Climate averages 1991–2020
Dar es Salaam weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd 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 Dar es Salaam: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vikindu (21 km away). In January its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Dar es Salaam, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam ranks joint 5th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Dar es Salaam is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 52 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
Dar es Salaam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 53 | 10.0 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 52 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 156 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 229 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 152 | 20.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 39 | 11.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 25 | 8.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 25 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 57 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 92 | 17.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 18.0 | 12.513 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
- Vikindu in JanuaryTanzania · 21 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Kibaha in JanuaryTanzania · 39 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in JanuaryTanzania · 59 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Zanzibar in JanuaryTanzania · 74 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Morogoro in JanuaryTanzania · 178 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Tanga in JanuaryTanzania · 196 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 31 mm rain
- Handeni in JanuaryTanzania · 208 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Kilosa in JanuaryTanzania · 252 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 Dar es Salaam) is explained once on the Dar es Salaam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.