Climate averages 1991–2020
Mtwapa 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 Mtwapa: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 24.8°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 Mombasa (16 km away). In February its highs average 31.8°C, about as warm as Mtwapa, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Mtwapa ranks 6th 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; Mtwapa is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 32.1°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
Mtwapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 18 | 3.5 | 12.312 h |
| February, selected | 32.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 11 | 2.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 49 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 136 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.3°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 223 | 24.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 92 | 20.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 69 | 19.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 49 | 17.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 43 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 75 | 14.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 66 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 30.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 46 | 13.0 | 12.312 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
- Mombasa in FebruaryKenya · 16 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Jomvu in FebruaryKenya · 16 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Matuga in FebruaryKenya · 32 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Kilifi in FebruaryKenya · 36 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 14 mm rain
- Ukunda in FebruaryKenya · 44 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Malindi in FebruaryKenya · 90 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Tanga in FebruaryTanzania · 145 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Handeni in FebruaryTanzania · 254 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 Mtwapa) is explained once on the Mtwapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mombasa lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.