Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanga weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Tanga: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 25.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ukunda (101 km away). In February its highs average 32.0°C, 1.0°C cooler than Tanga, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tanga ranks 1st of 43 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Tanga is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 87 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
Tanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 31 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| February, selected | 32.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 148 | 23.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 165 | 18.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 44 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 35 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 40 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 87 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 84 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 68 | 16.5 | 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
- Ukunda in FebruaryKenya · 101 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Matuga in FebruaryKenya · 113 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.2°C · 16 mm rain
- Zanzibar in FebruaryTanzania · 122 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 26.2°C · 36 mm rain
- Handeni in FebruaryTanzania · 126 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Mombasa in FebruaryKenya · 129 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 11 mm rain
- Jomvu in FebruaryKenya · 133 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 24.3°C · 20 mm rain
- Mtwapa in FebruaryKenya · 145 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.8°C · 11 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in FebruaryTanzania · 154 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 43 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 Tanga) is explained once on the Tanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.