Mombaça weather in January

In January, Mombaça sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 84 mm of rain across 13 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Mombaça's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mombaça's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
6th warmest
Overnight low
23°
10th coldest
Rainfall
84 mm
13 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:39 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
65%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Mombaça is settlement in Brazil.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mombaça reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 2°C cooler than December and about 1°C warmer than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
13323
23323
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103223
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How January really feels in Mombaça

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Mombaça weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°841312.33.6
Feb31° / 23°8815.512.23.6
Mar31° / 22°11918.9123.7
Apr30° / 22°10018.411.93.9
May30° / 22°6511.611.74.9
Jun30° / 21°316.311.75.5
Jul31° / 21°183.311.75.5
Aug32° / 21°81.311.85.0
Sep34° / 22°30.8124.3
Oct34° / 23°130.912.13.7
Nov34° / 23°61.112.33.6
Dec34° / 23°224.412.33.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15248
25149
35050
45050
54852
64753
74753
84654
94654
104456
114456
124357
134258
144060
154060
164060
173961
184060
193961
203961
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234060
244060
254060
264060
274060
284060
294060
304258
314357

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mombaça gets around 84 mm of rain over 13 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 42% and peaks near 47% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
128
229
330
432
533
634
735
837
938
1039
1140
1242
1343
1444
1544
1645
1745
1846
1946
2046
2146
2247
2347
2447
2547
2647
2747
2847
2947
3047
3147

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 84% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11275814
21265815
31245916
41235917
51235818
61225819
71215820
81205821
90195922
100195724
110185725
120175627
130165628
140155530
150145432
160145333
170135235
180135136
190125038
200124939
210114840
221114741
231104742
241104743
251104643
26194643
27194743
28194743
29194743
30194843
31194842

Wind in January

Winds average 11 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
213light breeze
313light breeze
413light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
712light breeze
812light breeze
912calm
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1112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:59 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:325:51
212.35:325:52
312.35:335:52
412.35:335:53
512.35:345:53
612.35:345:54
712.35:355:54
812.35:355:54
912.35:365:55
1012.35:365:55
1112.35:375:55
1212.35:375:56
1312.35:375:56
1412.35:385:56
1512.35:385:57
1612.35:395:57
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1812.35:405:57
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2912.35:445:59
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 6.95 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.55 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
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45.8Bright
55.8Bright
65.8Bright
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265.5Bright
275.5Bright
285.5Bright
295.6Bright
305.6Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Mombaça

In seasonPeak

In January, Mombaça sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Mombaça's rainy season runs January–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Mombaça?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mombaça.

What to pack for Mombaça in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Mombaça sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mombaça in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mombaça peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 13UV 15Jun 23UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Mombaça?

Mombaça sits at 5.7°S, 39.6°W, 251 m above sea level, in Brazil. The nearest listed city is Piquet Carneiro, 24 km away.

Topography around Mombaça

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mombaça.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mombaça has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 75 m around an average of 258 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 497 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 754 m.

The land around Mombaça is covered by shrubs (49%) and grassland (42%) within 3 km, shrubs (66%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and shrubs (69%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
75 m
16 km
497 m
80 km
754 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Piquet Carneiro 24 km · Senador Pompeu 33 km · Pedra Branca 34 km · Acopiara 44 km · Solonópole 69 km · Boa Viagem 69 km · Quixeramobim 71 km · Quixelô 74 km

Brazil travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / N
127 / 220 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 46% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$10,713
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
89%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
19.3
per 100k, 2023
Road deaths
16
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 482
Religion
Roman Catholic 57%Evangelical 27%none 9%other 4%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Mombaça (-5.7431°, -39.6275°, elevation 251 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).