Climate averages 1991–2020
Katoro weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th 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 Katoro: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 139 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 16 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geita (36 km away). In January its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Katoro, with 135 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katoro ranks 29th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 25th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Katoro is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 139 mm to 98 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
Katoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 98 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 176 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 146 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 232 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 201 | 25.1 | 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
- Geita in JanuaryTanzania · 36 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Ushirombo in JanuaryTanzania · 55 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Sengerema in JanuaryTanzania · 88 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Kahama in JanuaryTanzania · 119 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Mwanza in JanuaryTanzania · 120 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Shinyanga in JanuaryTanzania · 181 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Bukoba in JanuaryTanzania · 186 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Nzega in JanuaryTanzania · 194 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 117 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 Katoro) is explained once on the Katoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.