Climate averages 1991–2020
Mombasa weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Mombasa: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes February a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jomvu (10 km away). In February its highs average 33.0°C, 1.2°C warmer than Mombasa, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mombasa ranks 8th of 37 for the warmest February highs and joint 6th of 37 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 37 cities is 28.4°C; Mombasa is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 49 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mombasa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| February, selected | 31.8°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 11 | 2.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 31.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 49 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.6°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 136 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.8°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 223 | 24.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 92 | 20.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 69 | 19.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 26.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 49 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 43 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 66 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 13.0 | 12.412 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Jomvu in FebruaryKenya · 10 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Mtwapa in FebruaryKenya · 16 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Matuga in FebruaryKenya · 16 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Ukunda in FebruaryKenya · 29 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Kilifi in FebruaryKenya · 52 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Malindi in FebruaryKenya · 106 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Tanga in FebruaryTanzania · 129 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Handeni in FebruaryTanzania · 238 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 110 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mombasa) is explained once on the Mombasa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mtwapa lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.