Climate averages 1991–2020
Sumbawanga weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Sumbawanga: daytime highs average 22.3°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mpanda (190 km away). In April its highs average 27.0°C, 4.7°C warmer than Sumbawanga, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Sumbawanga ranks joint 39th of 43 for the warmest April highs and joint 26th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Sumbawanga is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 22.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 30 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
Sumbawanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.4°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 304 | 28.4 | 12.513 h |
| February | 22.8°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 241 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 279 | 26.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 160 | 18.8 | 11.912 h |
| May | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 30 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 22.6°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 1.8 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 23.9°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 2.1 | 0.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.4°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 8.2 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.9°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 24.5°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 148 | 15.6 | 12.512 h |
| December | 22.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 282 | 26.4 | 12.613 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
- Mpanda in AprilTanzania · 190 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Vwawa in AprilTanzania · 193 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Tunduma in AprilTanzania · 195 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Nakonde in AprilZambia · 197 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Kasama in AprilZambia · 254 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Katumba in AprilTanzania · 261 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Kalemie in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 349 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 180 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 Sumbawanga) is explained once on the Sumbawanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.