Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigoma weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kigoma: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 255 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasulu (62 km away). In January its highs average 25.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kigoma, with 235 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks 28th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 37th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Kigoma is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 255 mm to 203 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
Kigoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 255 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 203 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 26.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 264 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 24 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 142 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 276 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 25.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 298 | 29.5 | 12.412 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
- Kasulu in JanuaryTanzania · 62 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Kalemie in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Gitega in JanuaryBurundi · 165 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Bujumbura in JanuaryBurundi · 169 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Kalima in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 170 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Uvira in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Mpanda in JanuaryTanzania · 228 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 246 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 183 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 Kigoma) is explained once on the Kigoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.