Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafinga weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mafinga: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 271 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (74 km away). In February its highs average 23.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Mafinga, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mafinga ranks joint 41st of 43 for the warmest February highs and 41st of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Mafinga is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 271 mm to 288 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
Mafinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 319 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| February, selected | 22.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 271 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 288 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| April | 21.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 109 | 16.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 20.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 20.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 106 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| December | 23.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 288 | 22.1 | 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
- Iringa in FebruaryTanzania · 74 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Makumbako in FebruaryTanzania · 79 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Njombe in FebruaryTanzania · 130 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 263 mm rain
- Ifakara in FebruaryTanzania · 154 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Katumba in FebruaryTanzania · 211 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 370 mm rain
- Dodoma in FebruaryTanzania · 242 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 82 mm rain
- Kilosa in FebruaryTanzania · 248 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 144 mm rain
- Songea in FebruaryTanzania · 268 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 273 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 Mafinga) is explained once on the Mafinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.