Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilosa weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: one of the warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kilosa: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Morogoro (75 km away). In February its highs average 30.8°C, about as warm as Kilosa, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kilosa ranks 6th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 30th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Kilosa is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 153 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
Kilosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 145 | 15.2 | 12.512 h |
| February, selected | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 144 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 116 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 52 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.4 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 52 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 13.4 | 12.513 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
- Morogoro in FebruaryTanzania · 75 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Ifakara in FebruaryTanzania · 148 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Dodoma in FebruaryTanzania · 156 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Iringa in FebruaryTanzania · 176 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Handeni in FebruaryTanzania · 193 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Kibaha in FebruaryTanzania · 214 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in FebruaryTanzania · 217 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Mafinga in FebruaryTanzania · 248 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 271 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 Kilosa) is explained once on the Kilosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.