Igugunu weather in January

In January, Igugunu sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 147 mm of rain across 17.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

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

Daytime high
26°
8th warmest
Overnight low
17°
7th coldest
Rainfall
147 mm
17.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:44 AM – 6:58 PM
Cloud cover
69%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.5
out of 10

Igugunu is ward in Mkalama, Singida, Tanzania.

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 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Igugunu reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 29°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)
12617
22617
32617
42617
52617
62617
72617
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92617
102617
112617
122617
132617
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292617
302617
312617

Igugunu weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 8th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 17°14717.112.25.5
Feb27° / 17°10913.712.15.7
Mar27° / 17°12714.5125.9
Apr26° / 17°789.411.96.6
May26° / 16°132.411.87.9
Jun26° / 15°10.211.78.3
Jul25° / 14°10.111.88.6
Aug26° / 14°00.111.98.4
Sep28° / 15°10.2127.9
Oct29° / 16°71.112.16.8
Nov29° / 17°616.712.26.1
Dec27° / 17°1361512.35.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13862
23961
33961
43862
53862
63862
73763
83664
93664
103565
113565
123565
133565
143565
153565
163664
173565
183664
193664
203763
213862
223862
233862
243961
253961
263961
273961
283961
293961
303961
313961

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Igugunu gets around 147 mm of rain over 17.1 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 54% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days.

0%20%40%60%151015202531
Rain chance (%)
155
255
355
456
556
657
757
858
958
1058
1158
1258
1358
1457
1557
1656
1755
1855
1954
2053
2153
2252
2352
2451
2551
2650
2750
2850
2950
3050
3150

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 55% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
1192457
2192457
3192457
4192358
5182359
6182359
7172360
8172360
9162361
10162460
11162460
12152560
13152659
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17152956
18153055
19153055
20153154
21153154
22163252
23163252
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25173251
26173251
27173251
28183250
29183250
30183250
31183250

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
207calm
217calm
227calm
237calm
247calm
257calm
267calm
277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 7:01 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:376:52
212.36:376:53
312.36:386:53
412.36:386:54
512.36:396:54
612.36:396:54
712.36:406:55
812.36:406:55
912.36:416:56
1012.26:416:56
1112.26:416:56
1212.26:426:57
1312.26:426:57
1412.26:436:57
1512.26:436:58
1612.26:446:58
1712.26:446:58
1812.26:446:58
1912.26:456:59
2012.26:456:59
2112.26:466:59
2212.26:466:59
2312.26:467:00
2412.26:477:00
2512.26:477:00
2612.26:477:00
2712.26:487:00
2812.26:487:00
2912.26:487:01
3012.26:497:01
3112.26:497:01

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 6 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.69 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 6 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.9Bright
25.9Bright
35.9Bright
45.9Bright
55.9Bright
65.9Bright
75.9Bright
85.9Bright
95.9Bright
105.9Bright
115.9Bright
125.9Bright
135.9Bright
145.9Bright
156.0Bright
166.0Bright
176.0Bright
186.0Intense
196.0Intense
206.0Intense
216.1Intense
226.1Intense
236.1Intense
246.1Intense
256.2Intense
266.2Intense
276.2Intense
286.2Intense
296.2Intense
306.2Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Igugunu

In seasonPeak

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

Igugunu's rainy season runs December–April, 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 Igugunu?

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

5.5
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Igugunu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Igugunu in January

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

In January, Igugunu sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearsun protectionlight clothes

UV index in Igugunu 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 Igugunu peaks around March 14 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 14UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Igugunu?

Igugunu sits at 4.6°S, 34.6°E, 1,376 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Sepuka, 23 km away.

Topography around Igugunu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Igugunu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 1,373 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 957 m.

The land around Igugunu is covered by cropland (80%) within 3 km, cropland (63%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%), shrubs (22%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
297 m
80 km
957 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
January weather nearby: Sepuka 23 km · Mtinko 24 km · Ilongero 28 km · Singida 30 km · Kiomboi 45 km · Puma 49 km · Mungaa 52 km · Shelui 53 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 29% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,319
2025
Happiness
3.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
31%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.7
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
31.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 479
Religion
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

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 Igugunu (-4.5667°, 34.6333°, elevation 1,376 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).