Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukoba weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Bukoba: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Masaka (111 km away). In April its highs average 24.2°C, about as warm as Bukoba, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bukoba ranks joint 33rd of 43 for the warmest April highs and joint 34th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Bukoba is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 118 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
Bukoba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 120 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 151 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 186 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| June | 24.0°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 47 | 9.4 | 12.012 h |
| July | 23.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 29 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 24.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 74 | 12.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 24.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 110 | 19.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| November | 23.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 169 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 140 | 24.1 | 12.212 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
- Masaka in AprilUganda · 111 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 17.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Mbarara in AprilUganda · 153 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 85 mm rain
- Nyagatare in AprilRwanda · 166 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Katabi in AprilUganda · 174 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 250 mm rain
- Sengerema in AprilTanzania · 175 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Geita in AprilTanzania · 178 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Mwanza in AprilTanzania · 179 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 195 mm rain
- Rutoma in AprilUganda · 180 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 144 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 Bukoba) is explained once on the Bukoba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.