Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifakara weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ifakara: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (116 km away). In January its highs average 23.1°C, 7.9°C cooler than Ifakara, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Ifakara ranks joint 2nd of 43 for the warmest January highs and 22nd of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Ifakara is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 119 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
Ifakara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 129 | 17.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 119 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 52 | 10.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 36 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| December | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 87 | 14.8 | 12.613 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
- Iringa in JanuaryTanzania · 116 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Kilosa in JanuaryTanzania · 148 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Mafinga in JanuaryTanzania · 154 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 319 mm rain
- Morogoro in JanuaryTanzania · 181 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 110 mm rain
- Makumbako in JanuaryTanzania · 219 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Dodoma in JanuaryTanzania · 242 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 104 mm rain
- Njombe in JanuaryTanzania · 250 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 268 mm rain
- Kibaha in JanuaryTanzania · 289 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 60 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 Ifakara) is explained once on the Ifakara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.