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Arusha in February

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Arusha is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 62°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 13 minutes.February in Arusha is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 17°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, more often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 13 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
62°F17°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 36% of days
Daylight
12h 13mon average

Is February a good time to visit Arusha?

February sits outside Arusha's best months, which run from June to September. Expect hot days and rain on about three days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How February sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 86°F in February, against 74°F to 86°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in February, against 23°C to 30°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

36% of days in February, against 10% to 88% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in February, against 43% to 71% through the year.

Daylight

12h 13m in February, against 11h 56m to 12h 19m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with February shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. January85°29°low 61°low 16°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. February86°30°low 62°low 17°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. March85°29°low 63°low 17°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.

Where Arusha sits, in February

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:41 AMsets 6:54 PM
Above the sea
1,400 mupland
Latitude
3.4°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Magara110 km west

The land around Arusha, shaded by its typical high in February, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in February

high · low · wet days
See February on the planning mapThe whole year in Arusha

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Arusha. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.