Climate averages 1991–2020
Ukunda weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ukunda: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 25.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matuga (14 km away). In January its highs average 30.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ukunda, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Ukunda ranks joint 6th of 37 for the warmest January highs and joint 9th of 37 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 37 cities is 27.3°C; Ukunda is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 24 mm to 16 mm.
The annual picture
January 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
Ukunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.5°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 24 | 4.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 32.0°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 16 | 3.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 31.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 54 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 134 | 24.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 220 | 23.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 93 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 74 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 61 | 19.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 52 | 17.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 84 | 16.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 74 | 16.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 59 | 14.0 | 12.412 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
January in nearby cities
- Matuga in JanuaryKenya · 14 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Mombasa in JanuaryKenya · 29 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Jomvu in JanuaryKenya · 34 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Mtwapa in JanuaryKenya · 44 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Kilifi in JanuaryKenya · 80 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.9°C · 27 mm rain
- Tanga in JanuaryTanzania · 101 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Malindi in JanuaryKenya · 134 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 14 mm rain
- Zanzibar in JanuaryTanzania · 212 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.1°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 Ukunda) is explained once on the Ukunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Matuga lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.