 18 km away.

Topography around Korogwe

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Korogwe.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Korogwe has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m around an average of 321 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,183 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,284 m.

The land around Korogwe is covered by grassland (39%) and trees (38%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
298 m
16 km
1,183 m
80 km
2,284 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
October weather nearby: Maramba 18 km · Muheza 33 km · Lushoto 46 km · Matui 47 km · Mazinde 49 km · Mlalo 55 km · Chanika 60 km · Handeni 61 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,319
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
31.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 479
Religion
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Korogwe (-5.15°, 38.4833°, elevation 309 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).