Climate averages 1991–2020
Dar es Salaam weather
in February.
A hot, moderately 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 hot month in Dar es Salaam: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 25.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vikindu (21 km away). In February its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Dar es Salaam, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dar es Salaam ranks joint 3rd of 43 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Dar es Salaam is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 156 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
Dar es Salaam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 53 | 10.0 | 12.512 h |
| February, selected | 31.4°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 52 | 8.3 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 156 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 229 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 152 | 20.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 39 | 11.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 25 | 8.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 25 | 8.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 7.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 57 | 11.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 92 | 17.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 30.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 18.0 | 12.513 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
- Vikindu in FebruaryTanzania · 21 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Kibaha in FebruaryTanzania · 39 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in FebruaryTanzania · 59 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Zanzibar in FebruaryTanzania · 74 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Morogoro in FebruaryTanzania · 178 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Tanga in FebruaryTanzania · 196 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Handeni in FebruaryTanzania · 208 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Kilosa in FebruaryTanzania · 252 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 144 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 Dar es Salaam) is explained once on the Dar es Salaam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.