Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbawanga weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Sumbawanga: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 304 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mpanda (190 km away). In January its highs average 26.9°C, 4.4°C warmer than Sumbawanga, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sumbawanga ranks 42nd of 43 for the warmest January highs and 40th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Sumbawanga is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 22.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 304 mm to 241 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
Sumbawanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 304 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 241 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 279 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 160 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 30 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 1.8 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 23.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.2 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 15.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 22.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 282 | 26.4 | 12.613 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
- Mpanda in JanuaryTanzania · 190 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Vwawa in JanuaryTanzania · 193 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 240 mm rain
- Tunduma in JanuaryTanzania · 195 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.9°C · 277 mm rain
- Nakonde in JanuaryZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.7°C · 277 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 183 mm rain
- Kasama in JanuaryZambia · 254 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.6°C · 286 mm rain
- Katumba in JanuaryTanzania · 261 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 456 mm rain
- Kalemie in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 349 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 108 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 Sumbawanga) is explained once on the Sumbawanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.