Taveta weather in April

In April, Taveta sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 94 mm of rain across 17.7 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in April, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Taveta's 8th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Taveta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 94 mm; 17.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:32 AM – 6:27 PM
Cloud cover: 63%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 5.43 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

Taveta is place in Taita-Taveta County, Kenya.

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical April day in Taveta reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°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)	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	21
2	31	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20

How April really feels in Taveta

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.

Taveta weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 20°	35	6.3	12.2	5.0
Feb	32° / 20°	31	5.6	12.1	4.5
Mar	32° / 21°	74	11.8	12	4.1
Apr	29° / 20°	94	17.7	11.9	4.3
May	27° / 19°	64	12.1	11.8	6.0
Jun	27° / 17°	9	2.5	11.8	7.2
Jul	26° / 16°	7	1.8	11.8	7.4
Aug	27° / 17°	7	1.7	11.9	7.3
Sep	29° / 17°	5	1.4	12	6.5
Oct	30° / 19°	26	5.1	12.1	5.5
Nov	30° / 20°	60	12	12.2	4.7
Dec	30° / 21°	53	11.5	12.2	4.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 28% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 53%. Skies tend to cloud over 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 (%)	53	53	52	52	52	52	50	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	48	48	47	46	46	45	43	43	41	40	40	38	38	37
Cloudier (%)	47	47	48	48	48	48	50	50	50	50	50	51	51	51	51	51	52	52	53	54	54	55	57	57	59	60	60	62	62	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	37	63

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Taveta gets around 94 mm of rain over 17.7 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 58% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	59	59	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	58	58	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	58	58	57	57

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	59
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	60
12	59
13	59
14	58
15	58
16	57
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	58
27	58
28	58
29	57
30	57

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the muggy band about 72% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 73% of them.

	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
Comfortable (%)	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	24	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	32	33	35	36	37	38	40
Muggy (%)	75	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	77	77	77	77	76	75	76	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	68	68	67	64	63	62	61	59
Oppressive (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	21	75	1
2	2	20	77	1
3	2	20	77	1
4	2	20	77	1
5	2	20	77	1
6	1	20	78	1
7	1	20	78	1
8	1	20	78	1
9	1	21	77	1
10	1	21	77	1
11	0	22	77	1
12	0	22	77	1
13	0	23	76	1
14	0	24	75	1
15	0	24	76	0
16	0	25	75	0
17	0	26	74	0
18	0	27	73	0
19	0	28	72	0
20	0	29	71	0
21	0	30	70	0
22	0	31	69	0
23	0	32	68	0
24	0	32	68	0
25	0	33	67	0
26	1	35	64	0
27	1	36	63	0
28	1	37	62	0
29	1	38	61	0
30	1	40	59	0

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:35 AM to 6:30 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:23 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30
Sunset (PM)	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:35	6:33
2	12.0	6:35	6:33
3	12.0	6:34	6:32
4	12.0	6:34	6:32
5	12.0	6:34	6:31
6	12.0	6:34	6:31
7	12.0	6:33	6:31
8	12.0	6:33	6:30
9	11.9	6:33	6:30
10	11.9	6:33	6:29
11	11.9	6:33	6:29
12	11.9	6:32	6:29
13	11.9	6:32	6:28
14	11.9	6:32	6:28
15	11.9	6:32	6:28
16	11.9	6:32	6:27
17	11.9	6:32	6:27
18	11.9	6:31	6:27
19	11.9	6:31	6:26
20	11.9	6:31	6:26
21	11.9	6:31	6:26
22	11.9	6:31	6:25
23	11.9	6:31	6:25
24	11.9	6:31	6:25
25	11.9	6:30	6:24
26	11.9	6:30	6:24
27	11.9	6:30	6:24
28	11.9	6:30	6:24
29	11.9	6:30	6:23
30	11.9	6:30	6:23

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.43 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.43 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)	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9
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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.6	Bright
9	5.6	Bright
10	5.6	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.4	Bright
18	5.4	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Taveta?

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

4.3

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Taveta for sightseeing.

What to pack for Taveta in April

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

In April, Taveta sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Taveta in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Taveta peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 10 (extreme).

