Climate averages 1991–2020
Tanga weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Tanga: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th 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 Ukunda (101 km away). In April its highs average 29.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Tanga, with 134 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Tanga ranks 1st of 43 for the warmest April highs and 23rd of 43 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 43 cities is 26.1°C; Tanga is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 148 mm to 165 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
Tanga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 31 | 8.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 32.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 31 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 32.1°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 148 | 23.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 165 | 18.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 44 | 11.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 35 | 11.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 40 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 40 | 13.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 87 | 16.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 84 | 19.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 31.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 68 | 16.5 | 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
- Ukunda in AprilKenya · 101 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Matuga in AprilKenya · 113 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Zanzibar in AprilTanzania · 122 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 24.9°C · 200 mm rain
- Handeni in AprilTanzania · 126 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 189 mm rain
- Mombasa in AprilKenya · 129 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Jomvu in AprilKenya · 133 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.5°C · 108 mm rain
- Mtwapa in AprilKenya · 145 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Bagamoyo in AprilTanzania · 154 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 23.8°C · 195 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 Tanga) is explained once on the Tanga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.