Climate averages 1991–2020
Musoma weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Musoma: daytime highs average 25.8°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bunda (59 km away). In January its highs average 26.6°C, 0.8°C warmer than Musoma, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Musoma ranks 31st of 43 for the warmest January highs and 8th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Musoma is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 83 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
Musoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 12.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 140 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 178 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 115 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 42 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 25 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 67 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 126 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 150 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 140 | 20.3 | 12.212 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
- Bunda in JanuaryTanzania · 59 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.0°C · 120 mm rain
- Tarime in JanuaryTanzania · 65 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 16.0°C · 100 mm rain
- Migori in JanuaryKenya · 89 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 16.6°C · 116 mm rain
- Kisii in JanuaryKenya · 141 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 151 mm rain
- Bariadi in JanuaryTanzania · 146 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Mwanza in JanuaryTanzania · 151 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Sengerema in JanuaryTanzania · 182 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Kisumu in JanuaryKenya · 189 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 18.3°C · 116 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 Musoma) is explained once on the Musoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.