Climate averages 1991–2020
Kahama weather
in February.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kahama: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (77 km away). In February its highs average 28.0°C, about as warm as Kahama, with 95 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kahama ranks joint 20th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 14th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Kahama is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 120 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
Kahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 114 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| February, selected | 27.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 87 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 104 | 15.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.1 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 42 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 117 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.312 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
- Nzega in FebruaryTanzania · 77 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Ushirombo in FebruaryTanzania · 80 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Shinyanga in FebruaryTanzania · 93 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Geita in FebruaryTanzania · 114 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Katoro in FebruaryTanzania · 119 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Sengerema in FebruaryTanzania · 130 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Tabora in FebruaryTanzania · 134 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Mwanza in FebruaryTanzania · 150 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 116 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 Kahama) is explained once on the Kahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.