Nachingwea weather in February

In February, Nachingwea sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 129 mm of rain across 17.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Nachingwea's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nachingwea's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 129 mm; 17.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:29 AM – 6:50 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Nachingwea is Small town in 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 30°C through the month.

A typical February day in Nachingwea reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with January and on par with 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22

How February really feels in Nachingwea

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.

Nachingwea weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 6th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	129	17.6	12.5	3.6
Feb	30° / 22°	129	17.1	12.3	3.6
Mar	30° / 22°	181	23.3	12.1	3.5
Apr	29° / 21°	107	15.5	11.8	4.7
May	29° / 19°	17	3.4	11.5	6.3
Jun	29° / 18°	3	0.5	11.4	7.1
Jul	28° / 17°	2	0.3	11.5	7.2
Aug	30° / 18°	2	0.7	11.7	6.4
Sep	31° / 19°	4	1	11.9	5.5
Oct	32° / 20°	13	3.1	12.2	4.7
Nov	33° / 21°	42	8	12.5	3.9
Dec	32° / 22°	112	16.5	12.6	3.5

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in February, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

	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 (%)	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	19	19	20	20	20
Cloudier (%)	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	82	81	81	80	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Nachingwea gets around 129 mm of rain over 17.1 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 61% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	56	56	57	57	58	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	62	63	63	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64	64

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	63
16	64
17	64
18	64
19	64
20	64
21	64
22	64
23	64
24	64
25	64
26	64
27	64
28	64

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the oppressive band about 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	31	30	30	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
Oppressive (%)	69	70	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83

Wind in February

Winds average 8 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 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 18 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:45 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)	12.5	12.4	12.4	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:25	6:52
2	12.4	6:25	6:52
3	12.4	6:26	6:52
4	12.4	6:26	6:52
5	12.4	6:26	6:52
6	12.4	6:27	6:52
7	12.4	6:27	6:51
8	12.4	6:27	6:51
9	12.4	6:28	6:51
10	12.4	6:28	6:51
11	12.4	6:28	6:51
12	12.4	6:29	6:51
13	12.4	6:29	6:50
14	12.3	6:29	6:50
15	12.3	6:29	6:50
16	12.3	6:30	6:49
17	12.3	6:30	6:49
18	12.3	6:30	6:49
19	12.3	6:30	6:49
20	12.3	6:30	6:48
21	12.3	6:31	6:48
22	12.3	6:31	6:48
23	12.3	6:31	6:47
24	12.3	6:31	6:47
25	12.3	6:31	6:46
26	12.2	6:31	6:46
27	12.2	6:31	6:46
28	12.2	6:32	6:45

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in November across the year — February's 5.32 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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	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	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Nachingwea

In seasonPeak

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

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

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Nachingwea?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.1

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nachingwea.

What to pack for Nachingwea in February

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

In February, Nachingwea sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nachingwea in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Nachingwea peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 9 (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)	13	14	15	13	10	10	9	11	12	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Nachingwea 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 Nachingwea is worst in July — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (May, 10 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)	13	12	11	11	10	12	18	18	11	10	12	10
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	12	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	10	Good
Jun	12	Good
Jul	18	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	11	Good
Oct	10	Good
Nov	12	Good
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Nachingwea?

Nachingwea sits at 10.4°S, 38.8°E, 427 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Lukuledi, 22 km away.

Topography around Nachingwea

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nachingwea has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 427 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 440 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 870 m.

The land around Nachingwea is covered by shrubs (26%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%), trees (23%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (47%), shrubs (27%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

89 m

shrubs 26%

16 km

440 m

shrubs 40%

80 km

870 m

trees 47%

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

February weather nearby: Lukuledi 22 km · Masasi 38 km · Ruangwa 39 km · Nanganga 42 km · Nyangao 57 km · Nangomba 65 km · Luchingu 86 km · Newala 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 Nachingwea (-10.3725°, 38.7625°, elevation 427 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	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	63
16	64
17	64
18	64
19	64
20	64
21	64
22	64
23	64
24	64
25	64
26	64
27	64
28	64

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	63
16	64
17	64
18	64
19	64
20	64
21	64
22	64
23	64
24	64
25	64
26	64
27	64
28	64

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	22
2	31	22
3	31	22
4	31	22
5	31	22
6	31	22
7	31	22
8	31	22
9	31	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	20	80
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	58
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	63
16	64
17	64
18	64
19	64
20	64
21	64
22	64
23	64
24	64
25	64
26	64
27	64
28	64

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	31	69
2	30	70
3	30	70
4	29	71
5	28	72
6	27	73
7	26	74
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	21	79
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	17	83
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	17	83
28	17	83