Climate averages 1991–2020
Songea weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Songea: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 273 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 11th 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 Njombe (177 km away). In February its highs average 21.6°C, 4.5°C cooler than Songea, with 263 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Songea ranks joint 31st of 43 for the warmest February highs and 42nd of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Songea is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 25.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 273 mm to 261 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
Songea climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.4°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 315 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| February, selected | 26.1°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 273 | 24.8 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 24.1°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 129 | 20.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 29 | 6.4 | 11.612 h |
| June | 22.8°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 4.3 | 1.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 22.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 3.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| August | 24.4°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.1 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.0°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 4.2 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.8°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 22 | 5.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 71 | 9.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 224 | 21.4 | 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
- Njombe in FebruaryTanzania · 177 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 263 mm rain
- Mzuzu in FebruaryMalawi · 198 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 255 mm rain
- Makumbako in FebruaryTanzania · 223 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Mafinga in FebruaryTanzania · 268 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 271 mm rain
- Katumba in FebruaryTanzania · 275 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 370 mm rain
- Lichinga in FebruaryMozambique · 296 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 16.6°C · 241 mm rain
- Ifakara in FebruaryTanzania · 305 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Iringa in FebruaryTanzania · 324 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.3°C · 127 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 Songea) is explained once on the Songea year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.