Climate averages 1991–2020
Mamoudzou weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Mamoudzou: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 26.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 238 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 47 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moroni (246 km away). In January its highs average 29.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Mamoudzou, with 240 mm of rain.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 238 mm to 197 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
Mamoudzou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 238 | 21.7 | 12.813 h |
| February | 28.0°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 197 | 19.9 | 12.513 h |
| March | 28.2°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 169 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.3°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 69 | 13.0 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.6°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 21 | 5.8 | 11.512 h |
| June | 26.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 12 | 2.9 | 11.411 h |
| July | 25.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 10 | 2.5 | 11.411 h |
| August | 25.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 9.6 | 2.1 | 11.712 h |
| September | 26.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 12 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.9°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 20 | 5.4 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.5°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 40 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 27.9°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 109 | 16.5 | 12.913 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
- Moroni in JanuaryComoros · 246 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Mahajanga in JanuaryMadagascar · 347 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.4°C · 431 mm rain
- Antsiranana in JanuaryMadagascar · 444 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Pemba in JanuaryMozambique · 511 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Nacala in JanuaryMozambique · 529 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 206 mm rain
- Sambava in JanuaryMadagascar · 559 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 268 mm rain
- Antalaha in JanuaryMadagascar · 594 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.7°C · 294 mm rain
- Mtwara in JanuaryTanzania · 617 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 186 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 Mamoudzou) is explained once on the Mamoudzou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.