Tarawa Weather in January
Average highs run from 28°C on January 1 to 28°C on January 31, and lows from 28°C to 28°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 192 mm over about 19 wet days.
January day by day
The normal high and low for each date, in °C.
- Normal low
- Normal high
- Reanalysis extreme high
- Reanalysis extreme low
January at a glance
- Average high
- 28°C
- Average low
- 28°C
- Precipitation
- 192 mm
- Reanalysis high
- 30°CJan 17, 2005
- Reanalysis low
- 25°CJan 27, 1999
- Daylight
- 12 h 03 min to 12 h 03 min
- Cloud cover
- 74%
- Humidity
- 80%
- Dew point
- 24°C
- Wind
- 20.5 km/h
Every day of the month
A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.
| Date | Normal high | Normal low | Reanalysis high | Reanalysis low | Chance wet |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2004 | 26°C 2001 | 56% |
| Jan 2 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2007 | 26°C 1992 | 57% |
| Jan 3 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2005 | 26°C 2011 | 58% |
| Jan 4 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2005 | 26°C 2011 | 58% |
| Jan 5 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2007 | 26°C 2001 | 58% |
| Jan 6 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 26°C 2001 | 58% |
| Jan 7 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 25°C 2001 | 58% |
| Jan 8 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 26°C 2001 | 59% |
| Jan 9 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 26°C 1999 | 60% |
| Jan 10 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 26°C 1999 | 61% |
| Jan 11 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2005 | 26°C 1999 | 62% |
| Jan 12 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2005 | 26°C 1999 | 63% |
| Jan 13 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 1995 | 26°C 1999 | 64% |
| Jan 14 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2004 | 25°C 1999 | 63% |
| Jan 15 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2016 | 26°C 2008 | 62% |
| Jan 16 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2005 | 26°C 1999 | 62% |
| Jan 17 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2005 | 25°C 1999 | 62% |
| Jan 18 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 26°C 1999 | 63% |
| Jan 19 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 26°C 1999 | 63% |
| Jan 20 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 1991 | 26°C 2012 | 64% |
| Jan 21 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 1991 | 25°C 1999 | 64% |
| Jan 22 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2019 | 25°C 1999 | 64% |
| Jan 23 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2019 | 26°C 1999 | 64% |
| Jan 24 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2019 | 26°C 1999 | 64% |
| Jan 25 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2015 | 26°C 1999 | 64% |
| Jan 26 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2020 | 25°C 1999 | 64% |
| Jan 27 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 25°C 1999 | 65% |
| Jan 28 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 25°C 1999 | 65% |
| Jan 29 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2019 | 26°C 2000 | 65% |
| Jan 30 | 28°C | 28°C | 29°C 2005 | 26°C 1999 | 65% |
| Jan 31 | 28°C | 28°C | 30°C 2020 | 26°C 2002 | 64% |
Chance of rain
- Chance of a wet day
Sunrise and sunset
Times for 2026, local time (GMT+12).
- January 1
- sunrise 6:30 AM, sunset 6:33 PM
- January 31
- sunrise 6:40 AM, sunset 6:43 PM
Other months
Sources
Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.