Climate averages 1991–2020

Mpanda weather
in January.

A warm, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.

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

Average high 26.9°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 18.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 176 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Mpanda: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Baudhuinville (169 km away). In January its highs average 25.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Mpanda, with 183 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mpanda ranks joint 20th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 32nd of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Mpanda is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 147 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

Mpanda climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mpanda, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	26.9°C18.2°C	18.2°C	176	25.6	12.412 h
February	27.4°C18.4°C	18.4°C	147	21.5	12.312 h
March	27.4°C18.4°C	18.4°C	156	22.8	12.112 h
April	27.0°C18.1°C	18.1°C	116	18.0	12.012 h
May	27.9°C17.5°C	17.5°C	20	4.1	11.812 h
June	28.3°C16.1°C	16.1°C	0.5	0.2	11.812 h
July	28.5°C15.4°C	15.4°C	0.1	0.1	11.812 h
August	30.1°C17.0°C	17.0°C	0.3	0.1	11.912 h
September	31.9°C18.8°C	18.8°C	2.2	0.5	12.112 h
October	31.8°C20.0°C	20.0°C	25	4.8	12.212 h
November	29.2°C19.3°C	19.3°C	101	15.0	12.412 h
December	27.1°C18.3°C	18.3°C	165	23.7	12.512 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 Mpanda

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