Climate averages 1991–2020

Pemba weather
in February.

A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.9°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 24.6°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 215 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 13 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Pemba: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Montepuez (165 km away). In February its highs average 28.0°C, 1.9°C cooler than Pemba, with 193 mm of rain.

Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Pemba ranks joint 9th of 22 for the warmest February highs and 19th of 22 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 22 cities is 29.0°C; Pemba is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 206 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Pemba climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Pemba, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	30.0°C24.8°C	24.8°C	252	24.9	12.813 h
February, selected	29.9°C24.6°C	24.6°C	215	23.3	12.513 h
March	29.5°C24.4°C	24.4°C	206	24.7	12.212 h
April	29.0°C23.8°C	23.8°C	95	16.4	11.812 h
May	28.6°C22.4°C	22.4°C	23	6.0	11.512 h
June	27.5°C21.0°C	21.0°C	10	3.4	11.411 h
July	26.9°C20.2°C	20.2°C	9.4	2.9	11.411 h
August	27.6°C20.2°C	20.2°C	11	4.2	11.712 h
September	28.8°C21.2°C	21.2°C	11	3.4	12.012 h
October	30.1°C22.7°C	22.7°C	18	5.2	12.412 h
November	31.1°C24.1°C	24.1°C	42	9.0	12.713 h
December	30.7°C24.8°C	24.8°C	166	20.0	12.913 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

Distance from Pemba

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pemba) is explained once on the Pemba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.