Climate averages 1991–2020
Shinyanga weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Shinyanga: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (67 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Shinyanga, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Shinyanga ranks 15th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 11th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Shinyanga is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 102 mm to 74 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
Shinyanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 102 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 74 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 91 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 24 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 80 | 10.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 113 | 16.4 | 12.312 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
- Nzega in JanuaryTanzania · 67 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Kahama in JanuaryTanzania · 93 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Bariadi in JanuaryTanzania · 115 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 18.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Mwanza in JanuaryTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 159 mm rain
- Sengerema in JanuaryTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 112 mm rain
- Geita in JanuaryTanzania · 159 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Ushirombo in JanuaryTanzania · 163 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Tabora in JanuaryTanzania · 164 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 151 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 Shinyanga) is explained once on the Shinyanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.