Climate averages 1991–2020
Musoma weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Musoma: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bunda (59 km away). In April its highs average 26.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Musoma, with 171 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Musoma ranks 28th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 33rd of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Musoma is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 115 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
Musoma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.8°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 92 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| February | 26.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 83 | 12.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 26.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 140 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.9°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 178 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 115 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 26.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 42 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 26.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 25 | 5.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 26.6°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 54 | 9.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 67 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 126 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.4°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 150 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 140 | 20.3 | 12.212 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
- Bunda in AprilTanzania · 59 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Tarime in AprilTanzania · 65 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 154 mm rain
- Migori in AprilKenya · 89 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 232 mm rain
- Kisii in AprilKenya · 141 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 277 mm rain
- Bariadi in AprilTanzania · 146 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Mwanza in AprilTanzania · 151 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 195 mm rain
- Sengerema in AprilTanzania · 182 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Kisumu in AprilKenya · 189 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 281 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 Musoma) is explained once on the Musoma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.