Songo weather in April

In April, Songo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 16 mm of rain across 3.5 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Songo's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Songo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
8th warmest
Overnight low
21°
6th coldest
Rainfall
16 mm
3.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:00 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
43%
7th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.9
out of 10

Songo is town in Mozambique.

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical April day in Songo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 1°C warmer than May.

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

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Songo weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°22722.212.83.4
Feb30° / 23°16017.212.53.8
Mar31° / 22°7912.712.14.5
Apr30° / 21°163.511.75.9
May29° / 18°40.811.37.4
Jun27° / 16°20.711.18.5
Jul26° / 16°20.611.28.6
Aug29° / 18°10.311.57.4
Sep32° / 20°10.311.95.2
Oct35° / 23°6112.43.5
Nov35° / 24°477.712.72.7
Dec32° / 23°17318.912.93.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 46% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 31%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46238
56238
66238
76139
86238
96238
106238
116337
126337
136535
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Songo gets around 16 mm of rain over 3.5 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 12% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%10%20%30%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
124
223
322
421
520
619
718
817
917
1016
1115
1214
1313
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1610
179
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273
283
293
303

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 40% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 38% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
106284124
217294122
317314120
418324118
519334116
6210344015
7210354013
8211363912
9212373811
10313373810
1131338379
1231439368
1331440357
1431541346
1541642335
1641744315
1741744304
1841945284
1942046274
2042146253
2142246243
2242446233
2352546212
2452746202
2562846182
2663046171
2773245161
2873344141
2983543131
3093742120

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
111calm
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.95:585:50
211.95:585:49
311.85:585:48
411.85:585:47
511.85:585:47
611.85:585:46
711.85:585:45
811.85:585:44
911.85:595:44
1011.75:595:43
1111.75:595:42
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1511.76:005:39
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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.38 kWh/m² to a high of 6.87 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.1Bright
Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Songo

In seasonPeak

None of Songo's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Songo's monsoon runs December–February, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Songo?

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

5.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.1
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Songo for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Songo in April

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

In April, Songo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Songo in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Songo peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 18UV 15Jun 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Songo in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Songo is worst in September — around 37 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.8× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateModerateGoodSep 1636 µg/m³Apr 137 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar7Good
Apr7Good
May8Good
Jun10Good
Jul15Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep37Poor
Oct26Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Songo?

Songo sits at 15.6°S, 32.8°E, 910 m above sea level, in Mozambique. The nearest listed city is Tete, 108 km away.

TeteMoatizeKateteSindaMwanzaUlonguéMchinjiLilongwe

Topography around Songo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Songo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m around an average of 878 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 885 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,177 m.

The land around Songo is covered by grassland (34%) and shrubs (32%) within 3 km, shrubs (63%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (58%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
559 m
16 km
885 m
80 km
1,177 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
April weather nearby: Tete 108 km · Moatize 118 km · Katete 187 km · Sinda 188 km · Mwanza 189 km · Ulongué 197 km · Mchinji 200 km · Lilongwe 212 km

Mozambique travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / M
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$627
2025
Happiness
5.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
28%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
3.6
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
30
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Low
EF EPI 465
Religion
Catholic 27%Islam 19%Pentecostal 17%Saio/Zione 16%

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 Songo (-15.5958°, 32.7647°, elevation 910 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).