Climate averages 1991–2020
Kahama weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kahama: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (77 km away). In April its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Kahama, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kahama ranks 19th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 11th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Kahama is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 104 mm to 25 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
Kahama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 114 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.8°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 87 | 14.7 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.7°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.8°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 104 | 15.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 25 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.5°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.3°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 7.1 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 13 | 2.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 42 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 117 | 16.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.312 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
- Nzega in AprilTanzania · 77 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Ushirombo in AprilTanzania · 80 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Shinyanga in AprilTanzania · 93 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Geita in AprilTanzania · 114 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Katoro in AprilTanzania · 119 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Sengerema in AprilTanzania · 130 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Tabora in AprilTanzania · 134 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Mwanza in AprilTanzania · 150 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 195 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 Kahama) is explained once on the Kahama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.