Madizini weather in January

In January, Madizini sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 95 mm of rain across 13.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Madizini's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madizini's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 95 mm; 13.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:29 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

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Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Madizini reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	22
19	32	22
20	32	22
21	32	22
22	32	22
23	32	22
24	32	22
25	32	22
26	32	22
27	32	22
28	32	22
29	32	22
30	32	22
31	32	22

How January really feels in Madizini

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Madizini weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 22°	95	13.5	12.3	3.7
Feb	32° / 22°	89	11.7	12.2	3.7
Mar	31° / 22°	136	21.4	12	3.4
Apr	29° / 21°	127	24.1	11.9	3.7
May	28° / 20°	65	14	11.7	5.7
Jun	28° / 18°	16	4.9	11.7	7.0
Jul	28° / 17°	11	2.7	11.7	7.3
Aug	28° / 18°	17	5.1	11.8	6.5
Sep	29° / 18°	17	5.4	12	5.8
Oct	30° / 20°	50	9.6	12.1	4.9
Nov	31° / 21°	61	14.5	12.3	4.2
Dec	32° / 22°	94	16.4	12.3	3.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%.

	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 (%)	52	52	51	51	50	50	49	49	48	47	46	45	45	45	44	45	45	44	45	45	45	44	44	44	44	44	45	45	45	46	47
Cloudier (%)	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	51	52	53	54	55	55	55	56	55	55	56	55	55	55	56	56	56	56	56	55	55	55	54	53

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	46	54
31	47	53

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Madizini gets around 95 mm of rain over 13.5 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 44% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	48	48	48	48	48	48	48	49	49	49	49	49	49	48	47	46	46	44	43	42	41	40	39	38	38	37	36	36	36	36	36

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	48
15	47
16	46
17	46
18	44
19	43
20	42
21	41
22	40
23	39
24	38
25	38
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% 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 (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Muggy (%)	47	47	47	47	47	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	54	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57
Oppressive (%)	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	52	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	49	48	47	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	42	42	42	42	42	42

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	47	51
2	2	47	51
3	2	47	51
4	2	47	51
5	2	47	51
6	2	46	52
7	2	46	52
8	2	46	52
9	1	46	53
10	1	46	53
11	1	47	52
12	1	47	52
13	1	48	51
14	1	48	51
15	1	49	50
16	1	50	49
17	1	51	48
18	1	52	47
19	1	53	46
20	1	54	45
21	1	54	45
22	1	55	44
23	1	56	43
24	1	56	43
25	1	57	42
26	1	57	42
27	1	57	42
28	1	57	42
29	1	57	42
30	1	57	42
31	1	57	42

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
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20	6	calm
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24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

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 6:22 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:51 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)	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:22	6:43
2	12.3	6:23	6:44
3	12.3	6:23	6:44
4	12.3	6:24	6:44
5	12.3	6:24	6:45
6	12.3	6:25	6:45
7	12.3	6:25	6:45
8	12.3	6:25	6:46
9	12.3	6:26	6:46
10	12.3	6:26	6:47
11	12.3	6:27	6:47
12	12.3	6:27	6:47
13	12.3	6:28	6:48
14	12.3	6:28	6:48
15	12.3	6:29	6:48
16	12.3	6:29	6:48
17	12.3	6:30	6:49
18	12.3	6:30	6:49
19	12.3	6:30	6:49
20	12.3	6:31	6:49
21	12.3	6:31	6:50
22	12.3	6:32	6:50
23	12.3	6:32	6:50
24	12.3	6:32	6:50
25	12.3	6:33	6:50
26	12.3	6:33	6:50
27	12.3	6:33	6:50
28	12.3	6:34	6:51
29	12.3	6:34	6:51
30	12.3	6:34	6:51
31	12.3	6:35	6:51

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.06 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.83 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
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	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.8	Bright
11	5.8	Bright
12	5.8	Bright
13	5.8	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.9	Bright
24	5.9	Bright
25	5.9	Bright
26	5.9	Bright
27	6.0	Bright
28	6.0	Bright
29	6.0	Bright
30	6.0	Bright
31	6.0	Intense

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Madizini

In seasonPeak

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

Madizini's rainy season runs November–May, 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 Madizini?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Madizini.

