Climate averages 1991–2020
Njombe weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Njombe: daytime highs average 19.6°C and nights cool to about 13.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makumbako (56 km away). In April its highs average 22.0°C, 2.4°C warmer than Njombe, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Njombe ranks 43rd of 43 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Njombe is 6.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 83 mm to 18 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
Njombe climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 21.5°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 268 | 26.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 21.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 263 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 20.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 19.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 83 | 18.5 | 11.912 h |
| May | 19.0°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 18 | 5.4 | 11.712 h |
| June | 18.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| July | 17.5°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 2.2 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| August | 18.9°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 3.7 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| September | 20.9°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 3.6 | 0.9 | 12.012 h |
| October | 22.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 18 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 22.6°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 54 | 10.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 21.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 171 | 20.8 | 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
- Makumbako in AprilTanzania · 56 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Katumba in AprilTanzania · 127 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Mafinga in AprilTanzania · 130 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Songea in AprilTanzania · 177 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 129 mm rain
- Vwawa in AprilTanzania · 203 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Iringa in AprilTanzania · 203 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Tunduma in AprilTanzania · 220 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Nakonde in AprilZambia · 222 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 120 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 Njombe) is explained once on the Njombe year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.