Climate averages 1991–2020

Handeni weather
in April.

A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 26.6°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 20.5°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 189 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Handeni · average highYear overview

April is a warm month in Handeni: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 189 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tanga (126 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, 3.1°C warmer than Handeni, with 148 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Handeni ranks joint 20th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 36th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Handeni is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 189 mm to 123 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 101520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Handeni climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Handeni, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 30.5°C21.0°C21.0°C11914.512.412 h
February 30.8°C21.0°C21.0°C11012.412.312 h
March 29.3°C21.1°C21.1°C16022.212.112 h
April, selected 26.6°C20.5°C20.5°C18926.512.012 h
May 25.2°C19.2°C19.2°C12319.111.912 h
June 24.7°C17.6°C17.6°C3610.311.812 h
July 24.5°C16.7°C16.7°C298.711.812 h
August 24.9°C17.1°C17.1°C4111.611.912 h
September 26.1°C17.9°C17.9°C3810.712.112 h
October 27.2°C18.9°C18.9°C8114.712.212 h
November 28.0°C20.0°C20.0°C10719.512.412 h
December 29.3°C20.8°C20.8°C14120.712.412 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

Distance from Handeni

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Handeni) is explained once on the Handeni year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.