Manyoni weather in January

In January, Manyoni sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 160 mm of rain across 17.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Manyoni's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Manyoni's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
7th warmest
Overnight low
18°
10th coldest
Rainfall
160 mm
17.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:41 AM – 6:59 PM
Cloud cover
68%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Manyoni is town in Singida Region, 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 27°C through the month.

A typical January day in Manyoni reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°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 30°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)
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Manyoni weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 18°16017.512.35.3
Feb28° / 18°11414.212.25.5
Mar27° / 18°12413.8125.9
Apr27° / 18°6010.411.96.4
May27° / 17°92.311.77.7
Jun26° / 15°10.111.78.5
Jul25° / 14°0011.78.8
Aug26° / 15°10.111.88.5
Sep28° / 16°00.1127.9
Oct30° / 18°40.912.16.5
Nov30° / 19°424.612.35.5
Dec29° / 19°13013.912.35.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24258
34258
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54060
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73862
83763
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Manyoni gets around 160 mm of rain over 17.5 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 55% and peaks near 59% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3152

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. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 27% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
18145622
28145523
38145424
47135525
57135426
67135426
76135427
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96125428
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Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January, the calmest month.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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278calm
288calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:46 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 7:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:346:54
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312.36:356:54
412.36:356:55
512.36:366:55
612.36:366:56
712.36:376:56
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912.36:386:57
1012.36:386:57
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1312.36:406:58
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1812.36:426:59
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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 6.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.51 kWh/m² to a high of 7.32 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 6.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Manyoni

In seasonPeak

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

Manyoni's rainy season runs December–March, 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 Manyoni?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Manyoni for sightseeing.

What to pack for Manyoni in January

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

In January, Manyoni sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Manyoni 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 Manyoni peaks around March 11 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 11UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Manyoni 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 Manyoni is worst in October — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.3× the cleanest month (May, 5 µg/m³).

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

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodOct 1315 µg/m³May 145 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb9Good
Mar8Good
Apr6Good
May5Good
Jun8Good
Jul11Good
Aug11Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov8Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Manyoni?

Manyoni sits at 5.8°S, 34.8°E, 1,265 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Itigi, 39 km away.

IkungiMganduPumaMungaaSingidaDodomaSepuka

Topography around Manyoni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Manyoni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 112 m around an average of 1,267 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 861 m.

The land around Manyoni is covered by cropland (36%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, shrubs (31%), trees (24%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (33%), cropland (24%) and trees (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
112 m
16 km
324 m
80 km
861 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Itigi 39 km · Ikungi 69 km · Mgandu 81 km · Puma 84 km · Mungaa 87 km · Singida 104 km · Dodoma 111 km · Sepuka 116 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 Manyoni (-5.75°, 34.8333°, elevation 1,265 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. 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).