Kigonsera weather in January

In January, Kigonsera sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 304 mm of rain across 27.4 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kigonsera's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kigonsera's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
5th warmest
Overnight low
19°
10th coldest
Rainfall
304 mm
27.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:32 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover
85%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Kigonsera is village in Ruvuma Region, Tanzania.

Density
141/km²
people per km²

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 Kigonsera reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C cooler than December and on par with February.

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Kigonsera 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
Jan26° / 19°30427.412.63.8
Feb26° / 18°26124.512.43.9
Mar26° / 18°26328.512.13.8
Apr25° / 17°9919.811.85.2
May25° / 15°195.411.57.7
Jun24° / 13°30.711.48.5
Jul23° / 12°20.811.48.6
Aug25° / 13°20.511.68.5
Sep28° / 16°20.611.97.8
Oct29° / 18°184.712.26.1
Nov30° / 19°6910.512.55.0
Dec28° / 19°20622.912.64.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21684
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kigonsera gets around 304 mm of rain over 27.4 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 88% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 72% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1143263
2133165
3133165
4133066
5122968
6022969
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Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 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 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 7:02 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:247:02
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312.66:257:02
412.66:267:03
512.66:267:03
612.66:277:03
712.66:277:04
812.66:287:04
912.66:287:04
1012.66:297:05
1112.66:297:05
1212.66:307:05
1312.66:317:05
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1712.66:337:06
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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 5.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.42 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 Kigonsera

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kigonsera'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 Kigonsera?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kigonsera.

What to pack for Kigonsera in January

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

In January, Kigonsera sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kigonsera in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kigonsera peaks around February 15 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeFeb 15UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Kigonsera 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 Kigonsera is worst in September — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.2× the cleanest month (December, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodSep 1740 µg/m³Dec 208 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May10Good
Jun10Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug29Moderate
Sep41Poor
Oct31Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec8Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kigonsera?

Kigonsera sits at 10.8°S, 35.0°E, 1,327 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mbinga, 15 km away.

MahanjeNkhata BayMlangali

Topography around Kigonsera

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kigonsera has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 627 m around an average of 1,215 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 998 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,616 m.

The land around Kigonsera is covered by cropland (37%), trees (26%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, cropland (37%), shrubs (24%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (29%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
627 m
16 km
998 m
80 km
1,616 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Mbinga 15 km · Matiri 17 km · Maposeni 45 km · Tingi 56 km · Songea 67 km · Mahanje 101 km · Nkhata Bay 122 km · Mlangali 127 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 Kigonsera (-10.8°, 35.05°, elevation 1,327 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).