Climate averages 1991–2020
Sengerema weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 9th 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 Sengerema: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a 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 Mwanza (32 km away). In April its highs average 25.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Sengerema, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sengerema ranks 25th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Sengerema is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 128 mm to 44 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
Sengerema climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 112 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| February | 27.1°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 85 | 13.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 27.1°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 122 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.2°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 128 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 44 | 7.7 | 12.012 h |
| June | 27.6°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 19 | 3.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 28.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 7.7 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| August | 28.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 34 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 66 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 144 | 19.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 197 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 25.2°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 167 | 23.0 | 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
- Mwanza in AprilTanzania · 32 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 195 mm rain
- Geita in AprilTanzania · 52 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Katoro in AprilTanzania · 88 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.7°C · 176 mm rain
- Ushirombo in AprilTanzania · 119 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Kahama in AprilTanzania · 130 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Shinyanga in AprilTanzania · 140 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Bariadi in AprilTanzania · 149 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Bunda in AprilTanzania · 153 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 171 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 Sengerema) is explained once on the Sengerema year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.