Nshamba weather in January

In January, Nshamba sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 101 mm of rain across 18.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-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 14% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Nshamba's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nshamba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 101 mm; 18.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 7:00 AM – 7:06 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.3; out of 10

← December Nshamba year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

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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 Nshamba reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°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 28°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

Nshamba weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 17°	101	18.1	12.1	5.3
Feb	27° / 17°	76	14.3	12.1	5.5
Mar	27° / 17°	118	18.1	12	5.2
Apr	26° / 17°	136	19.4	12	4.9
May	26° / 17°	75	13.3	11.9	6.1
Jun	26° / 16°	28	5.1	11.9	7.3
Jul	27° / 16°	13	2.8	11.9	7.8
Aug	26° / 16°	54	9.3	11.9	6.7
Sep	26° / 16°	82	16	12	5.6
Oct	26° / 16°	141	22.2	12	4.8
Nov	25° / 16°	159	24.4	12.1	4.3
Dec	25° / 16°	133	21.7	12.1	4.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	29	29	30	30	31	32	33	34	35	36
Cloudier (%)	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	71	71	70	70	69	68	67	66	65	64

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	36	64

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Nshamba gets around 101 mm of rain over 18.1 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 58% and peaks near 65% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	65	65	65	64	64	64	63	63	62	61	61	60	60	60	59	59	58	58	57	56	56	55	54	54	53	53	52	52	51	50	50

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	63
8	63
9	62
10	61
11	61
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	59
16	59
17	58
18	58
19	57
20	56
21	56
22	55
23	54
24	54
25	53
26	53
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	50
31	50

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 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 19% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	4
Humid (%)	78	77	77	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	80	80	79
Muggy (%)	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	78	22
2	0	77	23
3	0	77	23
4	1	76	23
5	1	76	23
6	1	76	23
7	1	76	23
8	1	77	22
9	1	77	22
10	1	77	22
11	1	78	21
12	1	78	21
13	1	79	20
14	1	79	20
15	1	80	19
16	1	81	18
17	1	81	18
18	1	82	17
19	1	82	17
20	2	82	16
21	2	82	16
22	2	82	16
23	2	82	16
24	2	82	16
25	2	82	16
26	3	81	16
27	3	81	16
28	3	81	16
29	3	80	17
30	3	80	17
31	4	79	17

Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of January to 12 h 06 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 6:54 AM to 7:05 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 7:09 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:55	6:56	6:56	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05
Sunset (PM)	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	6:54	7:00
2	12.1	6:54	7:00
3	12.1	6:55	7:01
4	12.1	6:55	7:01
5	12.1	6:56	7:02
6	12.1	6:56	7:02
7	12.1	6:57	7:03
8	12.1	6:57	7:03
9	12.1	6:57	7:03
10	12.1	6:58	7:04
11	12.1	6:58	7:04
12	12.1	6:59	7:05
13	12.1	6:59	7:05
14	12.1	7:00	7:05
15	12.1	7:00	7:06
16	12.1	7:00	7:06
17	12.1	7:01	7:06
18	12.1	7:01	7:07
19	12.1	7:01	7:07
20	12.1	7:02	7:07
21	12.1	7:02	7:07
22	12.1	7:02	7:08
23	12.1	7:03	7:08
24	12.1	7:03	7:08
25	12.1	7:03	7:08
26	12.1	7:04	7:09
27	12.1	7:04	7:09
28	12.1	7:04	7:09
29	12.1	7:04	7:09
30	12.1	7:05	7:09
31	12.1	7:05	7:09

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.12 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.5	Bright
8	5.5	Bright
9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.8	Bright
30	5.8	Bright
31	5.9	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Nshamba?

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

5.3

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Nshamba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nshamba in January

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

In January, Nshamba sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Nshamba in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nshamba peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (extreme).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	13	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Nshamba 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 Nshamba is worst in January — around 28 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (April, 13 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	28	24	18	13	14	20	24	26	21	16	16	20
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	28	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	18	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	20	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Nshamba?

Nshamba sits at 1.8°S, 31.6°E, 1,540 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Kamachumu, 21 km away.

Topography around Nshamba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nshamba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 249 m around an average of 1,517 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 478 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 662 m.

The land around Nshamba is covered by grassland (35%), shrubs (33%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and water (33%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

249 m

grassland 35%

16 km

478 m

grassland 50%

80 km

662 m

water 33%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

← December Nshamba year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Kamachumu 21 km · Katerero 49 km · Bukoba 59 km · Nsunga 75 km · Chato 96 km · Biharamulo 97 km · Mhalamba 101 km · Kayonza 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

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 Nshamba (-1.7983°, 31.5511°, elevation 1,540 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	63
8	63
9	62
10	61
11	61
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	59
16	59
17	58
18	58
19	57
20	56
21	56
22	55
23	54
24	54
25	53
26	53
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	50
31	50

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	78	22
2	0	77	23
3	0	77	23
4	1	76	23
5	1	76	23
6	1	76	23
7	1	76	23
8	1	77	22
9	1	77	22
10	1	77	22
11	1	78	21
12	1	78	21
13	1	79	20
14	1	79	20
15	1	80	19
16	1	81	18
17	1	81	18
18	1	82	17
19	1	82	17
20	2	82	16
21	2	82	16
22	2	82	16
23	2	82	16
24	2	82	16
25	2	82	16
26	3	81	16
27	3	81	16
28	3	81	16
29	3	80	17
30	3	80	17
31	4	79	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	63
8	63
9	62
10	61
11	61
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	59
16	59
17	58
18	58
19	57
20	56
21	56
22	55
23	54
24	54
25	53
26	53
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	50
31	50

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	78	22
2	0	77	23
3	0	77	23
4	1	76	23
5	1	76	23
6	1	76	23
7	1	76	23
8	1	77	22
9	1	77	22
10	1	77	22
11	1	78	21
12	1	78	21
13	1	79	20
14	1	79	20
15	1	80	19
16	1	81	18
17	1	81	18
18	1	82	17
19	1	82	17
20	2	82	16
21	2	82	16
22	2	82	16
23	2	82	16
24	2	82	16
25	2	82	16
26	3	81	16
27	3	81	16
28	3	81	16
29	3	80	17
30	3	80	17
31	4	79	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	27	17
28	27	17
29	27	17
30	27	17
31	27	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	29	71
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	26	74
19	26	74
20	27	73
21	27	73
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	30	70
25	30	70
26	31	69
27	32	68
28	33	67
29	34	66
30	35	65
31	36	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	65
2	65
3	65
4	64
5	64
6	64
7	63
8	63
9	62
10	61
11	61
12	60
13	60
14	60
15	59
16	59
17	58
18	58
19	57
20	56
21	56
22	55
23	54
24	54
25	53
26	53
27	52
28	52
29	51
30	50
31	50

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	0	78	22
2	0	77	23
3	0	77	23
4	1	76	23
5	1	76	23
6	1	76	23
7	1	76	23
8	1	77	22
9	1	77	22
10	1	77	22
11	1	78	21
12	1	78	21
13	1	79	20
14	1	79	20
15	1	80	19
16	1	81	18
17	1	81	18
18	1	82	17
19	1	82	17
20	2	82	16
21	2	82	16
22	2	82	16
23	2	82	16
24	2	82	16
25	2	82	16
26	3	81	16
27	3	81	16
28	3	81	16
29	3	80	17
30	3	80	17
31	4	79	17