Climate averages 1991–2020
Katumba weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Katumba: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 370 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vwawa (76 km away). In February its highs average 24.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Katumba, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katumba ranks 36th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 43rd of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Katumba is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 370 mm to 362 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
Katumba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 456 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| February, selected | 25.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 370 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 24.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 362 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 44 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 9.3 | 3.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.5 | 3.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 22.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 7.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 25.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 48 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 400 | 27.0 | 12.613 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
- Vwawa in FebruaryTanzania · 76 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Tunduma in FebruaryTanzania · 94 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Nakonde in FebruaryZambia · 96 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 221 mm rain
- Njombe in FebruaryTanzania · 127 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 263 mm rain
- Makumbako in FebruaryTanzania · 140 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Mafinga in FebruaryTanzania · 211 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Mzuzu in FebruaryMalawi · 252 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in FebruaryTanzania · 261 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 241 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 Katumba) is explained once on the Katumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.