Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafinga weather
in April.
A mild, 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 mild month in Mafinga: daytime highs average 21.1°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Iringa (74 km away). In April its highs average 22.4°C, 1.3°C warmer than Mafinga, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mafinga ranks 42nd of 43 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Mafinga is 5.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 20.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 14 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
Mafinga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 319 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 271 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 288 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 21.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 109 | 16.4 | 11.912 h |
| May | 20.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 14 | 3.7 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.0°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| July | 19.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 20.8°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 22.7°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.2°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 15 | 3.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 106 | 10.4 | 12.512 h |
| December | 23.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 288 | 22.1 | 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
- Iringa in AprilTanzania · 74 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Makumbako in AprilTanzania · 79 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Njombe in AprilTanzania · 130 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Ifakara in AprilTanzania · 154 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Katumba in AprilTanzania · 211 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Dodoma in AprilTanzania · 242 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Kilosa in AprilTanzania · 248 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 116 mm rain
- Songea in AprilTanzania · 268 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 129 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 Mafinga) is explained once on the Mafinga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.