Climate averages 1991–2020
Shinyanga weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Shinyanga: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (67 km away). In April its highs average 27.3°C, 1.1°C cooler than Shinyanga, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Shinyanga ranks joint 10th of 43 for the warmest April highs and joint 6th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Shinyanga is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 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
Shinyanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 102 | 15.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 74 | 12.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 91 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 11.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 18 | 3.6 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.4°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 4.1 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 31.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 24 | 4.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 80 | 10.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 113 | 16.4 | 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
- Nzega in AprilTanzania · 67 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Kahama in AprilTanzania · 93 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 104 mm rain
- Bariadi in AprilTanzania · 115 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Mwanza in AprilTanzania · 140 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 195 mm rain
- Sengerema in AprilTanzania · 140 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Geita in AprilTanzania · 159 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.8°C · 163 mm rain
- Ushirombo in AprilTanzania · 163 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 126 mm rain
- Tabora in AprilTanzania · 164 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.5°C · 80 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 Shinyanga) is explained once on the Shinyanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.