Morogoro weather in January

In January, Morogoro sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 110 mm of rain across 16.6 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-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 19% 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 Morogoro's 10th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Morogoro's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
110 mm
16.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:28 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover
66%
10th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Morogoro is city in Tanzania.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 23.3 µg/m³ · 2011
Density
1,309/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 31°C through the month.

A typical January day in Morogoro 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 29°C and 33°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 Morogoro

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.

Morogoro weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 2nd-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°11016.612.43.7
Feb31° / 22°11214.912.23.7
Mar30° / 22°19223.7123.4
Apr28° / 21°16124.611.93.9
May28° / 19°5912.611.76.0
Jun27° / 18°154.211.67.2
Jul27° / 17°92.611.67.4
Aug28° / 17°11311.87.0
Sep29° / 18°113.2126.2
Oct30° / 19°347.212.25.2
Nov31° / 21°6014.612.34.2
Dec31° / 22°10218.912.43.6

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 58%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14753
24654
34654
44654
54456
64456
74357
84258
94258
104159
114159
124060
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Morogoro gets around 110 mm of rain over 16.6 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 54% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
157
257
357
457
557
657
757
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1058
1158
1258
1358
1458
1557
1656
1755
1855
1954
2053
2152
2251
2350
2449
2548
2647
2747
2846
2946
3046
3146

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 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
135938
235839
335839
435839
535839
635839
735839
835839
925939
1025939
1126038
1226038
1326038
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1826335
1926434
2026434
2126533
2226533
2326533
2426533
2536433
2636433
2736433
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2936334
3036334
3136235

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 6:21 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:52 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:216:44
212.46:216:45
312.46:226:45
412.46:226:45
512.46:236:46
612.46:236:46
712.46:246:47
812.46:246:47
912.46:256:47
1012.46:256:48
1112.46:266:48
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1312.46:276:49
1412.46:276:49
1512.46:286:49
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1712.46:286:50
1812.46:296:50
1912.36:296:50
2012.36:306:50
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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 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.62 kWh/m² to a high of 6.11 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.93 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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206.0Bright
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226.0Bright
236.0Intense
246.0Intense
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266.0Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Morogoro

In seasonPeak

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

Morogoro's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Morogoro?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Morogoro.

What to pack for Morogoro in January

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

In January, Morogoro sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Morogoro 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 Morogoro peaks around March 11 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 11UV 15Jun 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Morogoro 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 Morogoro is worst in July — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (November, 16 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Morogoro's WHO annual average of 23.3 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJul 2332 µg/m³Nov 1917 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb23Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul33Moderate
Aug32Moderate
Sep30Moderate
Oct21Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Morogoro?

Morogoro sits at 6.8°S, 37.7°E, 504 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Ngerengere, 51 km away.

KilosaMadiziniChalinzeLubata

Topography around Morogoro

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Morogoro has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m around an average of 508 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,863 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,548 m.

The land around Morogoro is covered by artificial surfaces (45%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, trees (35%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
127 m
16 km
1,863 m
80 km
2,548 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Ngerengere 51 km · Magole 59 km · Dumila 60 km · Msowero 60 km · Kilosa 75 km · Madizini 76 km · Chalinze 79 km · Lubata 83 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 Morogoro (-6.821°, 37.6612°, elevation 504 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).