Climate averages 1991–2020
Nakonde 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 Nakonde: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 15.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 17 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 (5 km away). In April its highs average 22.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Nakonde, with 121 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Zambia, Nakonde ranks 24th of 24 for the warmest April highs and 23rd of 24 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 24 cities is 25.5°C; Nakonde is 2.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 120 mm to 14 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
Nakonde climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 277 | 28.5 | 12.613 h |
| February | 23.9°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 221 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| March | 23.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 248 | 27.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 23.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 120 | 17.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 23.5°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 14 | 3.2 | 11.712 h |
| June | 23.0°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 22.8°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 25.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| September | 27.4°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 2.6 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 20 | 4.8 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 110 | 14.5 | 12.513 h |
| December | 24.8°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 249 | 25.2 | 12.713 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 · 5 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 121 mm rain
- Vwawa in AprilTanzania · 33 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 160 mm rain
- Katumba in AprilTanzania · 96 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 16.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Kasama in AprilZambia · 197 kmHigh 24.4°C · Low 15.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in AprilTanzania · 197 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.8°C · 160 mm rain
- Njombe in AprilTanzania · 222 kmHigh 19.6°C · Low 13.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Makumbako in AprilTanzania · 236 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Mzuzu in AprilMalawi · 274 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.9°C · 140 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 Nakonde) is explained once on the Nakonde year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.