Climate averages 1991–2020

Iringa weather
in April.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.

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

Average high 22.4°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 15.6°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 57 mm 10 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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April is a warm month in Iringa: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th 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 Mafinga (74 km away). In April its highs average 21.1°C, 1.3°C cooler than Iringa, with 109 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Iringa ranks 38th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Iringa is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 57 mm to 7.0 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. 51015202530 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

Iringa climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Iringa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 23.1°C15.2°C15.2°C16323.712.513 h
February 23.4°C15.3°C15.3°C12720.112.412 h
March 23.1°C15.6°C15.6°C13020.512.112 h
April, selected 22.4°C15.6°C15.6°C5710.411.912 h
May 22.6°C14.2°C14.2°C7.01.511.812 h
June 22.0°C12.2°C12.2°C0.40.111.712 h
July 21.4°C11.3°C11.3°C0.10.011.712 h
August 22.6°C11.8°C11.8°C0.30.011.912 h
September 24.2°C12.7°C12.7°C1.20.312.112 h
October 25.5°C14.2°C14.2°C8.31.912.312 h
November 25.8°C15.1°C15.1°C467.312.512 h
December 24.2°C15.4°C15.4°C13119.212.613 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

Distance from Iringa

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 Iringa) is explained once on the Iringa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.