Tutume weather in April

In April, Tutume sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 14 mm of rain across 2.9 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Tutume's 7th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tutume's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 14 mm; 2.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:26 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 32%; 7th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.0; out of 10

Tutume is Homevillage to Bakalanga speaking tribe..

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical April day in Tutume reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and about 2°C warmer than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	17
2	29	17
3	29	17
4	29	17
5	29	17
6	29	17
7	29	17
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	15
21	29	15
22	29	15
23	29	15
24	29	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	28	15
28	28	15
29	28	15
30	28	14

How April really feels in Tutume

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Tutume weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 20°	117	14.3	13.1	4.4
Feb	30° / 20°	92	10.7	12.7	4.8
Mar	30° / 19°	58	8.4	12.1	5.4
Apr	29° / 16°	14	2.9	11.5	7.0
May	27° / 12°	4	0.7	11	8.8
Jun	24° / 10°	3	0.5	10.8	9.5
Jul	24° / 9°	1	0.3	10.9	9.4
Aug	27° / 12°	0	0.1	11.3	8.6
Sep	31° / 16°	5	1.1	11.9	5.9
Oct	33° / 19°	15	3.6	12.5	4.3
Nov	32° / 20°	63	11	13	3.9
Dec	31° / 20°	116	15.5	13.2	4.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	73	74	74	75	76	76	77	78	80	80	81	82	83	84	84	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	90
Cloudier (%)	27	26	26	25	24	24	23	22	20	20	19	18	17	16	16	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	10

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	75	25
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Tutume gets around 14 mm of rain over 2.9 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 10% and peaks near 22% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	22	21	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	21
3	20
4	18
5	17
6	16
7	15
8	14
9	13
10	12
11	11
12	10
13	9
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	7
18	7
19	7
20	7
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	6
28	5
29	5
30	5

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 67% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	46	48	50	52	53	55	58	58	60	61	63	64	66	66	68	70	70	71	74	74	75	76	77	78	80	80	81	83	83	85
Comfortable (%)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	12
Humid (%)	23	22	21	19	18	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	3
Muggy (%)	9	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	46	22	23	9
2	48	22	22	9
3	50	22	21	8
4	52	22	19	7
5	53	22	18	7
6	55	22	17	6
7	58	22	15	5
8	58	23	14	5
9	60	23	13	4
10	61	23	12	4
11	63	23	11	3
12	64	23	10	3
13	66	23	9	2
14	66	23	9	2
15	68	23	8	1
16	70	22	7	1
17	70	22	7	1
18	71	21	7	1
19	74	20	6	0
20	74	20	6	0
21	75	19	6	0
22	76	18	6	0
23	77	17	6	0
24	78	16	6	0
25	80	15	5	0
26	80	15	5	0
27	81	14	5	0
28	83	13	4	0
29	83	13	4	0
30	85	12	3	0

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	13	light breeze
6	13	light breeze
7	13	light breeze
8	13	light breeze
9	13	light breeze
10	13	light breeze
11	13	light breeze
12	13	light breeze
13	13	light breeze
14	13	light breeze
15	13	light breeze
16	13	light breeze
17	13	light breeze
18	13	light breeze
19	13	light breeze
20	13	light breeze
21	13	light breeze
22	13	light breeze
23	13	light breeze
24	13	light breeze
25	13	light breeze
26	13	light breeze
27	13	light breeze
28	13	light breeze
29	13	light breeze
30	13	light breeze

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 5:48 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31
Sunset (PM)	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:22	6:11
2	11.8	6:22	6:10
3	11.8	6:22	6:09
4	11.8	6:23	6:09
5	11.7	6:23	6:08
6	11.7	6:23	6:07
7	11.7	6:23	6:06
8	11.7	6:24	6:05
9	11.7	6:24	6:04
10	11.6	6:24	6:03
11	11.6	6:25	6:02
12	11.6	6:25	6:01
13	11.6	6:25	6:01
14	11.6	6:26	6:00
15	11.6	6:26	5:59
16	11.5	6:26	5:58
17	11.5	6:26	5:57
18	11.5	6:27	5:56
19	11.5	6:27	5:56
20	11.5	6:27	5:55
21	11.4	6:28	5:54
22	11.4	6:28	5:53
23	11.4	6:28	5:52
24	11.4	6:29	5:52
25	11.4	6:29	5:51
26	11.3	6:29	5:50
27	11.3	6:30	5:50
28	11.3	6:30	5:49
29	11.3	6:31	5:48
30	11.3	6:31	5:48

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 7.08 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.6	Bright
12	5.6	Bright
13	5.6	Bright
14	5.6	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.5	Bright
20	5.5	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Tutume?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

7.0

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.5

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Tutume for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Tutume in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Tutume sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Tutume in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tutume peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	14	13	10	8	7	7	9	10	11	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	8	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Tutume?

