Climate averages 1991–2020
Bagamoyo weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bagamoyo: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kibaha (36 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Bagamoyo, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bagamoyo ranks 7th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Bagamoyo is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 43 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
Bagamoyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 49 | 11.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 43 | 8.9 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 131 | 21.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 195 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 130 | 16.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 26 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 16 | 4.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 20 | 5.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 19 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 89 | 18.2 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 95 | 20.6 | 12.512 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
- Kibaha in JanuaryTanzania · 36 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Zanzibar in JanuaryTanzania · 45 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in JanuaryTanzania · 59 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Vikindu in JanuaryTanzania · 76 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Morogoro in JanuaryTanzania · 144 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Handeni in JanuaryTanzania · 149 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Tanga in JanuaryTanzania · 154 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Kilosa in JanuaryTanzania · 217 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 145 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 Bagamoyo) is explained once on the Bagamoyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.