Climate averages 1991–2020

Vikindu weather
in January.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 30.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 25.2°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 54 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Vikindu: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dar es Salaam (21 km away). In January its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Vikindu, with 53 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Vikindu ranks joint 5th of 43 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 43 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 43 cities is 27.1°C; Vikindu is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 31.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 60 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Vikindu climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Vikindu, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	30.8°C25.2°C	25.2°C	54	10.1	12.512 h
February	31.4°C25.2°C	25.2°C	60	9.4	12.312 h
March	30.2°C24.7°C	24.7°C	158	22.6	12.112 h
April	28.4°C23.9°C	23.9°C	200	25.8	12.012 h
May	27.5°C23.4°C	23.4°C	130	19.5	11.812 h
June	27.0°C22.5°C	22.5°C	32	9.5	11.712 h
July	26.9°C21.9°C	21.9°C	20	6.4	11.812 h
August	27.4°C21.7°C	21.7°C	21	7.0	11.912 h
September	28.5°C22.2°C	22.2°C	20	6.3	12.112 h
October	29.4°C23.1°C	23.1°C	54	11.3	12.312 h
November	29.6°C23.9°C	23.9°C	89	17.1	12.412 h
December	30.1°C24.6°C	24.6°C	91	17.6	12.513 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 Vikindu

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 Vikindu) is explained once on the Vikindu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.