Climate averages 1991–2020
Kilosa weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 8th 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 Kilosa: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Morogoro (75 km away). In April its highs average 27.4°C, about as warm as Kilosa, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Kilosa ranks 15th of 43 for the warmest April highs and joint 14th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Kilosa is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 52 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
Kilosa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 145 | 15.2 | 12.512 h |
| February | 31.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 144 | 14.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 153 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 116 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 52 | 12.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.5°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 8.4 | 2.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.9°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 13 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.8°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 12 | 3.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 35 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 52 | 11.1 | 12.412 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 101 | 13.4 | 12.513 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
- Morogoro in AprilTanzania · 75 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.4°C · 161 mm rain
- Ifakara in AprilTanzania · 148 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Dodoma in AprilTanzania · 156 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Iringa in AprilTanzania · 176 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Handeni in AprilTanzania · 193 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Kibaha in AprilTanzania · 214 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in AprilTanzania · 217 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Mafinga in AprilTanzania · 248 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 109 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 Kilosa) is explained once on the Kilosa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.