Climate averages 1991–2020

Kilosa weather
in January.

A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 11th 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 21.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 145 mm 15 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Kilosa: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th 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 Morogoro (75 km away). In January its highs average 30.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kilosa, with 110 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kilosa ranks joint 2nd of 43 for the warmest January highs and 27th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Kilosa is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs stay level at 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 144 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

Kilosa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kilosa, 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°C21.6°C	21.6°C	145	15.2	12.512 h
February	31.1°C21.6°C	21.6°C	144	14.1	12.312 h
March	29.5°C21.6°C	21.6°C	153	21.6	12.112 h
April	27.2°C20.9°C	20.9°C	116	22.5	12.012 h
May	26.7°C19.3°C	19.3°C	52	12.2	11.812 h
June	26.5°C17.3°C	17.3°C	12	3.7	11.712 h
July	26.2°C16.5°C	16.5°C	8.4	2.4	11.812 h
August	26.9°C17.3°C	17.3°C	13	3.9	11.912 h
September	28.8°C18.3°C	18.3°C	12	3.7	12.112 h
October	30.0°C19.7°C	19.7°C	35	7.6	12.312 h
November	30.5°C20.9°C	20.9°C	52	11.1	12.412 h
December	31.0°C21.5°C	21.5°C	101	13.4	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 Kilosa

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