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Dodoma in January

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Dodoma is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 66°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 26 minutes.January in Dodoma is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 26 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 57% of days
Daylight
12h 26mon average

Is January a good time to visit Dodoma?

January sits outside Dodoma's best months, which run from June to August. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How January sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in January, against 83°F to 91°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in January, against 28°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

57% of days in January, against 0% to 57% through the year.

Cloud cover

78% cover in January, against 32% to 78% through the year.

Daylight

12h 26m in January, against 11h 46m to 12h 28m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with January shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. December88°31°low 67°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. January86°30°low 66°low 19°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. February87°31°low 66°low 19°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Dodoma sits, in January

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:32 AMsets 6:59 PM
Above the sea
1,120 mupland
Latitude
6.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Idodi188 km south-west

The land around Dodoma, shaded by its typical high in January, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in January

high · low · wet days
See January on the planning mapThe whole year in Dodoma

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dodoma. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,120 m) against the climate model's (1,170 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,120 m) against the climate model's (1,170 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.