Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwanza weather
in February.
A warm, wet month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Mwanza: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sengerema (32 km away). In February its highs average 27.1°C, 1.2°C warmer than Mwanza, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mwanza ranks 34th of 43 for the warmest February highs and joint 25th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Mwanza is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 181 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
Mwanza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 159 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| February, selected | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 116 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 181 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 195 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 88 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 25.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 25.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 53 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 104 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 211 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 266 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 224 | 25.7 | 12.312 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
- Sengerema in FebruaryTanzania · 32 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Geita in FebruaryTanzania · 84 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Katoro in FebruaryTanzania · 120 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Bunda in FebruaryTanzania · 121 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 97 mm rain
- Bariadi in FebruaryTanzania · 124 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Shinyanga in FebruaryTanzania · 140 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Kahama in FebruaryTanzania · 150 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Ushirombo in FebruaryTanzania · 150 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 90 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 Mwanza) is explained once on the Mwanza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.