Climate averages 1991–2020

Tarime weather
in February.

A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.1°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 16.6°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 82 mm 14 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Tarime: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 82 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Migori (34 km away). In February its highs average 27.8°C, about as warm as Tarime, with 86 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tarime ranks 18th of 43 for the warmest February highs and joint 10th of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Tarime is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 82 mm to 127 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

Tarime climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tarime, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.7°C16.0°C	16.0°C	100	17.2	12.212 h
February, selected	28.1°C16.6°C	16.6°C	82	14.2	12.212 h
March	27.8°C16.6°C	16.6°C	127	18.9	12.112 h
April	26.6°C16.3°C	16.3°C	154	21.3	12.112 h
May	26.4°C16.2°C	16.2°C	82	15.3	12.112 h
June	26.7°C16.0°C	16.0°C	34	7.6	12.012 h
July	27.2°C15.8°C	15.8°C	21	5.2	12.012 h
August	27.9°C16.2°C	16.2°C	39	8.2	12.112 h
September	28.7°C16.7°C	16.7°C	49	10.5	12.112 h
October	28.6°C16.9°C	16.9°C	93	16.3	12.112 h
November	26.8°C16.3°C	16.3°C	155	22.4	12.212 h
December	26.2°C15.9°C	15.9°C	147	21.5	12.212 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 Tarime

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 Tarime) is explained once on the Tarime year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.