What to pack for Madizini in January

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

In January, Madizini sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Madizini 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 Madizini peaks around March 14 at about 15 (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)	14	15	15	14	11	10	11	11	13	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Madizini?

Madizini sits at 6.1°S, 37.6°E, 422 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Lubata, 21 km away.

Topography around Madizini

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madizini has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 381 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,058 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,250 m.

The land around Madizini is covered by cropland (56%) and trees (36%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and cropland (47%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

147 m

cropland 56%

16 km

2,058 m

trees 49%

80 km

2,250 m

trees 50%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

January weather nearby: Lubata 21 km · Magole 39 km · Dumila 42 km · Msowero 65 km · Morogoro 76 km · Lugoba 84 km · Geiro 85 km · Ngerengere 86 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 Madizini (-6.1409°, 37.636°, elevation 422 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	22
19	32	22
20	32	22
21	32	22
22	32	22
23	32	22
24	32	22
25	32	22
26	32	22
27	32	22
28	32	22
29	32	22
30	32	22
31	32	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	46	54
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	48
15	47
16	46
17	46
18	44
19	43
20	42
21	41
22	40
23	39
24	38
25	38
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	47	51
2	2	47	51
3	2	47	51
4	2	47	51
5	2	47	51
6	2	46	52
7	2	46	52
8	2	46	52
9	1	46	53
10	1	46	53
11	1	47	52
12	1	47	52
13	1	48	51
14	1	48	51
15	1	49	50
16	1	50	49
17	1	51	48
18	1	52	47
19	1	53	46
20	1	54	45
21	1	54	45
22	1	55	44
23	1	56	43
24	1	56	43
25	1	57	42
26	1	57	42
27	1	57	42
28	1	57	42
29	1	57	42
30	1	57	42
31	1	57	42

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	22
19	32	22
20	32	22
21	32	22
22	32	22
23	32	22
24	32	22
25	32	22
26	32	22
27	32	22
28	32	22
29	32	22
30	32	22
31	32	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	46	54
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	48
15	47
16	46
17	46
18	44
19	43
20	42
21	41
22	40
23	39
24	38
25	38
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	47	51
2	2	47	51
3	2	47	51
4	2	47	51
5	2	47	51
6	2	46	52
7	2	46	52
8	2	46	52
9	1	46	53
10	1	46	53
11	1	47	52
12	1	47	52
13	1	48	51
14	1	48	51
15	1	49	50
16	1	50	49
17	1	51	48
18	1	52	47
19	1	53	46
20	1	54	45
21	1	54	45
22	1	55	44
23	1	56	43
24	1	56	43
25	1	57	42
26	1	57	42
27	1	57	42
28	1	57	42
29	1	57	42
30	1	57	42
31	1	57	42

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	22
19	32	22
20	32	22
21	32	22
22	32	22
23	32	22
24	32	22
25	32	22
26	32	22
27	32	22
28	32	22
29	32	22
30	32	22
31	32	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	52	48
2	52	48
3	51	49
4	51	49
5	50	50
6	50	50
7	49	51
8	49	51
9	48	52
10	47	53
11	46	54
12	45	55
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	44	56
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	44	56
19	45	55
20	45	55
21	45	55
22	44	56
23	44	56
24	44	56
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	45	55
29	45	55
30	46	54
31	47	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	48
2	48
3	48
4	48
5	48
6	48
7	48
8	49
9	49
10	49
11	49
12	49
13	49
14	48
15	47
16	46
17	46
18	44
19	43
20	42
21	41
22	40
23	39
24	38
25	38
26	37
27	36
28	36
29	36
30	36
31	36

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	47	51
2	2	47	51
3	2	47	51
4	2	47	51
5	2	47	51
6	2	46	52
7	2	46	52
8	2	46	52
9	1	46	53
10	1	46	53
11	1	47	52
12	1	47	52
13	1	48	51
14	1	48	51
15	1	49	50
16	1	50	49
17	1	51	48
18	1	52	47
19	1	53	46
20	1	54	45
21	1	54	45
22	1	55	44
23	1	56	43
24	1	56	43
25	1	57	42
26	1	57	42
27	1	57	42
28	1	57	42
29	1	57	42
30	1	57	42
31	1	57	42