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Kijini in January

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Kijini is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 80°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 25 minutes.January in Kijini is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 27°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 25 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
80°F27°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 40% of days
Daylight
12h 25mon average

Is January a good time to visit Kijini?

Yes. January is one of Kijini's best months (January to February, or August to October).

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 82°F to 87°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in January, against 28°C to 31°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

40% of days in January, against 32% to 93% through the year.

Cloud cover

71% cover in January, against 38% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

12h 25m in January, against 11h 47m to 12h 27m 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. December86°30°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. January86°30°low 80°low 27°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February86°30°low 80°low 27°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.

Where Kijini sits, in January

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:19 AMsets 6:44 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
5.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zanzibar (Stone Town)43 km south-west

The land around Kijini, 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 Kijini

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 6 km west of Kijini. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.