Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 24.8°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaka (111 km away). In January its highs average 25.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bukoba, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks 36th of 43 for the warmest January highs and joint 19th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Bukoba is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 120 mm to 115 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
Bukoba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 24.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 120 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 151 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 186 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 110 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 169 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 140 | 24.1 | 12.212 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
- Masaka in JanuaryUganda · 111 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 78 mm rain
- Mbarara in JanuaryUganda · 153 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Nyagatare in JanuaryRwanda · 166 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Katabi in JanuaryUganda · 174 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Sengerema in JanuaryTanzania · 175 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Geita in JanuaryTanzania · 178 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Mwanza in JanuaryTanzania · 179 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Rutoma in JanuaryUganda · 180 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 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 Bukoba) is explained once on the Bukoba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.