Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigoma weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 4th 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 Kigoma: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 203 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasulu (62 km away). In February its highs average 26.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kigoma, with 191 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks 30th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 37th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Kigoma is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 203 mm to 271 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
Kigoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 255 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| February, selected | 26.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 203 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 26.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 26.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 264 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 24 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 142 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 276 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 25.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 298 | 29.5 | 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
- Kasulu in FebruaryTanzania · 62 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 191 mm rain
- Kalemie in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Gitega in FebruaryBurundi · 165 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Bujumbura in FebruaryBurundi · 169 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Kalima in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 170 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Uvira in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Mpanda in FebruaryTanzania · 228 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 246 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 140 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 Kigoma) is explained once on the Kigoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.