Shoulder season. October is a solid shoulder-season choice for Zanzibar. In October, Zanzibar averages 26°C, with about 11 hours of sunshine a day and roughly 4.3 rainy days a week. Here's what those numbers mean for a trip.
That's close to Zanzibar's yearly average temperature.
Pack layers — warm days, cooler evenings — plus light rain cover.
October is a solid shoulder-season choice for Zanzibar. It averages 26°C with 11 hours of sun a day and about 4.3 rainy days a week.
Zanzibar averages 26°C in October, based on roughly twenty years of climate records.
Expect about 4.3 rainy days a week in October, with 11 hours of sunshine a day on average.