Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaka (111 km away). In February its highs average 26.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Bukoba, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks 35th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 24th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Bukoba is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 115 mm to 151 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
Bukoba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 120 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| February, selected | 25.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 151 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 186 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 110 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 169 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 140 | 24.1 | 12.212 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
- Masaka in FebruaryUganda · 111 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.7°C · 78 mm rain
- Mbarara in FebruaryUganda · 153 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 38 mm rain
- Nyagatare in FebruaryRwanda · 166 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Katabi in FebruaryUganda · 174 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Sengerema in FebruaryTanzania · 175 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Geita in FebruaryTanzania · 178 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Mwanza in FebruaryTanzania · 179 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Rutoma in FebruaryUganda · 180 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 80 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 Bukoba) is explained once on the Bukoba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.