Climate averages 1991–2020

Kahama weather
in January.

A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 17.8°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 114 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Kahama: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 114 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (77 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Kahama, with 117 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kahama ranks joint 20th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Kahama is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 114 mm to 87 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kahama climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kahama, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	26.9°C17.8°C	17.8°C	114	18.3	12.312 h
February	27.8°C18.2°C	18.2°C	87	14.7	12.212 h
March	27.7°C18.3°C	18.3°C	120	17.1	12.112 h
April	26.8°C18.1°C	18.1°C	104	15.3	12.012 h
May	28.0°C18.5°C	18.5°C	25	4.5	11.912 h
June	28.5°C18.1°C	18.1°C	2.4	0.5	11.912 h
July	28.5°C17.4°C	17.4°C	1.0	0.2	11.912 h
August	29.3°C18.2°C	18.2°C	7.1	1.2	12.012 h
September	30.4°C19.1°C	19.1°C	13	2.5	12.112 h
October	30.2°C19.5°C	19.5°C	42	7.5	12.212 h
November	27.7°C18.4°C	18.4°C	117	16.0	12.312 h
December	26.6°C17.7°C	17.7°C	129	19.8	12.312 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

Distance from Kahama

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kahama) is explained once on the Kahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.