Mikumi weather in January

In January, Mikumi sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 104 mm of rain across 15.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% 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 Mikumi's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mikumi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
104 mm
15.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:30 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
68%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Mikumi is town in Morogoro 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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mikumi reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Mikumi

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Mikumi weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°10415.912.43.8
Feb31° / 22°1061612.23.8
Mar29° / 21°13623.112.13.8
Apr27° / 20°10822.311.84.6
May27° / 19°4210.511.76.6
Jun26° / 17°113.411.67.7
Jul26° / 16°8211.67.9
Aug27° / 16°113.311.87.7
Sep28° / 17°92.7127.0
Oct30° / 19°276.112.25.6
Nov31° / 21°4310.412.34.5
Dec31° / 22°7313.512.44.0

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in January.

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
24357
34258
44060
54060
63961
73961
83862
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mikumi gets around 104 mm of rain over 15.9 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 51% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
147
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348
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550
651
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953
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1951
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2151
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2649
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3049
3150

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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 83% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12196019
22195920
32185921
42185921
52175922
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92155825
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 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
15calm
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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 6:23 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:236:48
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312.46:246:49
412.46:246:49
512.46:246:50
612.46:256:50
712.46:256:50
812.46:266:51
912.46:266:51
1012.46:276:51
1112.46:276:52
1212.46:286:52
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1412.46:296:52
1512.46:296:53
1612.46:306:53
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2112.46:326:54
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2412.46:336:55
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2812.36:356:55
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3112.36:366:55

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 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in October across the year — January's 5.83 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.9Bright
286.0Bright
296.0Bright
306.0Bright
316.0Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Mikumi

In seasonPeak

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

Mikumi'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 Mikumi?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mikumi.

What to pack for Mikumi in January

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

In January, Mikumi sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mikumi in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mikumi peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 12UV 15Jun 19UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mikumi 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 Mikumi is worst in September — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.5× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModerateGoodSep 1831 µg/m³Apr 229 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May9Good
Jun12Good
Jul17Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep32Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mikumi?

Mikumi sits at 7.4°S, 37.0°E, 517 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Kidodi, 22 km away.

IfakaraMorogoroMsoweroKibakwe

Topography around Mikumi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mikumi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 125 m around an average of 535 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,232 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,478 m.

The land around Mikumi is covered by grassland (34%) and trees (31%) within 3 km, trees (58%) and grassland (28%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
125 m
16 km
1,232 m
80 km
2,478 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
January weather nearby: Kidodi 22 km · Ruaha 28 km · Kidatu 33 km · Kilosa 63 km · Ifakara 88 km · Morogoro 99 km · Msowero 100 km · Kibakwe 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 Mikumi (-7.4041°, 36.9831°, elevation 517 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).