Climate averages 1991–2020
Nzega weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Nzega: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Shinyanga (67 km away). In April its highs average 28.3°C, 1.1°C warmer than Nzega, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Nzega ranks 14th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 10th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Nzega is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 92 mm to 19 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
Nzega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.0°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 117 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 95 | 14.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 118 | 16.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.3°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 92 | 12.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.4°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.3°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.912 h |
| August | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 21 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 100 | 12.1 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 134 | 18.3 | 12.412 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
- Shinyanga in AprilTanzania · 67 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Kahama in AprilTanzania · 77 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Tabora in AprilTanzania · 97 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Ushirombo in AprilTanzania · 157 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Bariadi in AprilTanzania · 181 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Sengerema in AprilTanzania · 182 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Geita in AprilTanzania · 183 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Singida in AprilTanzania · 185 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.5°C · 65 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 Nzega) is explained once on the Nzega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.