Climate averages 1991–2020
Ifakara weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 9th 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 Ifakara: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (116 km away). In April its highs average 22.4°C, 5.1°C cooler than Ifakara, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Ifakara ranks joint 12th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 25th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Ifakara is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 52 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
Ifakara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 129 | 17.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 30.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 119 | 17.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 156 | 23.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 52 | 10.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 26.6°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 8.3 | 2.3 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 7.0 | 1.4 | 11.712 h |
| August | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 9.3 | 2.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 7.1 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 20 | 4.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 36 | 6.5 | 12.512 h |
| December | 32.0°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 87 | 14.8 | 12.613 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
- Iringa in AprilTanzania · 116 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Kilosa in AprilTanzania · 148 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Mafinga in AprilTanzania · 154 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Morogoro in AprilTanzania · 181 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 161 mm rain
- Makumbako in AprilTanzania · 219 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Dodoma in AprilTanzania · 242 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Njombe in AprilTanzania · 250 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Kibaha in AprilTanzania · 289 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 203 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 Ifakara) is explained once on the Ifakara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.