Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanga weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Tanga: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ukunda (101 km away). In January its highs average 31.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Tanga, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tanga ranks 1st of 43 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Tanga is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 31 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
Tanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 31 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 148 | 23.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 165 | 18.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 44 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 35 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 40 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 87 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 84 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 68 | 16.5 | 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
- Ukunda in JanuaryKenya · 101 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 24 mm rain
- Matuga in JanuaryKenya · 113 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 24.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Zanzibar in JanuaryTanzania · 122 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 26.1°C · 43 mm rain
- Handeni in JanuaryTanzania · 126 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Mombasa in JanuaryKenya · 129 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Jomvu in JanuaryKenya · 133 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.3°C · 28 mm rain
- Mtwapa in JanuaryKenya · 145 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 24.7°C · 18 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in JanuaryTanzania · 154 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 25.2°C · 49 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 Tanga) is explained once on the Tanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.