Climate averages 1991–2020
Dodoma weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Dodoma: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 18.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kondoa (142 km away). In April its highs average 25.6°C, 2.7°C cooler than Dodoma, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Dodoma ranks joint 10th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Dodoma is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 42 mm to 6.0 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
Dodoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 104 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 82 | 11.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 87 | 11.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 42 | 7.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 6.0 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.8°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.8°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.6°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 3.5 | 0.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 31.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 24 | 3.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 9.7 | 12.512 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 · 142 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Kilosa in AprilTanzania · 156 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Iringa in AprilTanzania · 177 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Singida in AprilTanzania · 187 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 65 mm rain
- Morogoro in AprilTanzania · 224 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 161 mm rain
- Ifakara in AprilTanzania · 242 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Mafinga in AprilTanzania · 242 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Handeni in AprilTanzania · 265 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 189 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 Dodoma) is explained once on the Dodoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.