Mpanda weather in January

In January, Mpanda sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 176 mm of rain across 25.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 4% 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 Mpanda's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mpanda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
6th coldest
Rainfall
176 mm
25.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:55 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover
81%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.5 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Mpanda is city.

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 Mpanda 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 29°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)
12718
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292718
302718
312718

How January really feels in Mpanda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mpanda weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 18°17625.612.34.0
Feb28° / 19°14621.312.24.2
Mar28° / 19°15622.8124.4
Apr27° / 18°1161811.95.0
May28° / 18°204.211.77.0
Jun28° / 17°10.211.67.4
Jul29° / 16°00.111.77.5
Aug30° / 18°00.111.86.5
Sep32° / 20°20.5125.2
Oct32° / 21°254.812.14.5
Nov29° / 20°1011512.34.5
Dec27° / 19°16523.712.44.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11981
21981
31882
41783
51783
61783
71783
81684
91585
101486
111486
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mpanda gets around 176 mm of rain over 25.6 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 82% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
179
280
380
480
581
681
782
882
983
1083
1184
1284
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1484
1584
1684
1784
1884
1984
2084
2183
2283
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2482
2582
2682
2781
2880
2980
3080
3179

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 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
124751
224751
314752
414653
514653
614653
714653
804654
904654
1004753
1104753
1204753
1304753
1404753
1504753
1604753
1704753
1804753
1904654
2004654
2104555
2204555
2304456
2404357
2504258
2614158
2714059
2814059
2913960
3013960
3113861

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January, the calmest month.

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
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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 6:48 AM to 7:01 AM, and sunset from 7:10 PM to 7:17 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:487:10
212.46:487:10
312.46:497:11
412.46:497:11
512.46:507:11
612.46:507:12
712.46:517:12
812.46:517:12
912.36:527:13
1012.36:527:13
1112.36:537:13
1212.36:537:14
1312.36:547:14
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1512.36:557:15
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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 5.5 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.81 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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155.4Bright
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215.5Bright
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265.6Bright
275.6Bright
285.7Bright
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305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Mpanda

In seasonPeak

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

Mpanda's rainy season runs November–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 Mpanda?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Mpanda for sightseeing.

What to pack for Mpanda in January

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

In January, Mpanda sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mpanda 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 Mpanda peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeExtremeFeb 22UV 16Aug 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb16Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mpanda 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 Mpanda is worst in August — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.9× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodAug 1643 µg/m³Apr 228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Good
Feb12Good
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May8Good
Jun20Moderate
Jul34Moderate
Aug44Poor
Sep33Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mpanda?

Mpanda sits at 6.3°S, 31.1°E, 1,100 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Usevia, 86 km away.

UseviaKirandoNamanyereNgurukaChalaUvinzaKitukuBaudhuinville

Topography around Mpanda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mpanda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m around an average of 1,082 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 389 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,221 m.

The land around Mpanda is covered by artificial surfaces (38%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, cropland (39%), shrubs (25%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) within 80 km.

3 km
172 m
16 km
389 m
80 km
1,221 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Usevia 86 km · Kirando 130 km · Namanyere 130 km · Nguruka 137 km · Chala 140 km · Uvinza 157 km · Kituku 167 km · Baudhuinville 169 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 Mpanda (-6.3438°, 31.0695°, elevation 1,100 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).