Climate averages 1991–2020
Nzega weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Nzega: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes January a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shinyanga (67 km away). In January its highs average 27.9°C, 0.9°C warmer than Nzega, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Nzega ranks 19th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 16th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Nzega is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 117 mm to 95 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
Nzega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 117 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 95 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 100 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 134 | 18.3 | 12.412 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
- Shinyanga in JanuaryTanzania · 67 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Kahama in JanuaryTanzania · 77 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Tabora in JanuaryTanzania · 97 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Ushirombo in JanuaryTanzania · 157 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Bariadi in JanuaryTanzania · 181 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Sengerema in JanuaryTanzania · 182 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Geita in JanuaryTanzania · 183 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Singida in JanuaryTanzania · 185 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 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 Nzega) is explained once on the Nzega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.