Ipinda weather in January

In January, Ipinda sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 434 mm of rain across 28.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Ipinda's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ipinda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 25°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 434 mm; 28.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:39 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover: 89%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.08 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

Ipinda is administrative ward in Tanzania.

Density: 406/km²; people per km²

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

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical January day in Ipinda reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	21
2	25	21
3	25	21
4	25	21
5	25	21
6	25	21
7	25	21
8	25	21
9	25	21
10	25	21
11	25	21
12	25	21
13	25	21
14	25	21
15	25	21
16	25	21
17	25	21
18	25	21
19	25	21
20	25	21
21	25	21
22	25	21
23	25	21
24	25	21
25	25	21
26	25	21
27	25	21
28	25	21
29	25	21
30	25	21
31	25	21

Ipinda weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 21°	434	28.2	12.5	3.8
Feb	25° / 21°	371	24.8	12.3	3.9
Mar	24° / 20°	672	29.5	12.1	3.7
Apr	23° / 19°	611	29.1	11.8	3.7
May	22° / 18°	188	24.8	11.6	4.6
Jun	21° / 16°	65	17	11.5	5.3
Jul	20° / 15°	57	15.2	11.5	5.7
Aug	22° / 16°	34	9.1	11.7	7.1
Sep	24° / 18°	23	5.8	11.9	8.0
Oct	26° / 20°	108	15.8	12.2	6.2
Nov	26° / 20°	321	25.3	12.4	4.3
Dec	25° / 20°	534	30.3	12.5	3.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	9	8	8	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5
Cloudier (%)	91	92	92	94	94	94	94	95	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	5	95
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Ipinda gets around 434 mm of rain over 28.2 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 91% and peaks near 95% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	95	95	94	94	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	95
2	95
3	94
4	94
5	93
6	93
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	89

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 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 80% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	20	20	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20
Muggy (%)	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	82	81	81	80	80	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	80

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	20	80

Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
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16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 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 6:31 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 7:04 PM to 7:10 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45
Sunset (PM)	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:31	7:04
2	12.5	6:32	7:04
3	12.5	6:32	7:05
4	12.5	6:33	7:05
5	12.5	6:33	7:05
6	12.5	6:34	7:06
7	12.5	6:34	7:06
8	12.5	6:35	7:06
9	12.5	6:35	7:07
10	12.5	6:36	7:07
11	12.5	6:36	7:07
12	12.5	6:37	7:08
13	12.5	6:37	7:08
14	12.5	6:38	7:08
15	12.5	6:38	7:08
16	12.5	6:39	7:09
17	12.5	6:39	7:09
18	12.5	6:40	7:09
19	12.5	6:40	7:09
20	12.5	6:41	7:09
21	12.5	6:41	7:10
22	12.5	6:42	7:10
23	12.5	6:42	7:10
24	12.5	6:42	7:10
25	12.5	6:43	7:10
26	12.4	6:43	7:10
27	12.4	6:44	7:10
28	12.4	6:44	7:10
29	12.4	6:44	7:10
30	12.4	6:45	7:10
31	12.4	6:45	7:10

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.08 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.45 kWh/m² to a high of 6.85 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.08 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Ipinda

In seasonPeak

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

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

Ipinda's monsoon runs November–April, 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 Ipinda?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

3.5

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ipinda.

What to pack for Ipinda in January

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

In January, Ipinda sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 21°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Ipinda 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 Ipinda peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	16	14	10	10	10	11	11	14	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Ipinda in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ipinda is worst in October — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	13	11	9	8	9	12	17	23	32	19	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ipinda?

Ipinda sits at 9.5°S, 33.9°E, 490 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Kyela, 12 km away.

Topography around Ipinda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ipinda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m around an average of 490 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,512 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,473 m.

The land around Ipinda is covered by trees (50%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and cropland (25%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

31 m

trees 50%

16 km

1,512 m

trees 49%

80 km

2,473 m

trees 35%

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← December Ipinda year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Kyela 12 km · Tukuyu 38 km · Katumba 42 km · Karonga 50 km · Kiwira 52 km · Igurusi 71 km · Chimala 71 km · Chitipa 73 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

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 Ipinda (-9.4833°, 33.9°, elevation 490 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). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	21
2	25	21
3	25	21
4	25	21
5	25	21
6	25	21
7	25	21
8	25	21
9	25	21
10	25	21
11	25	21
12	25	21
13	25	21
14	25	21
15	25	21
16	25	21
17	25	21
18	25	21
19	25	21
20	25	21
21	25	21
22	25	21
23	25	21
24	25	21
25	25	21
26	25	21
27	25	21
28	25	21
29	25	21
30	25	21
31	25	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	5	95
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	95
2	95
3	94
4	94
5	93
6	93
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	20	80

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	21
2	25	21
3	25	21
4	25	21
5	25	21
6	25	21
7	25	21
8	25	21
9	25	21
10	25	21
11	25	21
12	25	21
13	25	21
14	25	21
15	25	21
16	25	21
17	25	21
18	25	21
19	25	21
20	25	21
21	25	21
22	25	21
23	25	21
24	25	21
25	25	21
26	25	21
27	25	21
28	25	21
29	25	21
30	25	21
31	25	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	5	95
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	95
2	95
3	94
4	94
5	93
6	93
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	20	80

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	25	21
2	25	21
3	25	21
4	25	21
5	25	21
6	25	21
7	25	21
8	25	21
9	25	21
10	25	21
11	25	21
12	25	21
13	25	21
14	25	21
15	25	21
16	25	21
17	25	21
18	25	21
19	25	21
20	25	21
21	25	21
22	25	21
23	25	21
24	25	21
25	25	21
26	25	21
27	25	21
28	25	21
29	25	21
30	25	21
31	25	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	9	91
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	6	94
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	5	95
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	4	96
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	5	95
30	5	95
31	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	95
2	95
3	94
4	94
5	93
6	93
7	92
8	92
9	92
10	91
11	91
12	91
13	91
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	90
19	90
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	90
26	90
27	90
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	21	79
16	21	79
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	22	78
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	21	79
27	21	79
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	21	79
31	20	80