Makuyuni weather in February

In February, Makuyuni sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 24 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of February to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Makuyuni's 3rd-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Makuyuni's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 24 mm; 4.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:47 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover: 55%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 6.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical February day in Makuyuni reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than 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)	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33
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	33	20
2	33	20
3	33	20
4	33	20
5	33	20
6	33	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	33	20
10	33	20
11	33	20
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	33	20
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	20
21	33	20
22	33	20
23	33	20
24	33	20
25	33	20
26	33	20
27	33	20
28	33	20

How February really feels in Makuyuni

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 28 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in February is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Makuyuni weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 20°	28	5.6	12.2	4.4
Feb	33° / 20°	24	4.2	12.1	4.1
Mar	32° / 20°	67	11.2	12	4.0
Apr	29° / 20°	122	20.7	11.9	4.2
May	27° / 18°	57	11.6	11.8	6.0
Jun	27° / 16°	9	2.3	11.8	7.2
Jul	27° / 15°	7	1.7	11.8	7.4
Aug	28° / 16°	6	1.3	11.9	7.1
Sep	30° / 17°	4	0.9	12	6.0
Oct	31° / 19°	16	3.8	12.1	5.0
Nov	31° / 20°	39	8	12.2	4.6
Dec	31° / 20°	41	7.7	12.2	4.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 44%.

	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 (%)	57	57	57	57	57	56	57	56	56	55	55	55	54	53	53	54	54	55	55	56	57	57	58	59	59	60	60	59
Cloudier (%)	43	43	43	43	43	44	43	44	44	45	45	45	46	47	47	46	46	45	45	44	43	43	42	41	41	40	40	41

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Makuyuni gets around 24 mm of rain over 4.2 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 16% and peaks near 17% 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 (%)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the humid band about 36% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% 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
Dry (%)	33	33	33	33	32	32	31	30	29	28	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17
Comfortable (%)	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	36	36	35
Humid (%)	27	28	28	29	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	40
Muggy (%)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	33	34	27	6
2	33	34	28	6
3	33	33	28	6
4	33	33	29	6
5	32	33	29	6
6	32	32	30	6
7	31	32	31	6
8	30	32	32	6
9	29	31	33	7
10	28	31	34	7
11	26	31	35	7
12	25	31	36	8
13	24	31	37	8
14	23	31	38	9
15	22	31	39	9
16	21	31	39	9
17	20	32	39	9
18	19	32	40	9
19	19	33	40	9
20	18	33	40	9
21	18	34	40	9
22	18	34	39	9
23	18	35	39	8
24	17	35	39	8
25	17	36	39	8
26	17	36	39	8
27	17	36	39	8
28	17	35	40	8

Wind in February

Winds average 6 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of February to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:45 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:54 PM to 6:51 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)	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47
Sunset (PM)	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:45	6:54
2	12.2	6:45	6:54
3	12.1	6:45	6:54
4	12.1	6:45	6:54
5	12.1	6:45	6:54
6	12.1	6:46	6:54
7	12.1	6:46	6:54
8	12.1	6:46	6:54
9	12.1	6:46	6:54
10	12.1	6:46	6:54
11	12.1	6:46	6:54
12	12.1	6:46	6:54
13	12.1	6:47	6:54
14	12.1	6:47	6:54
15	12.1	6:47	6:54
16	12.1	6:47	6:54
17	12.1	6:47	6:53
18	12.1	6:47	6:53
19	12.1	6:47	6:53
20	12.1	6:47	6:53
21	12.1	6:47	6:53
22	12.1	6:47	6:53
23	12.1	6:47	6:52
24	12.1	6:47	6:52
25	12.1	6:47	6:52
26	12.1	6:47	6:52
27	12.1	6:47	6:52
28	12.1	6:47	6:51

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 6.69 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.49 kWh/m² to a high of 6.69 kWh/m² in February across the year — February's 6.69 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.6	6.6
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.7	Intense
2	6.7	Intense
3	6.7	Intense
4	6.7	Intense
5	6.7	Intense
6	6.7	Intense
7	6.7	Intense
8	6.6	Intense
9	6.6	Intense
10	6.6	Intense
11	6.6	Intense
12	6.6	Intense
13	6.6	Intense
14	6.6	Intense
15	6.6	Intense
16	6.6	Intense
17	6.6	Intense
18	6.6	Intense
19	6.6	Intense
20	6.6	Intense
21	6.7	Intense
22	6.7	Intense
23	6.7	Intense
24	6.7	Intense
25	6.7	Intense
26	6.7	Intense
27	6.6	Intense
28	6.6	Intense

Planning a trip in February

Is February a good time to visit Makuyuni?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

7.0

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Makuyuni for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Makuyuni in February

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

In February, Makuyuni sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

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UV index in Makuyuni 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 Makuyuni peaks around March 12 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (extreme).

