Climate averages 1991–2020
Katumba weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Katumba: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 456 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vwawa (76 km away). In January its highs average 23.7°C, 1.3°C cooler than Katumba, with 240 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katumba ranks joint 34th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 43rd of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Katumba is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 456 mm to 370 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
Katumba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 456 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 370 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 24.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 362 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 44 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 9.3 | 3.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.5 | 3.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 22.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 7.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 25.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 48 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 400 | 27.0 | 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
- Vwawa in JanuaryTanzania · 76 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Tunduma in JanuaryTanzania · 94 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Nakonde in JanuaryZambia · 96 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 277 mm rain
- Njombe in JanuaryTanzania · 127 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 268 mm rain
- Makumbako in JanuaryTanzania · 140 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Mafinga in JanuaryTanzania · 211 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 319 mm rain
- Mzuzu in JanuaryMalawi · 252 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 17.4°C · 300 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in JanuaryTanzania · 261 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 304 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 Katumba) is explained once on the Katumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.