Climate averages 1991–2020
Pemba weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Pemba: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 23.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 95 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Montepuez (165 km away). In April its highs average 27.6°C, 1.3°C cooler than Pemba, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Pemba ranks 2nd of 22 for the warmest April highs and 22nd of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Pemba is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 95 mm to 23 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
Pemba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 252 | 24.9 | 12.813 h |
| February | 29.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 215 | 23.3 | 12.513 h |
| March | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 206 | 24.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 29.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 95 | 16.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 23 | 6.0 | 11.512 h |
| June | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 10 | 3.4 | 11.411 h |
| July | 26.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 9.4 | 2.9 | 11.411 h |
| August | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 11 | 4.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.1°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 18 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 31.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 42 | 9.0 | 12.713 h |
| December | 30.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 166 | 20.0 | 12.913 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
- Montepuez in AprilMozambique · 165 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Nacala in AprilMozambique · 178 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 76 mm rain
- Nampula in AprilMozambique · 274 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 47 mm rain
- Mtwara in AprilTanzania · 303 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Masasi in AprilTanzania · 313 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Moroni in AprilComoros · 329 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Lindi in AprilTanzania · 342 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Angoche in AprilMozambique · 368 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 65 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 Pemba) is explained once on the Pemba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.