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	15	12	10	11	11	13	14	14	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Makuyuni 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 Makuyuni is worst in July — around 15 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.3× the cleanest month (November, 7 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)	11	10	10	8	8	12	15	11	10	7	7	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	10	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	8	Good
Jun	12	Good
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	7	Good
Nov	7	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Makuyuni?

Makuyuni sits at 3.5°S, 36.1°E, 1,070 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mto wa Mbu, 36 km away.

Topography around Makuyuni

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Makuyuni has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m around an average of 1,078 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,167 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,782 m.

The land around Makuyuni is covered by grassland (70%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and shrubs (33%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and shrubs (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

106 m

grassland 70%

16 km

1,167 m

grassland 54%

80 km

3,782 m

grassland 43%

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

February weather nearby: Mto wa Mbu 36 km · Kiratu 54 km · Magugu 64 km · Arusha 68 km · Mbulu 71 km · Babati 84 km · Galappo 84 km · Usa River 86 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 Makuyuni (-3.55°, 36.1°, elevation 1,070 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. 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	33	20
2	33	20
3	33	20
4	33	20
5	33	20
6	33	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	33	20
10	33	20
11	33	20
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	33	20
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	20
21	33	20
22	33	20
23	33	20
24	33	20
25	33	20
26	33	20
27	33	20
28	33	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	33	34	27	6
2	33	34	28	6
3	33	33	28	6
4	33	33	29	6
5	32	33	29	6
6	32	32	30	6
7	31	32	31	6
8	30	32	32	6
9	29	31	33	7
10	28	31	34	7
11	26	31	35	7
12	25	31	36	8
13	24	31	37	8
14	23	31	38	9
15	22	31	39	9
16	21	31	39	9
17	20	32	39	9
18	19	32	40	9
19	19	33	40	9
20	18	33	40	9
21	18	34	40	9
22	18	34	39	9
23	18	35	39	8
24	17	35	39	8
25	17	36	39	8
26	17	36	39	8
27	17	36	39	8
28	17	35	40	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	20
2	33	20
3	33	20
4	33	20
5	33	20
6	33	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	33	20
10	33	20
11	33	20
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	33	20
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	20
21	33	20
22	33	20
23	33	20
24	33	20
25	33	20
26	33	20
27	33	20
28	33	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	33	34	27	6
2	33	34	28	6
3	33	33	28	6
4	33	33	29	6
5	32	33	29	6
6	32	32	30	6
7	31	32	31	6
8	30	32	32	6
9	29	31	33	7
10	28	31	34	7
11	26	31	35	7
12	25	31	36	8
13	24	31	37	8
14	23	31	38	9
15	22	31	39	9
16	21	31	39	9
17	20	32	39	9
18	19	32	40	9
19	19	33	40	9
20	18	33	40	9
21	18	34	40	9
22	18	34	39	9
23	18	35	39	8
24	17	35	39	8
25	17	36	39	8
26	17	36	39	8
27	17	36	39	8
28	17	35	40	8

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	20
2	33	20
3	33	20
4	33	20
5	33	20
6	33	20
7	33	20
8	33	20
9	33	20
10	33	20
11	33	20
12	33	20
13	33	20
14	33	20
15	33	20
16	33	20
17	33	20
18	33	20
19	33	20
20	33	20
21	33	20
22	33	20
23	33	20
24	33	20
25	33	20
26	33	20
27	33	20
28	33	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	57	43
2	57	43
3	57	43
4	57	43
5	57	43
6	56	44
7	57	43
8	56	44
9	56	44
10	55	45
11	55	45
12	55	45
13	54	46
14	53	47
15	53	47
16	54	46
17	54	46
18	55	45
19	55	45
20	56	44
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	58	42
24	59	41
25	59	41
26	60	40
27	60	40
28	59	41

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	33	34	27	6
2	33	34	28	6
3	33	33	28	6
4	33	33	29	6
5	32	33	29	6
6	32	32	30	6
7	31	32	31	6
8	30	32	32	6
9	29	31	33	7
10	28	31	34	7
11	26	31	35	7
12	25	31	36	8
13	24	31	37	8
14	23	31	38	9
15	22	31	39	9
16	21	31	39	9
17	20	32	39	9
18	19	32	40	9
19	19	33	40	9
20	18	33	40	9
21	18	34	40	9
22	18	34	39	9
23	18	35	39	8
24	17	35	39	8
25	17	36	39	8
26	17	36	39	8
27	17	36	39	8
28	17	35	40	8