Climate averages 1991–2020
Mtwara weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd 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 Mtwara: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 115 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Lindi (59 km away). In April its highs average 29.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Mtwara, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mtwara ranks 5th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Mtwara is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs stay level at 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 115 mm to 37 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
Mtwara climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 186 | 20.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.7°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 146 | 18.6 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 182 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 115 | 18.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 28.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 37 | 7.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 28.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.0 | 1.8 | 11.512 h |
| July | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 4.9 | 1.3 | 11.612 h |
| August | 27.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 5.7 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 9.6 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 19 | 6.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 29.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 42 | 10.7 | 12.613 h |
| December | 29.0°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 123 | 20.9 | 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 · 59 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 120 mm rain
- Masasi in AprilTanzania · 159 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.7°C · 67 mm rain
- Pemba in AprilMozambique · 303 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Montepuez in AprilMozambique · 343 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Moroni in AprilComoros · 371 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 26.0°C · 124 mm rain
- Vikindu in AprilTanzania · 375 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Dar es Salaam in AprilTanzania · 396 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Kibaha in AprilTanzania · 413 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 203 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 Mtwara) is explained once on the Mtwara year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.