Climate averages 1991–2020
Katoro weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Katoro: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 98 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geita (36 km away). In February its highs average 27.2°C, about as warm as Katoro, with 100 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katoro ranks 28th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 19th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Katoro is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 98 mm to 162 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
Katoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.312 h |
| February, selected | 27.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 98 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 176 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 146 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 232 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 201 | 25.1 | 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
- Geita in FebruaryTanzania · 36 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Ushirombo in FebruaryTanzania · 55 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Sengerema in FebruaryTanzania · 88 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Kahama in FebruaryTanzania · 119 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Mwanza in FebruaryTanzania · 120 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 116 mm rain
- Shinyanga in FebruaryTanzania · 181 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Bukoba in FebruaryTanzania · 186 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Nzega in FebruaryTanzania · 194 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 95 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 Katoro) is explained once on the Katoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.