Mgandu weather in January

In January, Mgandu sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 143 mm of rain across 18.5 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 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 Mgandu's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mgandu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
7th warmest
Overnight low
18°
10th coldest
Rainfall
143 mm
18.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:43 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.2
out of 10

Mgandu is ward in Singida, 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 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mgandu reaches about 26°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 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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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112618
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Mgandu 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
Jan26° / 18°14318.512.35.2
Feb27° / 18°10715.312.25.3
Mar27° / 18°11314.6125.8
Apr26° / 17°609.511.96.6
May26° / 16°112.211.77.9
Jun26° / 14°10.111.78.5
Jul25° / 14°0011.78.8
Aug26° / 14°00.111.88.5
Sep28° / 16°00.1128.1
Oct29° / 17°40.812.16.7
Nov30° / 18°445.312.35.8
Dec28° / 18°12714.712.35.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13466
23367
33367
43268
53268
63268
73070
83070
93070
103070
112971
122971
132971
142971
152971
163070
173169
183169
193169
203169
213268
223268
233268
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253268
263268
273268
283169
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303169
313169

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mgandu gets around 143 mm of rain over 18.5 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 59% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1759
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2157
2257
2357
2457
2557
2657
2757
2857
2957
3057
3157

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 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1915706
2915706
3815716
4815716
5715717
6715717
7614737
8614737
9614737
10514747
11513757
12513748
13413758
14413758
15413758
16413758
17313768
18313768
19314758
20314758
21314749
22314749
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25314749
26415729
27415729
28415729
294157110
304157110
314157110

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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49calm
59calm
69calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
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188calm
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208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
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 6:36 AM to 6:49 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 7:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:366:57
212.36:376:57
312.36:376:58
412.36:386:58
512.36:386:58
612.36:396:59
712.36:396:59
812.36:407:00
912.36:407:00
1012.36:417:00
1112.36:417:01
1212.36:427:01
1312.36:427:01
1412.36:437:02
1512.36:437:02
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1712.36:447:02
1812.36:447:03
1912.36:457:03
2012.36:457:03
2112.36:467:03
2212.36:467:03
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2412.36:477:04
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2612.36:477:04
2712.36:487:04
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2912.36:487:04
3012.36:497:05
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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 5.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.35 kWh/m² to a high of 7.16 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.78 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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45.7Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
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316.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Mgandu

In seasonPeak

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

Mgandu'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 Mgandu?

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

5.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Mgandu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mgandu in January

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

In January, Mgandu sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Mgandu 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 Mgandu peaks around February 20 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeFeb 20UV 16Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mgandu 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 Mgandu 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 Mgandu?

Mgandu sits at 6.0°S, 34.1°E, 1,486 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Itigi, 48 km away.

ManyoniIkungiPumaMungaaSepukaSingidaSikonge

Topography around Mgandu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mgandu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 128 m around an average of 1,461 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 587 m.

The land around Mgandu is covered by shrubs (39%), cropland (29%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, cropland (45%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
128 m
16 km
230 m
80 km
587 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Itigi 48 km · Manyoni 81 km · Ikungi 115 km · Puma 125 km · Mungaa 137 km · Sepuka 141 km · Singida 143 km · Sikonge 155 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 Mgandu (-5.95°, 34.1333°, elevation 1,486 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).