Climate averages 1991–2020
Nzega weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Nzega: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shinyanga (67 km away). In February its highs average 29.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Nzega, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Nzega ranks 19th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 17th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Nzega is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 95 mm to 118 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
Nzega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 117 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| February, selected | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 95 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 100 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 134 | 18.3 | 12.412 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
- Shinyanga in FebruaryTanzania · 67 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Kahama in FebruaryTanzania · 77 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.2°C · 87 mm rain
- Tabora in FebruaryTanzania · 97 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Ushirombo in FebruaryTanzania · 157 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.7°C · 90 mm rain
- Bariadi in FebruaryTanzania · 181 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 93 mm rain
- Sengerema in FebruaryTanzania · 182 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.9°C · 85 mm rain
- Geita in FebruaryTanzania · 183 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Singida in FebruaryTanzania · 185 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 101 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 Nzega) is explained once on the Nzega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.