Climate averages 1991–2020
Masasi weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 6th 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 Masasi: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lindi (128 km away). In February its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Masasi, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Masasi ranks 12th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 29th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Masasi is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 131 mm to 155 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
Masasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 134 | 18.3 | 12.713 h |
| February, selected | 29.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 131 | 17.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 67 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.612 h |
| June | 28.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| August | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 8.7 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 32 | 6.0 | 12.613 h |
| December | 31.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 103 | 15.0 | 12.713 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
- Lindi in FebruaryTanzania · 128 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Mtwara in FebruaryTanzania · 159 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 146 mm rain
- Montepuez in FebruaryMozambique · 269 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Pemba in FebruaryMozambique · 313 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 215 mm rain
- Songea in FebruaryTanzania · 344 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 273 mm rain
- Ifakara in FebruaryTanzania · 369 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Vikindu in FebruaryTanzania · 416 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in FebruaryTanzania · 436 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 52 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 Masasi) is explained once on the Masasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.