Climate averages 1991–2020
Makumbako weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Makumbako: daytime highs average 22.0°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Njombe (56 km away). In April its highs average 19.6°C, 2.4°C cooler than Makumbako, with 83 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Makumbako ranks 41st of 43 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Makumbako is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 49 mm to 5.1 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
Makumbako climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 189 | 25.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.6°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 150 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 22.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 49 | 9.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 21.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 5.1 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 20.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| July | 20.2°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 21.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 23.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 12.012 h |
| October | 25.0°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 11 | 2.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 57 | 9.1 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 162 | 20.5 | 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
- Njombe in AprilTanzania · 56 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Mafinga in AprilTanzania · 79 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Katumba in AprilTanzania · 140 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Iringa in AprilTanzania · 154 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Vwawa in AprilTanzania · 210 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Ifakara in AprilTanzania · 219 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Songea in AprilTanzania · 223 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Tunduma in AprilTanzania · 232 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 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 Makumbako) is explained once on the Makumbako year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.