Climate averages 1991–2020
Zanzibar weather
in February.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Zanzibar: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 26.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bagamoyo (45 km away). In February its highs average 31.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Zanzibar, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Zanzibar ranks joint 9th of 43 for the warmest February highs and 2nd of 43 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 43 cities is 27.6°C; Zanzibar is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 122 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
Zanzibar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 43 | 9.7 | 12.412 h |
| February, selected | 30.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 36 | 7.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.1°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 122 | 21.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 200 | 25.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 146 | 18.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 35 | 9.6 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.3°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 22 | 6.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 21 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 19 | 5.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 52 | 9.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 84 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 93 | 20.3 | 12.512 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
- Bagamoyo in FebruaryTanzania · 45 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in FebruaryTanzania · 74 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Kibaha in FebruaryTanzania · 74 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 62 mm rain
- Vikindu in FebruaryTanzania · 94 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 25.2°C · 60 mm rain
- Tanga in FebruaryTanzania · 122 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 25.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Handeni in FebruaryTanzania · 154 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.0°C · 110 mm rain
- Morogoro in FebruaryTanzania · 185 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 112 mm rain
- Ukunda in FebruaryKenya · 212 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 16 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 Zanzibar) is explained once on the Zanzibar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.