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.

Average high 26.9°C Daytime mean, January
Average low 18.2°C Night-time mean, January
Rainfall 151 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Tabora · average highYear overview

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

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Tabora, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January, selected 26.9°C18.2°C18.2°C15120.912.412 h
February 27.6°C18.5°C18.5°C11616.512.312 h
March 27.5°C18.6°C18.6°C12917.012.112 h
April 27.1°C18.5°C18.5°C8012.212.012 h
May 28.3°C18.6°C18.6°C142.911.912 h
June 28.7°C17.8°C17.8°C0.40.111.812 h
July 28.5°C16.9°C16.9°C0.10.011.912 h
August 29.6°C17.8°C17.8°C0.60.211.912 h
September 31.1°C19.1°C19.1°C1.60.412.112 h
October 31.4°C20.2°C20.2°C183.012.212 h
November 29.3°C19.7°C19.7°C9411.612.312 h
December 27.2°C18.5°C18.5°C15519.712.412 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

Distance from Tabora

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 limits

How 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.