Climate averages 1991–2020
Kigoma weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kigoma: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 264 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasulu (62 km away). In April its highs average 25.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kigoma, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kigoma ranks joint 26th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 43rd of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Kigoma is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 264 mm to 104 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
Kigoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 255 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 26.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 203 | 24.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 26.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 271 | 27.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 264 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 104 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 26.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 26.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 6.2 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 24 | 4.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 142 | 18.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 276 | 27.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 25.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 298 | 29.5 | 12.412 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
- Kasulu in AprilTanzania · 62 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Kalemie in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Gitega in AprilBurundi · 165 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Bujumbura in AprilBurundi · 169 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Kalima in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 170 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Uvira in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Mpanda in AprilTanzania · 228 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 246 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 175 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 Kigoma) is explained once on the Kigoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.