Climate averages 1991–2020

Sengerema weather
in February.

A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.1°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 17.9°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 85 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a warm month in Sengerema: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a moderately 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 Mwanza (32 km away). In February its highs average 25.9°C, 1.2°C cooler than Sengerema, with 116 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sengerema ranks 27th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 13th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Sengerema is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 122 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Sengerema climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Sengerema, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	25.9°C17.4°C	17.4°C	112	18.6	12.312 h
February, selected	27.1°C17.9°C	17.9°C	85	13.9	12.212 h
March	27.1°C18.2°C	18.2°C	122	17.4	12.112 h
April	26.2°C18.1°C	18.1°C	128	17.2	12.112 h
May	26.9°C18.2°C	18.2°C	44	7.7	12.012 h
June	27.6°C17.8°C	17.8°C	19	3.3	12.012 h
July	28.0°C17.4°C	17.4°C	7.7	1.3	12.012 h
August	28.1°C17.8°C	17.8°C	34	5.5	12.012 h
September	27.9°C18.0°C	18.0°C	66	10.5	12.112 h
October	26.5°C18.1°C	18.1°C	144	19.6	12.212 h
November	25.2°C17.7°C	17.7°C	197	24.0	12.212 h
December	25.2°C17.4°C	17.4°C	167	23.0	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

Distance from Sengerema

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sengerema) is explained once on the Sengerema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.