Climate averages 1991–2020
Arusha weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 8th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Arusha: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kondoa (198 km away). In April its highs average 25.6°C, 1.3°C warmer than Arusha, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Arusha ranks joint 33rd of 43 for the warmest April highs and 22nd of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Arusha is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 145 mm to 50 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
Arusha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 82 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 73 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 143 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 145 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 22.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 50 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 6.6 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 21.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 3.9 | 1.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 22.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 4.1 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 30 | 7.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 103 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.4°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 108 | 16.7 | 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
- Kondoa in AprilTanzania · 198 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Kitengela in AprilKenya · 212 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Ongata Rongai in AprilKenya · 219 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 100 mm rain
- Mlolongo in AprilKenya · 221 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 16.1°C · 132 mm rain
- Ngong in AprilKenya · 224 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 14.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Nairobi in AprilKenya · 232 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.8°C · 114 mm rain
- Kikuyu in AprilKenya · 236 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 114 mm rain
- Mwala in AprilKenya · 240 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.8°C · 109 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 Arusha) is explained once on the Arusha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.