Climate averages 1991–2020

Iringa weather
in February.

A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 23.4°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 15.3°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 127 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Iringa · average highYear overview

February is a warm month in Iringa: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 15.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mafinga (74 km away). In February its highs average 22.8°C, 0.5°C cooler than Iringa, with 271 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Iringa ranks 39th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 28th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Iringa is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 23.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 130 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 51015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

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

Every month, side by side

Iringa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Iringa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.1°C15.2°C15.2°C16323.712.513 h
February, selected 23.4°C15.3°C15.3°C12720.112.412 h
March 23.1°C15.6°C15.6°C13020.512.112 h
April 22.4°C15.6°C15.6°C5710.411.912 h
May 22.6°C14.2°C14.2°C7.01.511.812 h
June 22.0°C12.2°C12.2°C0.40.111.712 h
July 21.4°C11.3°C11.3°C0.10.011.712 h
August 22.6°C11.8°C11.8°C0.30.011.912 h
September 24.2°C12.7°C12.7°C1.20.312.112 h
October 25.5°C14.2°C14.2°C8.31.912.312 h
November 25.8°C15.1°C15.1°C467.312.512 h
December 24.2°C15.4°C15.4°C13119.212.613 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 Iringa

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 Iringa) is explained once on the Iringa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.