Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwanza weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mwanza: daytime highs average 25.4°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 195 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sengerema (32 km away). In April its highs average 26.2°C, 0.8°C warmer than Mwanza, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Mwanza ranks 31st of 43 for the warmest April highs and joint 37th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Mwanza is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 195 mm to 88 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
Mwanza climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 159 | 22.3 | 12.212 h |
| February | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 116 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 25.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 181 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 25.4°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 195 | 20.0 | 12.112 h |
| May | 25.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 88 | 12.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 25.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| July | 25.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 12 | 2.7 | 12.012 h |
| August | 25.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 53 | 8.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 104 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 211 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 266 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 24.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 224 | 25.7 | 12.312 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
- Sengerema in AprilTanzania · 32 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Geita in AprilTanzania · 84 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Katoro in AprilTanzania · 120 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Bunda in AprilTanzania · 121 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Bariadi in AprilTanzania · 124 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Shinyanga in AprilTanzania · 140 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Kahama in AprilTanzania · 150 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Ushirombo in AprilTanzania · 150 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 126 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 Mwanza) is explained once on the Mwanza year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.