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Mwaseni in January

Very hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

January in Mwaseni is very hot: highs near 96°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 31 minutes.January in Mwaseni is very hot: highs near 36°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 31 minutes.

High
96°F36°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 49% of days
Daylight
12h 31mon average

Is January a good time to visit Mwaseni?

January sits outside Mwaseni's most comfortable months, which run from June to August. Expect very hot days and rain on about three 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 96°F in January, against 89°F to 97°F through the year.Highs near 36°C in January, against 32°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

49% of days in January, against 6% to 84% through the year.

Cloud cover

75% cover in January, against 35% to 75% through the year.

Daylight

12h 31m in January, against 11h 41m to 12h 34m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. December96°36°low 76°low 24°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. January96°36°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. February97°36°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Mwaseni sits, in January

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in January 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-January
6:21 AMsets 6:52 PM
Above the sea
60 mlow-lying
Latitude
7.7°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dar es Salaam161 km north-east

The land around Mwaseni, 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 Mwaseni

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Mwaseni. 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.