Nanganga weather in February

In February, Nanganga sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 186 mm of rain across 19.4 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 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 Nanganga's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nanganga's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 186 mm; 19.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:28 AM – 6:48 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Nanganga is settlement in Mtwara Region, 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 29°C through the month.

A typical February day in Nanganga reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	28	21

Nanganga 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	29° / 21°	174	21.2	12.5	4.0
Feb	29° / 21°	186	19.4	12.3	4.0
Mar	28° / 21°	251	26.2	12.1	3.6
Apr	28° / 20°	126	19.2	11.8	4.9
May	28° / 18°	28	6.4	11.5	7.1
Jun	27° / 17°	6	1.8	11.4	7.9
Jul	27° / 16°	5	1.4	11.5	8.0
Aug	28° / 16°	6	1.9	11.7	7.7
Sep	29° / 17°	9	3.2	11.9	6.8
Oct	29° / 19°	24	6.8	12.2	5.9
Nov	30° / 20°	56	11.5	12.5	5.0
Dec	29° / 21°	140	19.8	12.6	4.1

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 (%)	18	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	20	20
Cloudier (%)	82	82	82	83	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	82	82	82	81	82	82	82	82	81	81	82	82	82	82	81	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	20	80

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Nanganga gets around 186 mm of rain over 19.4 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 70% and peaks near 75% 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 (%)	66	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	71
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	74
27	75
28	75

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 73% 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 (%)	34	33	32	32	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Oppressive (%)	66	67	68	68	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76

Wind in February

Winds average 7 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	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 6:23 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:50 PM to 6:44 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)	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30
Sunset (PM)	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:23	6:50
2	12.4	6:24	6:50
3	12.4	6:24	6:50
4	12.4	6:24	6:50
5	12.4	6:25	6:50
6	12.4	6:25	6:50
7	12.4	6:25	6:50
8	12.4	6:26	6:50
9	12.4	6:26	6:50
10	12.4	6:26	6:49
11	12.4	6:27	6:49
12	12.4	6:27	6:49
13	12.4	6:27	6:49
14	12.3	6:28	6:48
15	12.3	6:28	6:48
16	12.3	6:28	6:48
17	12.3	6:28	6:48
18	12.3	6:28	6:47
19	12.3	6:29	6:47
20	12.3	6:29	6:47
21	12.3	6:29	6:46
22	12.3	6:29	6:46
23	12.3	6:29	6:46
24	12.3	6:30	6:45
25	12.3	6:30	6:45
26	12.2	6:30	6:44
27	12.2	6:30	6:44
28	12.2	6:30	6:44

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in October across the year — February's 5.28 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	5.3	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	5.3	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	5.3	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	5.3	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 Nanganga

In seasonPeak

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

Nanganga'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 Nanganga?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Nanganga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nanganga in February

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

In February, Nanganga sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nanganga 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 Nanganga peaks around March 13 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	13	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	13	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Nanganga 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 Nanganga 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 Nanganga?

Nanganga sits at 10.4°S, 39.1°E, 214 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Nyangao, 16 km away.

Topography around Nanganga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nanganga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 221 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 687 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 936 m.

The land around Nanganga is covered by grassland (37%), shrubs (31%) and cropland (22%) within 3 km, trees (43%), shrubs (25%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and trees (47%), shrubs (22%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

90 m

grassland 37%

16 km

687 m

trees 43%

80 km

936 m

trees 47%

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

February weather nearby: Nyangao 16 km · Nachingwea 42 km · Ruangwa 42 km · Lukuledi 43 km · Masasi 53 km · Luchingu 61 km · Newala 63 km · Newala Kisimani 65 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 Nanganga (-10.3833°, 39.15°, elevation 214 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	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	71
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	74
27	75
28	75

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	71
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	74
27	75
28	75

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	17	83
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	19	81
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	19	81
27	20	80
28	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	66
2	67
3	67
4	67
5	67
6	67
7	67
8	68
9	68
10	68
11	69
12	69
13	70
14	70
15	71
16	71
17	71
18	71
19	72
20	72
21	72
22	73
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	74
27	75
28	75

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	34	66
2	33	67
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	27	73
12	26	74
13	26	74
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	24	76
22	24	76
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76