Climate averages 1991–2020
Lindi weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Lindi: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 24.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mtwara (59 km away). In January its highs average 28.7°C, 1.5°C cooler than Lindi, with 186 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Lindi ranks 11th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 31st of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Lindi is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 168 mm to 156 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
Lindi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 168 | 20.0 | 12.613 h |
| February | 30.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 156 | 19.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 195 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 29.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 120 | 18.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 36 | 6.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 11.512 h |
| July | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| August | 29.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 5.5 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 12 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 25 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 52 | 13.6 | 12.613 h |
| December | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 125 | 20.8 | 12.713 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
- Mtwara in JanuaryTanzania · 59 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.8°C · 186 mm rain
- Masasi in JanuaryTanzania · 128 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Vikindu in JanuaryTanzania · 336 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Pemba in JanuaryMozambique · 342 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in JanuaryTanzania · 356 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Montepuez in JanuaryMozambique · 357 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 228 mm rain
- Kibaha in JanuaryTanzania · 370 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 60 mm rain
- Ifakara in JanuaryTanzania · 392 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 129 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 Lindi) is explained once on the Lindi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.