Climate averages 1991–2020

Kibaha weather
in January.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 31.1°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 24.1°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 60 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Kibaha: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 5th 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 Bagamoyo (36 km away). In January its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Kibaha, with 49 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kibaha ranks joint 2nd of 43 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Kibaha is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 62 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

Kibaha climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kibaha, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	31.1°C24.1°C	24.1°C	60	12.5	12.512 h
February	31.8°C24.1°C	24.1°C	62	10.6	12.312 h
March	30.8°C23.6°C	23.6°C	164	23.1	12.112 h
April	28.8°C22.8°C	22.8°C	203	25.8	12.012 h
May	28.0°C21.9°C	21.9°C	128	18.5	11.812 h
June	27.9°C20.7°C	20.7°C	28	7.9	11.712 h
July	28.0°C20.1°C	20.1°C	17	5.8	11.812 h
August	28.5°C20.0°C	20.0°C	23	6.7	11.912 h
September	29.8°C20.5°C	20.5°C	24	7.6	12.112 h
October	30.5°C21.7°C	21.7°C	63	12.2	12.212 h
November	30.3°C22.7°C	22.7°C	104	18.7	12.412 h
December	30.5°C23.4°C	23.4°C	104	19.3	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

Distance from Kibaha

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 Kibaha) is explained once on the Kibaha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.