Climate averages 1991–2020
Lodwar weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Lodwar: daytime highs average 33.9°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kotido (163 km away). In April its highs average 29.6°C, 4.3°C cooler than Lodwar, with 76 mm of rain.
Among the 37 cities listed in Kenya, Lodwar ranks 2nd of 37 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 37 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 37 cities is 26.3°C; Lodwar is 7.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 74 mm to 49 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
Lodwar climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 12 | 1.9 | 12.012 h |
| February | 36.2°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 7.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 35.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 36 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 33.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 74 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 33.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 49 | 6.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 32.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 23 | 4.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 32.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 22 | 4.4 | 12.312 h |
| August | 32.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 19 | 3.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 34.4°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 10 | 1.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 34.2°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 32 | 4.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 33.1°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 60 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 33.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 26 | 3.4 | 11.912 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
- Kotido in AprilUganda · 163 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Kitale in AprilKenya · 243 kmHigh 21.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 189 mm rain
- Eldoret in AprilKenya · 291 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.2°C · 195 mm rain
- Lira in AprilUganda · 315 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Kakamega in AprilKenya · 329 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 15.2°C · 235 mm rain
- Busia in AprilKenya · 339 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 291 mm rain
- Khwisero in AprilKenya · 346 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.4°C · 256 mm rain
- Gulu in AprilUganda · 368 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 198 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 Lodwar) is explained once on the Lodwar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.