Moutsamoudou weather in January

In January, Moutsamoudou sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 249 mm of rain across 24.5 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Moutsamoudou's 11th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moutsamoudou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
4th warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
249 mm
24.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:52 AM – 6:31 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.67 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Moutsamoudou is city in Anjouan, Comoros.

Density
877/km²
people per km²
Founded
1482

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 29°C through the month.

A typical January day in Moutsamoudou reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Moutsamoudou

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.

Moutsamoudou weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°24924.512.63.5
Feb29° / 25°22622.912.43.5
Mar29° / 25°20526.512.13.4
Apr29° / 24°1032011.74.2
May28° / 24°3811.511.45.9
Jun27° / 22°207.411.37.1
Jul27° / 21°175.611.47.5
Aug27° / 21°175.511.67.5
Sep28° / 21°237.811.97.0
Oct29° / 23°4210.612.35.8
Nov29° / 24°7316.212.64.7
Dec29° / 24°17422.312.73.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22080
31981
41783
51684
61684
71585
81387
91387
101288
111288
121288
131387
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201387
211486
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Moutsamoudou gets around 249 mm of rain over 24.5 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
178
279
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579
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981
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1582
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2080
2180
2280
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2578
2678
2778
2878
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3078
3178

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11918
21909
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51909
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Wind in January

Winds average 9 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
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239calm
249calm
259calm
269calm
279calm
289calm
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309calm
319calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:32 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.75:446:27
212.75:456:27
312.75:466:27
412.75:466:28
512.75:476:28
612.75:476:28
712.75:486:29
812.75:486:29
912.75:496:29
1012.75:496:30
1112.75:506:30
1212.75:506:30
1312.75:516:30
1412.75:516:31
1512.65:526:31
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2012.65:546:32
2112.65:556:32
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2712.65:586:32
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3012.55:596:32
3112.56:006:32

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.67 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.67 kWh/m² to a high of 6.51 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 5.67 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Moutsamoudou

In seasonPeak

In January, Moutsamoudou sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Moutsamoudou sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Moutsamoudou's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Moutsamoudou?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Moutsamoudou.

What to pack for Moutsamoudou in January

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

In January, Moutsamoudou sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Moutsamoudou in January

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in January — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Moutsamoudou in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Moutsamoudou peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Moutsamoudou?

Moutsamoudou sits at 12.2°S, 44.4°E, 61 m above sea level, in Comoros. The nearest listed city is Fomboni, 73 km away.

FomboniMoroni

Topography around Moutsamoudou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moutsamoudou has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 672 m around an average of 125 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,576 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,506 m.

The land around Moutsamoudou is covered by water (46%) and trees (45%) within 3 km, water (59%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and water (95%) within 80 km.

3 km
672 m
16 km
1,576 m
80 km
1,506 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Fomboni 73 km · Koungou 108 km · Kaouéni 112 km · Mtsapéré 112 km · Mamoudzou 113 km · Dzaoudzi 116 km · Labattoir 117 km · Moroni 135 km

Comoros travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 49% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,056
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
26.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 98%ethnic religionist 1%Christian 1%other 0%

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 Moutsamoudou (-12.1667°, 44.3994°, elevation 61 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).