Kyela weather in February

In February, Kyela sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 246 mm of rain across 21.2 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Kyela's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kyela's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 246 mm; 21.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:50 AM – 7:09 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 11th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Kyela is town in Mbeya, Tanzania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical February day in Kyela reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and about 1°C warmer than March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	27	20
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20

Kyela weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 5th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 20°	275	24.3	12.5	4.1
Feb	28° / 20°	246	21.2	12.3	4.1
Mar	26° / 20°	241	26	12.1	4.0
Apr	25° / 19°	211	25.6	11.8	4.3
May	24° / 17°	82	18.9	11.6	5.7
Jun	22° / 14°	41	13.2	11.5	6.3
Jul	22° / 13°	42	12.6	11.5	6.5
Aug	24° / 14°	20	6.1	11.7	8.1
Sep	27° / 17°	8	2.1	11.9	8.1
Oct	29° / 19°	26	5	12.2	6.3
Nov	29° / 20°	92	10.8	12.4	5.2
Dec	28° / 20°	214	20.8	12.5	4.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 90%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11
Cloudier (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Kyela gets around 246 mm of rain over 21.2 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 77% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	78	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of February feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, February lands in the muggy band about 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 96% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Humid (%)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Muggy (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87
Oppressive (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	89	6
2	5	89	6
3	5	89	6
4	5	89	6
5	5	89	6
6	5	89	6
7	5	89	6
8	5	89	6
9	5	89	6
10	5	88	7
11	5	88	7
12	5	88	7
13	5	88	7
14	5	88	7
15	5	87	8
16	5	87	8
17	4	88	8
18	4	88	8
19	4	87	9
20	4	87	9
21	4	87	9
22	4	87	9
23	4	87	9
24	4	87	9
25	4	87	9
26	4	87	9
27	4	87	9
28	4	87	9

Wind in February

Winds average 4 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
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26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:46 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 7:04 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52
Sunset (PM)	7:11	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:09	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:08	7:07	7:07	7:07	7:06	7:06	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:46	7:11
2	12.4	6:46	7:11
3	12.4	6:46	7:10
4	12.4	6:47	7:10
5	12.4	6:47	7:10
6	12.4	6:47	7:10
7	12.4	6:48	7:10
8	12.4	6:48	7:10
9	12.4	6:48	7:10
10	12.4	6:49	7:10
11	12.3	6:49	7:09
12	12.3	6:49	7:09
13	12.3	6:49	7:09
14	12.3	6:50	7:09
15	12.3	6:50	7:09
16	12.3	6:50	7:08
17	12.3	6:50	7:08
18	12.3	6:50	7:08
19	12.3	6:51	7:08
20	12.3	6:51	7:07
21	12.3	6:51	7:07
22	12.3	6:51	7:07
23	12.2	6:51	7:06
24	12.2	6:51	7:06
25	12.2	6:51	7:05
26	12.2	6:52	7:05
27	12.2	6:52	7:05
28	12.2	6:52	7:04

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.33 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.4	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Kyela

In seasonPeak

In February, Kyela sits inside its cyclone and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kyela sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Kyela's monsoon runs December–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Kyela?

Our two travel scores rate February for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.1

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Kyela for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kyela in February

From February's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In February, Kyela sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kyela in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kyela peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	16	16	14	10	10	10	11	11	14	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Kyela in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kyela is worst in October — around 32 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.9× the cleanest month (May, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	13	11	9	8	9	12	17	23	32	19	9
Level	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	9	Good
Jul	12	Good
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	32	Moderate
Nov	19	Moderate
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kyela?

Kyela sits at 9.6°S, 33.9°E, 498 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Ipinda, 12 km away.

Topography around Kyela

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kyela.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kyela has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 29 m around an average of 498 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 426 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,473 m.

The land around Kyela is covered by cropland (43%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (40%) and cropland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (36%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

29 m

cropland 43%

16 km

426 m

trees 40%

80 km

2,473 m

trees 36%

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← January Kyela year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Ipinda 12 km · Karonga 40 km · Tukuyu 43 km · Katumba 47 km · Kiwira 57 km · Chitipa 65 km · Mlangali 76 km · Igurusi 82 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,319; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 3.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 31.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 479
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kyela (-9.5833°, 33.85°, elevation 498 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	27	20
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	89	6
2	5	89	6
3	5	89	6
4	5	89	6
5	5	89	6
6	5	89	6
7	5	89	6
8	5	89	6
9	5	89	6
10	5	88	7
11	5	88	7
12	5	88	7
13	5	88	7
14	5	88	7
15	5	87	8
16	5	87	8
17	4	88	8
18	4	88	8
19	4	87	9
20	4	87	9
21	4	87	9
22	4	87	9
23	4	87	9
24	4	87	9
25	4	87	9
26	4	87	9
27	4	87	9
28	4	87	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	27	20
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	89	6
2	5	89	6
3	5	89	6
4	5	89	6
5	5	89	6
6	5	89	6
7	5	89	6
8	5	89	6
9	5	89	6
10	5	88	7
11	5	88	7
12	5	88	7
13	5	88	7
14	5	88	7
15	5	87	8
16	5	87	8
17	4	88	8
18	4	88	8
19	4	87	9
20	4	87	9
21	4	87	9
22	4	87	9
23	4	87	9
24	4	87	9
25	4	87	9
26	4	87	9
27	4	87	9
28	4	87	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	27	20
26	27	20
27	27	20
28	27	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	10	90
15	10	90
16	10	90
17	10	90
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	10	90
23	10	90
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	78
5	78
6	78
7	78
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	76
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	76
23	76
24	76
25	76
26	76
27	76
28	76

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	89	6
2	5	89	6
3	5	89	6
4	5	89	6
5	5	89	6
6	5	89	6
7	5	89	6
8	5	89	6
9	5	89	6
10	5	88	7
11	5	88	7
12	5	88	7
13	5	88	7
14	5	88	7
15	5	87	8
16	5	87	8
17	4	88	8
18	4	88	8
19	4	87	9
20	4	87	9
21	4	87	9
22	4	87	9
23	4	87	9
24	4	87	9
25	4	87	9
26	4	87	9
27	4	87	9
28	4	87	9