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	15	16	15	12	10	11	11	14	14	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Taveta?

Taveta sits at 3.4°S, 37.7°E, 753 m above sea level, in Kenya. The nearest listed city is Usangi, 34 km away.

Topography around Taveta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Taveta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m around an average of 757 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 888 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5,344 m.

The land around Taveta is covered by cropland (29%), trees (28%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, grassland (31%), shrubs (23%) and cropland (23%) within 16 km, and shrubs (39%) and grassland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km

104 m

cropland 29%

16 km

888 m

grassland 31%

80 km

5,344 m

shrubs 39%

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

April weather nearby: Usangi 34 km · Moshi 39 km · Lembeni 43 km · Tarakea 46 km · Boma la Ngombe 60 km · Same 74 km · Kingori 79 km · Merelani 80 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

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 Taveta (-3.3988°, 37.6834°, elevation 753 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	31	21
2	31	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	59
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	60
12	59
13	59
14	58
15	58
16	57
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	58
27	58
28	58
29	57
30	57

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	21	75	1
2	2	20	77	1
3	2	20	77	1
4	2	20	77	1
5	2	20	77	1
6	1	20	78	1
7	1	20	78	1
8	1	20	78	1
9	1	21	77	1
10	1	21	77	1
11	0	22	77	1
12	0	22	77	1
13	0	23	76	1
14	0	24	75	1
15	0	24	76	0
16	0	25	75	0
17	0	26	74	0
18	0	27	73	0
19	0	28	72	0
20	0	29	71	0
21	0	30	70	0
22	0	31	69	0
23	0	32	68	0
24	0	32	68	0
25	0	33	67	0
26	1	35	64	0
27	1	36	63	0
28	1	37	62	0
29	1	38	61	0
30	1	40	59	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	21
2	31	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	59
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	60
12	59
13	59
14	58
15	58
16	57
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	58
27	58
28	58
29	57
30	57

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	21	75	1
2	2	20	77	1
3	2	20	77	1
4	2	20	77	1
5	2	20	77	1
6	1	20	78	1
7	1	20	78	1
8	1	20	78	1
9	1	21	77	1
10	1	21	77	1
11	0	22	77	1
12	0	22	77	1
13	0	23	76	1
14	0	24	75	1
15	0	24	76	0
16	0	25	75	0
17	0	26	74	0
18	0	27	73	0
19	0	28	72	0
20	0	29	71	0
21	0	30	70	0
22	0	31	69	0
23	0	32	68	0
24	0	32	68	0
25	0	33	67	0
26	1	35	64	0
27	1	36	63	0
28	1	37	62	0
29	1	38	61	0
30	1	40	59	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	21
2	31	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	20
15	30	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	53	47
2	53	47
3	52	48
4	52	48
5	52	48
6	52	48
7	50	50
8	50	50
9	50	50
10	50	50
11	50	50
12	49	51
13	49	51
14	49	51
15	49	51
16	49	51
17	48	52
18	48	52
19	47	53
20	46	54
21	46	54
22	45	55
23	43	57
24	43	57
25	41	59
26	40	60
27	40	60
28	38	62
29	38	62
30	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	59
2	59
3	60
4	60
5	60
6	60
7	60
8	60
9	60
10	60
11	60
12	59
13	59
14	58
15	58
16	57
17	57
18	57
19	57
20	57
21	57
22	57
23	58
24	58
25	58
26	58
27	58
28	58
29	57
30	57

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	21	75	1
2	2	20	77	1
3	2	20	77	1
4	2	20	77	1
5	2	20	77	1
6	1	20	78	1
7	1	20	78	1
8	1	20	78	1
9	1	21	77	1
10	1	21	77	1
11	0	22	77	1
12	0	22	77	1
13	0	23	76	1
14	0	24	75	1
15	0	24	76	0
16	0	25	75	0
17	0	26	74	0
18	0	27	73	0
19	0	28	72	0
20	0	29	71	0
21	0	30	70	0
22	0	31	69	0
23	0	32	68	0
24	0	32	68	0
25	0	33	67	0
26	1	35	64	0
27	1	36	63	0
28	1	37	62	0
29	1	38	61	0
30	1	40	59	0