Climate averages 1991–2020
Masasi weather
in April.
A hot, moderately 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 Masasi: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 67 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lindi (128 km away). In April its highs average 29.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Masasi, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Masasi ranks 8th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 5th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Masasi is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 67 mm to 11 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
Masasi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 134 | 18.3 | 12.713 h |
| February | 29.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 131 | 17.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.5°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 67 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.612 h |
| June | 28.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 1.1 | 0.2 | 11.612 h |
| August | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| September | 31.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.1 | 0.6 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 8.7 | 2.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 32.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 32 | 6.0 | 12.613 h |
| December | 31.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 103 | 15.0 | 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
- Lindi in AprilTanzania · 128 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Mtwara in AprilTanzania · 159 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.7°C · 115 mm rain
- Montepuez in AprilMozambique · 269 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Pemba in AprilMozambique · 313 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Songea in AprilTanzania · 344 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Ifakara in AprilTanzania · 369 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 156 mm rain
- Vikindu in AprilTanzania · 416 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in AprilTanzania · 436 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 229 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 Masasi) is explained once on the Masasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.