Climate averages 1991–2020

Kondoa weather
in January.

A warm, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 16.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 101 mm 13 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Kondoa: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th 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 Singida (116 km away). In January its highs average 25.3°C, 1.9°C cooler than Kondoa, with 143 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kondoa ranks joint 17th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Kondoa is level with that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 81 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

Kondoa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kondoa, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	27.2°C16.7°C	16.7°C	101	13.3	12.412 h
February	27.6°C16.6°C	16.6°C	81	11.4	12.312 h
March	27.1°C17.1°C	17.1°C	108	13.2	12.112 h
April	25.6°C17.1°C	17.1°C	79	13.7	12.012 h
May	24.9°C15.3°C	15.3°C	27	5.9	11.912 h
June	25.0°C12.7°C	12.7°C	1.6	0.3	11.812 h
July	24.9°C11.3°C	11.3°C	0.8	0.2	11.912 h
August	25.8°C12.7°C	12.7°C	0.7	0.2	12.012 h
September	27.8°C13.9°C	13.9°C	0.8	0.2	12.112 h
October	28.6°C15.2°C	15.2°C	8.4	1.7	12.212 h
November	28.4°C16.5°C	16.5°C	41	5.0	12.312 h
December	27.4°C17.0°C	17.0°C	81	11.3	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

Distance from Kondoa

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