Climate averages 1991–2020
Tabora 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 Tabora: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes January a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (97 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, about as warm as Tabora, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tabora ranks joint 20th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 28th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Tabora is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 151 mm to 116 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
Tabora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 116 | 16.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 129 | 17.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 80 | 12.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.7°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 1.6 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.4°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 18 | 3.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 94 | 11.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 155 | 19.7 | 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
- Nzega in JanuaryTanzania · 97 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Kahama in JanuaryTanzania · 134 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Shinyanga in JanuaryTanzania · 164 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 102 mm rain
- Ushirombo in JanuaryTanzania · 195 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.4°C · 122 mm rain
- Singida in JanuaryTanzania · 214 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Mpanda in JanuaryTanzania · 244 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Katoro in JanuaryTanzania · 245 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 139 mm rain
- Geita in JanuaryTanzania · 247 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 17.3°C · 135 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 Tabora) is explained once on the Tabora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.