Climate averages 1991–2020
Vwawa weather
in April.
A warm, 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 warm month in Vwawa: daytime highs average 23.4°C and nights cool to about 15.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 160 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tunduma (28 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Vwawa, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 43 cities listed in Tanzania, Vwawa ranks 36th 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; Vwawa is 2.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 23.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 160 mm to 23 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
Vwawa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 240 | 26.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 24.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 191 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 24.0°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 256 | 27.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 23.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 160 | 20.0 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 23 | 4.6 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.3°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.3°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.6°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 24 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 102 | 14.4 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 224 | 24.0 | 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
- Tunduma in AprilTanzania · 28 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Nakonde in AprilZambia · 33 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Katumba in AprilTanzania · 76 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in AprilTanzania · 193 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Njombe in AprilTanzania · 203 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Makumbako in AprilTanzania · 210 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Kasama in AprilZambia · 228 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Mafinga in AprilTanzania · 274 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 109 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 Vwawa) is explained once on the Vwawa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.