Climate averages 1991–2020
Mtwara weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Mtwara: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 39 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lindi (59 km away). In January its highs average 30.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Mtwara, with 168 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mtwara ranks 13th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 33rd of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Mtwara is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs stay level at 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 146 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
Mtwara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 186 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 146 | 18.6 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 182 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 115 | 18.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 37 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.0 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 4.9 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 5.7 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 9.6 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 19 | 6.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 42 | 10.7 | 12.613 h |
| December | 29.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 123 | 20.9 | 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
- Lindi in JanuaryTanzania · 59 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.8°C · 168 mm rain
- Masasi in JanuaryTanzania · 159 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Pemba in JanuaryMozambique · 303 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.8°C · 252 mm rain
- Montepuez in JanuaryMozambique · 343 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 228 mm rain
- Moroni in JanuaryComoros · 371 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.1°C · 240 mm rain
- Vikindu in JanuaryTanzania · 375 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in JanuaryTanzania · 396 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 25.4°C · 53 mm rain
- Kibaha in JanuaryTanzania · 413 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 60 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 Mtwara) is explained once on the Mtwara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.