Lodwar weather in April

In April, Lodwar sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 74 mm of rain across 9 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 34°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Lodwar's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lodwar's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
6th warmest
Overnight low
25°
10th coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:36 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
55%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Lodwar is city.

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 35°C in the first days to 34°C by the end.

A typical April day in Lodwar reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and on par with May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How April really feels in Lodwar

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lodwar weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan36° / 24°121.911.82.7
Feb37° / 25°71.211.92.0
Mar36° / 26°364.5122.1
Apr35° / 25°74912.12.8
May34° / 25°496.712.13.4
Jun34° / 25°23412.23.8
Jul33° / 25°224.412.24.1
Aug34° / 25°193.512.13.9
Sep35° / 25°101.9123.3
Oct35° / 26°324.511.93.0
Nov34° / 24°605.811.93.4
Dec35° / 24°263.411.83.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 43%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25644
35644
45644
55743
65743
75743
85743
95743
105743
115743
125743
135941
145941
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305644

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Lodwar gets around 74 mm of rain over 9 wet days in April, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 30% and peaks near 38% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%40%50%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
125
225
326
426
526
626
726
826
926
1026
1126
1226
1327
1427
1527
1628
1728
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2031
2132
2233
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2536
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3038

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the humid band about 32% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 57% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1321312323
2220312323
3219312324
4218312424
5218312524
6217322524
7216322624
8116322724
9115322824
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12112323124
13112323124
14111323224
15110323225
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1817333227
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2105323131
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2304313034
2404312935
2504312937
2603312838
2703302739
2803302640
2903302641
3003302542

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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412light breeze
512light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:42 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:38 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:426:43
212.06:416:43
312.06:416:43
412.06:406:42
512.06:406:42
612.06:396:42
712.06:396:42
812.06:396:41
912.06:386:41
1012.16:386:41
1112.16:386:41
1212.16:376:41
1312.16:376:40
1412.16:366:40
1512.16:366:40
1612.16:366:40
1712.16:356:40
1812.16:356:40
1912.16:356:39
2012.16:346:39
2112.16:346:39
2212.16:346:39
2312.16:346:39
2412.16:336:39
2512.16:336:39
2612.16:336:38
2712.16:336:38
2812.16:326:38
2912.16:326:38
3012.16:326:38

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 6.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 6.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.15 kWh/m² in September across the year — April's 6.66 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.9Intense
26.8Intense
36.8Intense
46.8Intense
56.8Intense
66.8Intense
76.8Intense
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96.8Intense
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126.7Intense
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186.6Intense
196.6Intense
206.6Intense
216.6Intense
226.5Intense
236.5Intense
246.5Intense
256.5Intense
266.5Intense
276.5Intense
286.4Intense
296.4Intense
306.4Intense
Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Lodwar?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lodwar.

What to pack for Lodwar in April

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

In April, Lodwar sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Lodwar in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lodwar peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 11 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 15Jun 18UV 11
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Lodwar?

Lodwar sits at 3.1°N, 35.6°E, 500 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Kakuma, 105 km away.

KakumaMorotoKotidoMakutanoKapenguriaAbimKapchorwaKitale

Topography around Lodwar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lodwar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 162 m around an average of 506 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 457 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,916 m.

The land around Lodwar is covered by bare terrain (45%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and bare terrain (35%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (36%) and grassland (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
162 m
16 km
457 m
80 km
1,916 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
April weather nearby: Kakuma 105 km · Moroto 122 km · Kotido 163 km · Makutano 214 km · Kapenguria 216 km · Abim 218 km · Kapchorwa 230 km · Kitale 243 km

Kenya travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type G
240 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,363
2025
Happiness
4.7 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.9
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
28.3
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
High
EF EPI 593
Religion
Christian 86%Muslim 11%other 2%none 2%

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 Lodwar (3.1199°, 35.5964°, elevation 500 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).