Climate · Zanzibar (Stone Town)

Zanzibar (Stone Town) in February

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

February in Zanzibar (Stone Town) is hot: highs near 90°F, lows near 79°F. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 19 minutes.February in Zanzibar (Stone Town) is hot: highs near 32°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about three days a week, and daylight holds at about 12 hours 19 minutes.

High
90°F32°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
3a week · 38% of days
Daylight
12h 19mon average

Is February a good time to visit Zanzibar (Stone Town)?


A good month, just outside Zanzibar (Stone Town)'s best months, which run from June to September.

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 90°F in February, against 84°F to 90°F through the year.Highs near 32°C in February, against 29°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

38% of days in February, against 37% to 92% through the year.

Cloud cover

70% cover in February, against 37% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

12h 19m in February, against 11h 46m to 12h 28m 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.

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  1. January89°32°low 79°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. February90°32°low 79°low 26°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  3. March90°32°low 79°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Zanzibar (Stone Town) sits, in February

Africa/Dar es Salaam

this place
typical high in February 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-February
6:28 AMsets 6:47 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Dongwe38 km east

The land around Zanzibar (Stone Town), 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

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Zanzibar (Stone Town). 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.