Climate averages 1991–2020
Makumbako weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Makumbako: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (56 km away). In January its highs average 21.5°C, 1.9°C cooler than Makumbako, with 268 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Makumbako ranks 38th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 34th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Makumbako is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 189 mm to 150 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
Makumbako climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 189 | 25.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 150 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 5.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 20.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 162 | 20.5 | 12.613 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
- Njombe in JanuaryTanzania · 56 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 13.4°C · 268 mm rain
- Mafinga in JanuaryTanzania · 79 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 319 mm rain
- Katumba in JanuaryTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 456 mm rain
- Iringa in JanuaryTanzania · 154 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 15.2°C · 163 mm rain
- Vwawa in JanuaryTanzania · 210 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Ifakara in JanuaryTanzania · 219 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Songea in JanuaryTanzania · 223 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.5°C · 315 mm rain
- Tunduma in JanuaryTanzania · 232 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 277 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 Makumbako) is explained once on the Makumbako year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.