Climate averages 1991–2020
Handeni weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Handeni: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 110 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanga (126 km away). In February its highs average 32.9°C, 2.1°C warmer than Handeni, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Handeni ranks joint 7th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 22nd of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Handeni is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 110 mm to 160 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
Handeni climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 119 | 14.5 | 12.412 h |
| February, selected | 30.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 110 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 160 | 22.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 189 | 26.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 25.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 123 | 19.1 | 11.912 h |
| June | 24.7°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 36 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 29 | 8.7 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 26.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 10.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 107 | 19.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 141 | 20.7 | 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
- Tanga in FebruaryTanzania · 126 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in FebruaryTanzania · 149 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Zanzibar in FebruaryTanzania · 154 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Morogoro in FebruaryTanzania · 159 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Kibaha in FebruaryTanzania · 179 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Kilosa in FebruaryTanzania · 193 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 144 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in FebruaryTanzania · 208 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Ukunda in FebruaryKenya · 213 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 16 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 Handeni) is explained once on the Handeni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.