Climate averages 1991–2020
Makumbako weather
in February.
A warm, 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 Makumbako: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (56 km away). In February its highs average 21.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Makumbako, with 263 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Makumbako ranks 38th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 33rd of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Makumbako is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 23.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 160 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
Makumbako climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 189 | 25.8 | 12.613 h |
| February, selected | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 150 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 5.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 20.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 162 | 20.5 | 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
- Njombe in FebruaryTanzania · 56 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 263 mm rain
- Mafinga in FebruaryTanzania · 79 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Katumba in FebruaryTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 370 mm rain
- Iringa in FebruaryTanzania · 154 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Vwawa in FebruaryTanzania · 210 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Ifakara in FebruaryTanzania · 219 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Songea in FebruaryTanzania · 223 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 273 mm rain
- Tunduma in FebruaryTanzania · 232 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 221 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 Makumbako) is explained once on the Makumbako year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.