Zanzibar is typically warm in January.

Maximum temperatures go up compared to the previous month from +29°C to +29°C. The minimum temperature also goes up from +26°C to +26°C.

It’s generally warm, but pack a long-sleeve shirt for evenings.

Take a look at how January is compared to other months in Zanzibar:

Water in Zanzibar in January is Very warm. It varies from +28°C to +30°C, with an average of +29°C. This is almost similar to the air temperature, which averages +29°C.

In January, water temperatures are average relative to the rest of the year:

January weather is still as ok as in December. The temperature levels stay the same in the area of +29°C for average maximum temperature during the day. As January arrives, the amount of rainfall goes down. On average, the rainfall volume decreases from 111 mm to 54 mm. It feels drier, as humidity decreases from 81% to 79%. Winds are stronger in comparison to December, going up from 2 m/s to 3 m/s on average. The good news is there are likely to be more sunny days in January, from 0 to 1.

But maybe it is worth considering traveling in February as the weather gets better.

The climate in Zanzibar in January has not changed much over the last 43 years.

The average temperature was the lowest in 1984 (+27°C) and the highest in 2019 (+29°C). The driest year was 2003 with only 487 mm of rainfall, and the wettest year was 1997 with 1353 mm.

For this page, we’ve looked at the typical weather in Zanzibar, based on historical hourly weather data from January 1, 1979, to December 31, 2023.

For past dates, we show actual recorded data at the location at that time. Forecasts are based on recorded weather during that day of the year, averaged over the total years for which we have records (unless stated otherwise). The daily temperature is the highest recorded temperature in the shadow during that day.