Kibakwe weather in January

In January, Kibakwe sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 140 mm of rain across 19.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kibakwe's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kibakwe's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
140 mm
19.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:33 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
71%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.95 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Kibakwe is Administrative ward in 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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kibakwe reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12819
22819
32819
42819
52819
62819
72819
82819
92819
102819
112819
122819
132819
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302819
312819

Kibakwe weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°14019.412.34.8
Feb28° / 19°10716.112.24.9
Mar28° / 19°13218.6125.0
Apr27° / 18°7011.811.96.1
May27° / 16°91.811.77.8
Jun26° / 14°10.111.68.4
Jul26° / 13°00.111.68.6
Aug27° / 14°0011.88.4
Sep28° / 15°00127.7
Oct30° / 17°6112.16.5
Nov30° / 19°344.812.35.5
Dec29° / 19°1001312.44.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23763
33664
43664
53565
63466
73466
83367
93268
103268
113169
123169
133169
143070
153070
163070
173169
183169
193169
203169
213169
223268
233268
243268
253268
263268
273268
283169
293268
303268
313268

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kibakwe gets around 140 mm of rain over 19.4 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 61% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
158
258
359
459
560
661
762
863
963
1064
1164
1264
1364
1464
1564
1663
1763
1863
1962
2062
2161
2261
2361
2460
2560
2660
2760
2859
2959
3059
3159

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 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 34% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12185327
22175229
31175230
41175131
51165132
61165033
71164934
81154935
91154935
101144936
111144936
121134937
131134937
141134937
151125037
161125136
171125136
181135135
191135135
201135234
211135234
221135234
231145134
241145134
251145134
261155034
271155034
281155034
291154935
301154935
311154935

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
95calm
105calm
115calm
125calm
135calm
145calm
155calm
165calm
175calm
185calm
195calm
205calm
215calm
225calm
235calm
245calm
255calm
265calm
275calm
285calm
295calm
305calm
315calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:266:49
212.46:276:50
312.46:276:50
412.46:286:50
512.46:286:51
612.46:296:51
712.46:296:52
812.46:306:52
912.46:306:52
1012.46:316:53
1112.46:316:53
1212.46:316:53
1312.46:326:54
1412.46:326:54
1512.46:336:54
1612.46:336:54
1712.36:346:55
1812.36:346:55
1912.36:356:55
2012.36:356:55
2112.36:356:55
2212.36:366:56
2312.36:366:56
2412.36:376:56
2512.36:376:56
2612.36:376:56
2712.36:386:56
2812.36:386:56
2912.36:386:57
3012.36:396:57
3112.36:396:57

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.2 kWh/m² to a high of 6.93 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.95 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
95.8Bright
105.8Bright
115.8Bright
125.8Bright
135.9Bright
145.9Bright
155.9Bright
165.9Bright
175.9Bright
185.9Bright
196.0Bright
206.0Bright
216.0Intense
226.0Intense
236.0Intense
246.0Intense
256.1Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kibakwe

In seasonPeak

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

Kibakwe'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 Kibakwe?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Kibakwe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kibakwe in January

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

In January, Kibakwe sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kibakwe 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 Kibakwe peaks around March 13 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 13UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Kibakwe?

Kibakwe sits at 6.7°S, 36.4°E, 1,133 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mpwapwa, 43 km away.

KilosaKibaigwaGeiroIzaziDodomaMsoweroMikumi

Topography around Kibakwe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kibakwe has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 680 m around an average of 1,252 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,435 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,897 m.

The land around Kibakwe is covered by shrubs (51%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, shrubs (37%) and cropland (34%) within 16 km, and shrubs (33%), trees (22%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
680 m
16 km
1,435 m
80 km
1,897 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mpwapwa 43 km · Kilosa 69 km · Kibaigwa 77 km · Geiro 84 km · Izazi 88 km · Dodoma 92 km · Msowero 94 km · Mikumi 102 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 Kibakwe (-6.7167°, 36.3667°, elevation 1,133 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).