Climate averages 1991–2020
Lindi weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Lindi: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mtwara (59 km away). In April its highs average 28.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lindi, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Lindi ranks 2nd of 43 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Lindi is 3.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 120 mm to 36 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
Lindi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 168 | 20.0 | 12.613 h |
| February | 30.1°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 156 | 19.0 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 195 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 29.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 120 | 18.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 36 | 6.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 5.9 | 1.4 | 11.512 h |
| July | 29.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| August | 29.4°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 5.5 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 12 | 4.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 25 | 7.6 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 52 | 13.6 | 12.613 h |
| December | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 125 | 20.8 | 12.713 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
- Mtwara in AprilTanzania · 59 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Masasi in AprilTanzania · 128 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Vikindu in AprilTanzania · 336 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Pemba in AprilMozambique · 342 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in AprilTanzania · 356 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Montepuez in AprilMozambique · 357 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Kibaha in AprilTanzania · 370 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Ifakara in AprilTanzania · 392 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 156 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 Lindi) is explained once on the Lindi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.