Tsumeb weather in April

In April, Tsumeb sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 21 mm of rain across 4.5 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-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 66% 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 Tsumeb's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tsumeb's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 21 mm; 4.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:03 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.65 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.5; out of 10

Tsumeb is city in Namibia.

Density: 1,269/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1905

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 Tsumeb reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with 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	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

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

How April really feels in Tsumeb

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.

Tsumeb 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 20°	132	15.9	13	3.9
Feb	30° / 19°	110	14.2	12.7	4.3
Mar	30° / 19°	76	12.9	12.1	4.9
Apr	29° / 17°	21	4.5	11.6	6.5
May	27° / 14°	0	0	11.1	8.6
Jun	25° / 10°	0	0	10.9	9.7
Jul	25° / 10°	0	0	11	9.6
Aug	28° / 13°	0	0	11.3	8.1
Sep	32° / 17°	3	0.8	11.9	5.2
Oct	34° / 20°	14	3.4	12.4	3.7
Nov	33° / 20°	46	9.8	12.9	3.6
Dec	32° / 20°	88	14.5	13.1	3.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 66% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% 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 (%)	64	65	67	69	71	72	74	76	77	79	81	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	88	89	90	90	90	91	91	93	93	93	94	94
Cloudier (%)	36	35	33	31	29	28	26	24	23	21	19	19	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	9	9	7	7	7	6	6

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	67	33
4	69	31
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	74	26
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	79	21
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Tsumeb gets around 21 mm of rain over 4.5 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 15% and peaks near 34% 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 (%)	34	33	31	30	29	27	25	24	22	20	18	17	15	14	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	31
4	30
5	29
6	27
7	25
8	24
9	22
10	20
11	18
12	17
13	15
14	14
15	12
16	11
17	10
18	9
19	8
20	7
21	7
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	5
26	5
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	3

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 72% 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 (%)	42	44	46	48	50	52	54	58	60	62	65	67	69	72	75	76	78	80	82	83	85	86	87	89	90	90	91	92	93	94
Comfortable (%)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	16	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	5	5	4
Humid (%)	38	36	34	32	30	28	26	23	21	19	17	15	13	11	9	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2
Muggy (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	42	19	38	2
2	44	19	36	1
3	46	19	34	1
4	48	19	32	1
5	50	19	30	1
6	52	19	28	1
7	54	19	26	1
8	58	19	23	0
9	60	19	21	0
10	62	19	19	0
11	65	18	17	0
12	67	18	15	0
13	69	18	13	0
14	72	17	11	0
15	75	16	9	0
16	76	16	8	0
17	78	15	7	0
18	80	14	6	0
19	82	13	5	0
20	83	12	5	0
21	85	11	4	0
22	86	10	4	0
23	87	9	4	0
24	89	8	3	0
25	90	7	3	0
26	90	7	3	0
27	91	6	3	0
28	92	5	3	0
29	93	5	2	0
30	94	4	2	0

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
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27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

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 6:59 AM to 7:07 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:26 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	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06	7:06	7:06	7:07
Sunset (PM)	6:49	6:48	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:59	6:49
2	11.8	6:59	6:48
3	11.8	6:59	6:47
4	11.8	6:59	6:46
5	11.8	7:00	6:45
6	11.7	7:00	6:45
7	11.7	7:00	6:44
8	11.7	7:00	6:43
9	11.7	7:01	6:42
10	11.7	7:01	6:41
11	11.7	7:01	6:40
12	11.6	7:01	6:39
13	11.6	7:02	6:39
14	11.6	7:02	6:38
15	11.6	7:02	6:37
16	11.6	7:03	6:36
17	11.5	7:03	6:35
18	11.5	7:03	6:35
19	11.5	7:03	6:34
20	11.5	7:04	6:33
21	11.5	7:04	6:32
22	11.5	7:04	6:32
23	11.4	7:05	6:31
24	11.4	7:05	6:30
25	11.4	7:05	6:30
26	11.4	7:05	6:29
27	11.4	7:06	6:28
28	11.4	7:06	6:28
29	11.3	7:06	6:27
30	11.3	7:07	6:26

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.65 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.93 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.65 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	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	5.6	5.5
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Tsumeb?

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

6.5

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.3

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tsumeb in April

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

In April, Tsumeb sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

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UV index in Tsumeb in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tsumeb peaks around January 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 7 (very 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	14	11	9	7	7	9	9	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Tsumeb?

