Climate averages 1991–2020
Jomvu weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Jomvu: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 108 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mombasa (10 km away). In April its highs average 29.6°C, 0.6°C cooler than Jomvu, with 136 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Jomvu ranks joint 5th of 37 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Jomvu is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 108 mm to 155 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Jomvu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.2°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 33.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 20 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 32.5°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 62 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 108 | 22.8 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 155 | 20.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 58 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| July | 26.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 46 | 15.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 40 | 15.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 38 | 14.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 69 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 83 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 70 | 17.0 | 12.312 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Mombasa in AprilKenya · 10 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Mtwapa in AprilKenya · 16 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Matuga in AprilKenya · 21 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Ukunda in AprilKenya · 34 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Kilifi in AprilKenya · 48 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 112 mm rain
- Malindi in AprilKenya · 102 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 25.4°C · 96 mm rain
- Tanga in AprilTanzania · 133 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 148 mm rain
- Handeni in AprilTanzania · 239 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 189 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Jomvu) is explained once on the Jomvu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.