Mwanza climate

Mwanza Weather in January

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mwanza, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

Average highs run from 28°C on January 1 to 27°C on January 31, and lows from 20°C to 19°C. Normal precipitation for the month is 273 mm over about 28 wet days.

January day by day

The normal high and low for each date, and the record, in °C.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mwanza, in °C, with the record for each date.10152025303540151015202530
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Record high
  • Record low

January at a glance

Average high
28°C
Average low
20°C
Precipitation
273 mm
Record high
37°CJan 11, 2001
Record low
15°CJan 7, 2023
Daylight
13 h 03 min to 12 h 47 min
Cloud cover
82%
Humidity
82%
Dew point
20°C
Wind
11.2 km/h

Every day of the month

A wet day has at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

DateNormal highNormal lowRecord highRecord lowChance wet
Jan 128°C20°C30°C 199219°C 197686%
Jan 228°C20°C33°C 199419°C 198987%
Jan 328°C20°C31°C 198920°C 198686%
Jan 428°C20°C32°C 201319°C 199286%
Jan 528°C20°C32°C 198317°C 201886%
Jan 628°C20°C33°C 198317°C 201886%
Jan 728°C20°C35°C 200015°C 202386%
Jan 828°C20°C33°C 198319°C 198387%
Jan 928°C20°C33°C 199817°C 198088%
Jan 1028°C20°C32°C 198419°C 201588%
Jan 1128°C20°C37°C 200120°C 200089%
Jan 1228°C20°C34°C 198419°C 201289%
Jan 1328°C20°C32°C 201219°C 198989%
Jan 1428°C20°C33°C 199219°C 201790%
Jan 1528°C20°C31°C 199217°C 198090%
Jan 1628°C20°C31°C 198515°C 201489%
Jan 1728°C20°C31°C 198519°C 201488%
Jan 1828°C20°C31°C 201218°C 198789%
Jan 1928°C20°C32°C 199218°C 199389%
Jan 2028°C20°C32°C 198319°C 200089%
Jan 2128°C20°C33°C 199219°C 200090%
Jan 2227°C20°C33°C 199218°C 201989%
Jan 2327°C19°C33°C 199118°C 201589%
Jan 2427°C19°C31°C 199017°C 201589%
Jan 2527°C19°C32°C 198419°C 202488%
Jan 2627°C19°C32°C 198419°C 199288%
Jan 2727°C19°C30°C 198415°C 201687%
Jan 2827°C19°C30°C 199418°C 201287%
Jan 2927°C19°C34°C 198417°C 198787%
Jan 3027°C19°C34°C 198418°C 198787%
Jan 3127°C19°C32°C 198418°C 201286%

Chance of rain

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mwanza, in percent.0204060801001102030
  • Chance of a wet day

Sunrise and sunset

Times for 2026, local time (GMT+2).

January 1
sunrise 5:14 AM, sunset 6:17 PM
January 31
sunrise 5:32 AM, sunset 6:19 PM

Every day of January: sun and moon

Other months

Sources

Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station MI000067693, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. 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 2026-09-25. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.