Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunda weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Bunda: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musoma (59 km away). In January its highs average 25.8°C, 0.8°C cooler than Bunda, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bunda ranks 25th 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; Bunda is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 120 mm to 97 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
Bunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 120 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 171 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 25 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 34 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 56 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 164 | 22.2 | 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
- Musoma in JanuaryTanzania · 59 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 19.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Bariadi in JanuaryTanzania · 87 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Tarime in JanuaryTanzania · 93 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Mwanza in JanuaryTanzania · 121 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Migori in JanuaryKenya · 126 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Sengerema in JanuaryTanzania · 153 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Kisii in JanuaryKenya · 179 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Shinyanga in JanuaryTanzania · 189 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 102 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 Bunda) is explained once on the Bunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.