Climate averages 1991–2020

Tabora weather
in April.

A warm, moderately wet month: the 11th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.1°C Daytime mean, April

Average low 18.5°C Night-time mean, April

Rainfall 80 mm 12 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

April is a warm month in Tabora: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 80 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzega (97 km away). In April its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Tabora, with 92 mm of rain.

Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tabora ranks 16th of 43 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Tabora is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 80 mm to 14 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Tabora climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tabora, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.9°C18.2°C	18.2°C	151	20.9	12.412 h
February	27.6°C18.5°C	18.5°C	116	16.5	12.312 h
March	27.5°C18.6°C	18.6°C	129	17.0	12.112 h
April, selected	27.1°C18.5°C	18.5°C	80	12.2	12.012 h
May	28.3°C18.6°C	18.6°C	14	2.9	11.912 h
June	28.7°C17.8°C	17.8°C	0.4	0.1	11.812 h
July	28.5°C16.9°C	16.9°C	0.1	0.0	11.912 h
August	29.6°C17.8°C	17.8°C	0.6	0.2	11.912 h
September	31.1°C19.1°C	19.1°C	1.6	0.4	12.112 h
October	31.4°C20.2°C	20.2°C	18	3.0	12.212 h
November	29.3°C19.7°C	19.7°C	94	11.6	12.312 h
December	27.2°C18.5°C	18.5°C	155	19.7	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

Distance from Tabora

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Tabora) is explained once on the Tabora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.