Climate averages 1991–2020
Mpanda weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mpanda: daytime highs average 27.0°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 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 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Baudhuinville (169 km away). In April its highs average 25.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Mpanda, with 175 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mpanda ranks joint 17th 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; Mpanda is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 20 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
Mpanda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 176 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 147 | 21.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 27.4°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.0°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 116 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 28.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.5°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 30.1°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.2°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 101 | 15.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 165 | 23.7 | 12.512 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
- Baudhuinville in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in AprilTanzania · 190 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Kalemie in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Kasulu in AprilTanzania · 224 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Kigoma in AprilTanzania · 228 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 264 mm rain
- Tabora in AprilTanzania · 244 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Kahama in AprilTanzania · 327 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Kalima in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 330 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 101 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 Mpanda) is explained once on the Mpanda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.