Climate averages 1991–2020
Katoro weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Katoro: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 176 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Geita (36 km away). In April its highs average 26.3°C, about as warm as Katoro, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katoro ranks joint 26th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 32nd of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Katoro is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 26.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 176 mm to 58 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
Katoro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 139 | 21.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 98 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 162 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 176 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 10 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 6.0 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.4°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 29 | 4.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 28.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 73 | 10.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 146 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 232 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 201 | 25.1 | 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
- Geita in AprilTanzania · 36 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Ushirombo in AprilTanzania · 55 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Sengerema in AprilTanzania · 88 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Kahama in AprilTanzania · 119 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Mwanza in AprilTanzania · 120 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 195 mm rain
- Shinyanga in AprilTanzania · 181 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Bukoba in AprilTanzania · 186 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 186 mm rain
- Nzega in AprilTanzania · 194 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 92 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 Katoro) is explained once on the Katoro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.