Tutume sits at 20.5°S, 27.0°E, 1,090 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Francistown, 90 km away.

Topography around Tutume

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Tutume.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tutume has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 1,096 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 499 m.

The land around Tutume is covered by shrubs (62%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, shrubs (68%) within 16 km, and shrubs (81%) within 80 km.

3 km

41 m

shrubs 62%

16 km

161 m

shrubs 68%

80 km

499 m

shrubs 81%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain

← March Tutume year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Francistown 90 km · Nata 94 km · Tonota 114 km · Bulawayo 166 km · Letlhakane 181 km · Selebi-Phikwe 185 km · Gweta 191 km · Gwanda 211 km

Botswana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,778; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 63%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 11.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 26.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Tutume (-20.4943°, 27.0348°, elevation 1,090 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	17
2	29	17
3	29	17
4	29	17
5	29	17
6	29	17
7	29	17
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	15
21	29	15
22	29	15
23	29	15
24	29	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	28	15
28	28	15
29	28	15
30	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	75	25
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	21
3	20
4	18
5	17
6	16
7	15
8	14
9	13
10	12
11	11
12	10
13	9
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	7
18	7
19	7
20	7
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	6
28	5
29	5
30	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	46	22	23	9
2	48	22	22	9
3	50	22	21	8
4	52	22	19	7
5	53	22	18	7
6	55	22	17	6
7	58	22	15	5
8	58	23	14	5
9	60	23	13	4
10	61	23	12	4
11	63	23	11	3
12	64	23	10	3
13	66	23	9	2
14	66	23	9	2
15	68	23	8	1
16	70	22	7	1
17	70	22	7	1
18	71	21	7	1
19	74	20	6	0
20	74	20	6	0
21	75	19	6	0
22	76	18	6	0
23	77	17	6	0
24	78	16	6	0
25	80	15	5	0
26	80	15	5	0
27	81	14	5	0
28	83	13	4	0
29	83	13	4	0
30	85	12	3	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	17
2	29	17
3	29	17
4	29	17
5	29	17
6	29	17
7	29	17
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	15
21	29	15
22	29	15
23	29	15
24	29	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	28	15
28	28	15
29	28	15
30	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	75	25
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	21
3	20
4	18
5	17
6	16
7	15
8	14
9	13
10	12
11	11
12	10
13	9
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	7
18	7
19	7
20	7
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	6
28	5
29	5
30	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	46	22	23	9
2	48	22	22	9
3	50	22	21	8
4	52	22	19	7
5	53	22	18	7
6	55	22	17	6
7	58	22	15	5
8	58	23	14	5
9	60	23	13	4
10	61	23	12	4
11	63	23	11	3
12	64	23	10	3
13	66	23	9	2
14	66	23	9	2
15	68	23	8	1
16	70	22	7	1
17	70	22	7	1
18	71	21	7	1
19	74	20	6	0
20	74	20	6	0
21	75	19	6	0
22	76	18	6	0
23	77	17	6	0
24	78	16	6	0
25	80	15	5	0
26	80	15	5	0
27	81	14	5	0
28	83	13	4	0
29	83	13	4	0
30	85	12	3	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	17
2	29	17
3	29	17
4	29	17
5	29	17
6	29	17
7	29	17
8	29	16
9	29	16
10	29	16
11	29	16
12	29	16
13	29	16
14	29	16
15	29	16
16	29	16
17	29	16
18	29	16
19	29	16
20	29	15
21	29	15
22	29	15
23	29	15
24	29	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	28	15
28	28	15
29	28	15
30	28	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	73	27
2	74	26
3	74	26
4	75	25
5	76	24
6	76	24
7	77	23
8	78	22
9	80	20
10	80	20
11	81	19
12	82	18
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	84	16
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	87	13
19	87	13
20	87	13
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	88	12
26	89	11
27	89	11
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10

	Rain chance (%)
1	22
2	21
3	20
4	18
5	17
6	16
7	15
8	14
9	13
10	12
11	11
12	10
13	9
14	8
15	8
16	8
17	7
18	7
19	7
20	7
21	6
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	6
26	6
27	6
28	5
29	5
30	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	46	22	23	9
2	48	22	22	9
3	50	22	21	8
4	52	22	19	7
5	53	22	18	7
6	55	22	17	6
7	58	22	15	5
8	58	23	14	5
9	60	23	13	4
10	61	23	12	4
11	63	23	11	3
12	64	23	10	3
13	66	23	9	2
14	66	23	9	2
15	68	23	8	1
16	70	22	7	1
17	70	22	7	1
18	71	21	7	1
19	74	20	6	0
20	74	20	6	0
21	75	19	6	0
22	76	18	6	0
23	77	17	6	0
24	78	16	6	0
25	80	15	5	0
26	80	15	5	0
27	81	14	5	0
28	83	13	4	0
29	83	13	4	0
30	85	12	3	0