Tonga Weather in January
Tonga in January
The short of it: Tonga in January averages a high of 32 °C (89 °F) and a low of 20 °C (67 °F), with 6.0 mm (0.24 in) of rain and about 11 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 32° · low 20° · rain 6.0 mm · daylight 11 h 52 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Tonga an average January high of 32°, a low of 20° and some 6.0 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 32° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the driest month of the year, only 6.0 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 11 h 52 min in mid-January.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates January 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are December and January.
Against its neighbours, Tonga runs warmer than most and drier than most in January. Ndikiniméki, 27 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
January in Tonga, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 2nd warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus December
- 2° warmer, 1.0 mm less rain
- Versus February
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 11 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 5 km/h