Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpanda weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: the joint 8th 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 Mpanda: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baudhuinville (169 km away). In February its highs average 26.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Mpanda, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mpanda ranks 25th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 32nd of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Mpanda is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 147 mm to 156 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
Mpanda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 176 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| February, selected | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 147 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 116 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 30.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 101 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 165 | 23.7 | 12.512 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
- Baudhuinville in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in FebruaryTanzania · 190 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Kalemie in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 92 mm rain
- Kasulu in FebruaryTanzania · 224 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 191 mm rain
- Kigoma in FebruaryTanzania · 228 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 23.3°C · 203 mm rain
- Tabora in FebruaryTanzania · 244 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Kahama in FebruaryTanzania · 327 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Kalima in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 330 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 148 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 Mpanda) is explained once on the Mpanda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.