Climate averages 1991–2020
Katumba weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th 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 Katumba: daytime highs average 22.5°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vwawa (76 km away). In April its highs average 23.4°C, 0.9°C warmer than Katumba, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Katumba ranks 37th of 43 for the warmest April highs and joint 34th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Katumba is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 44 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
Katumba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 456 | 29.4 | 12.613 h |
| February | 25.2°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 370 | 25.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 24.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 362 | 29.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 22.5°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 186 | 24.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.5°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 44 | 11.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 9.3 | 3.3 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.7°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 9.5 | 3.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 22.2°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 7.5 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 25.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 3.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 26.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 48 | 10.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 179 | 18.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 25.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 400 | 27.0 | 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
- Vwawa in AprilTanzania · 76 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Tunduma in AprilTanzania · 94 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Nakonde in AprilZambia · 96 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Njombe in AprilTanzania · 127 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Makumbako in AprilTanzania · 140 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Mafinga in AprilTanzania · 211 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Mzuzu in AprilMalawi · 252 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 140 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in AprilTanzania · 261 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 160 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 Katumba) is explained once on the Katumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.