Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbawanga weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th 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 Sumbawanga: daytime highs average 22.8°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 241 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mpanda (190 km away). In February its highs average 27.4°C, 4.6°C warmer than Sumbawanga, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sumbawanga ranks joint 41st of 43 for the warmest February highs and 39th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Sumbawanga is 4.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 241 mm to 279 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
Sumbawanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 304 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| February, selected | 22.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 241 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 279 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| April | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 160 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 30 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 1.8 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 23.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.2 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 15.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 22.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 282 | 26.4 | 12.613 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
- Mpanda in FebruaryTanzania · 190 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 147 mm rain
- Vwawa in FebruaryTanzania · 193 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.7°C · 191 mm rain
- Tunduma in FebruaryTanzania · 195 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 221 mm rain
- Nakonde in FebruaryZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 221 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 140 mm rain
- Kasama in FebruaryZambia · 254 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.6°C · 229 mm rain
- Katumba in FebruaryTanzania · 261 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.6°C · 370 mm rain
- Kalemie in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 349 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 21.7°C · 92 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 Sumbawanga) is explained once on the Sumbawanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.