Tsumeb sits at 19.2°S, 17.7°E, 1,309 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Grootfontein, 54 km away.

Topography around Tsumeb

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tsumeb has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 1,318 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,011 m.

The land around Tsumeb is covered by shrubs (56%) within 3 km, shrubs (82%) within 16 km, and shrubs (92%) within 80 km.

3 km

147 m

shrubs 56%

16 km

568 m

shrubs 82%

80 km

1,011 m

shrubs 92%

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

April weather nearby: Grootfontein 54 km · Otjiwarongo 175 km · Ondangwa 236 km · Rundu 263 km · Ongwediva 263 km · Oshakati 267 km · Helao Nafidi 282 km · Okahandja 315 km

Namibia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,876; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 11.2; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 34.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower 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 Tsumeb (-19.2484°, 17.7135°, elevation 1,309 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	18
2	29	18
3	29	18
4	29	18
5	29	18
6	29	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	17
10	29	17
11	29	17
12	29	17
13	29	17
14	29	17
15	29	17
16	29	17
17	29	17
18	29	17
19	29	17
20	29	17
21	29	17
22	29	17
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	16
28	29	16
29	29	16
30	29	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	67	33
4	69	31
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	74	26
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	79	21
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	31
4	30
5	29
6	27
7	25
8	24
9	22
10	20
11	18
12	17
13	15
14	14
15	12
16	11
17	10
18	9
19	8
20	7
21	7
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	5
26	5
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	42	19	38	2
2	44	19	36	1
3	46	19	34	1
4	48	19	32	1
5	50	19	30	1
6	52	19	28	1
7	54	19	26	1
8	58	19	23	0
9	60	19	21	0
10	62	19	19	0
11	65	18	17	0
12	67	18	15	0
13	69	18	13	0
14	72	17	11	0
15	75	16	9	0
16	76	16	8	0
17	78	15	7	0
18	80	14	6	0
19	82	13	5	0
20	83	12	5	0
21	85	11	4	0
22	86	10	4	0
23	87	9	4	0
24	89	8	3	0
25	90	7	3	0
26	90	7	3	0
27	91	6	3	0
28	92	5	3	0
29	93	5	2	0
30	94	4	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	67	33
4	69	31
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	74	26
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	79	21
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	31
4	30
5	29
6	27
7	25
8	24
9	22
10	20
11	18
12	17
13	15
14	14
15	12
16	11
17	10
18	9
19	8
20	7
21	7
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	5
26	5
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	42	19	38	2
2	44	19	36	1
3	46	19	34	1
4	48	19	32	1
5	50	19	30	1
6	52	19	28	1
7	54	19	26	1
8	58	19	23	0
9	60	19	21	0
10	62	19	19	0
11	65	18	17	0
12	67	18	15	0
13	69	18	13	0
14	72	17	11	0
15	75	16	9	0
16	76	16	8	0
17	78	15	7	0
18	80	14	6	0
19	82	13	5	0
20	83	12	5	0
21	85	11	4	0
22	86	10	4	0
23	87	9	4	0
24	89	8	3	0
25	90	7	3	0
26	90	7	3	0
27	91	6	3	0
28	92	5	3	0
29	93	5	2	0
30	94	4	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	64	36
2	65	35
3	67	33
4	69	31
5	71	29
6	72	28
7	74	26
8	76	24
9	77	23
10	79	21
11	81	19
12	81	19
13	83	17
14	84	16
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	88	12
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	93	7
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	94	6
30	94	6

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	33
3	31
4	30
5	29
6	27
7	25
8	24
9	22
10	20
11	18
12	17
13	15
14	14
15	12
16	11
17	10
18	9
19	8
20	7
21	7
22	6
23	6
24	6
25	5
26	5
27	4
28	4
29	4
30	3

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	42	19	38	2
2	44	19	36	1
3	46	19	34	1
4	48	19	32	1
5	50	19	30	1
6	52	19	28	1
7	54	19	26	1
8	58	19	23	0
9	60	19	21	0
10	62	19	19	0
11	65	18	17	0
12	67	18	15	0
13	69	18	13	0
14	72	17	11	0
15	75	16	9	0
16	76	16	8	0
17	78	15	7	0
18	80	14	6	0
19	82	13	5	0
20	83	12	5	0
21	85	11	4	0
22	86	10	4	0
23	87	9	4	0
24	89	8	3	0
25	90	7	3	0
26	90	7	3	0
27	91	6	3	0
28	92	5	3	0
29	93	5	2	0
30	94	4	2	0