Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunda weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Bunda: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Musoma (59 km away). In April its highs average 25.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bunda, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Bunda ranks joint 20th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 30th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Bunda is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 26.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 81 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
Bunda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 120 | 18.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 97 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.5°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 171 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.3°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 25 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 12 | 2.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 34 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.0°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 56 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 113 | 17.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 172 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 26.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 164 | 22.2 | 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
- Musoma in AprilTanzania · 59 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Bariadi in AprilTanzania · 87 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Tarime in AprilTanzania · 93 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Mwanza in AprilTanzania · 121 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 195 mm rain
- Migori in AprilKenya · 126 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 232 mm rain
- Sengerema in AprilTanzania · 153 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Kisii in AprilKenya · 179 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Shinyanga in AprilTanzania · 189 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 79 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 Bunda) is explained once on the Bunda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.