Chanika weather in April

In April, Chanika sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 189 mm of rain across 26.5 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 28°C in the first days to 26°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Chanika's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chanika's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 189 mm; 26.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:32 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.52 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 28°C in the first days to 26°C by the end.

A typical April day in Chanika reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and about 1°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	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	20	20	20	20	20

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

How April really feels in Chanika

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.

Chanika 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	30° / 21°	119	14.4	12.3	4.5
Feb	30° / 21°	110	12.4	12.2	4.4
Mar	29° / 21°	160	22.2	12	3.9
Apr	27° / 20°	189	26.5	11.9	3.9
May	26° / 19°	123	19.1	11.8	5.3
Jun	25° / 17°	36	10.3	11.7	6.7
Jul	25° / 16°	29	8.7	11.7	6.9
Aug	25° / 16°	41	11.6	11.8	6.5
Sep	26° / 17°	38	10.7	12	6.5
Oct	27° / 18°	81	14.7	12.1	5.8
Nov	28° / 20°	107	19.5	12.2	4.7
Dec	29° / 20°	141	20.7	12.3	4.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

	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 (%)	27	25	26	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25
Cloudier (%)	73	75	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Chanika gets around 189 mm of rain over 26.5 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 87% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	88	88	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	83	83	82	81	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	89
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	89
15	89
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	87
20	87
21	86
22	86
23	85
24	85
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	81
30	80

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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% 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
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5
Muggy (%)	49	50	51	52	53	55	56	57	58	60	62	63	65	66	67	68	69	70	71	73	73	74	75	77	78	78	79	80	81	81
Oppressive (%)	51	50	49	48	47	45	44	43	42	40	38	37	35	34	32	31	30	29	28	26	25	24	23	21	20	19	18	16	15	14

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	49	51
2	0	50	50
3	0	51	49
4	0	52	48
5	0	53	47
6	0	55	45
7	0	56	44
8	0	57	43
9	0	58	42
10	0	60	40
11	0	62	38
12	0	63	37
13	0	65	35
14	0	66	34
15	1	67	32
16	1	68	31
17	1	69	30
18	1	70	29
19	1	71	28
20	1	73	26
21	2	73	25
22	2	74	24
23	2	75	23
24	2	77	21
25	2	78	20
26	3	78	19
27	3	79	18
28	4	80	16
29	4	81	15
30	5	81	14

Wind in April

Winds average 8 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
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	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
9	8	calm
10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	9	calm
27	9	calm
28	9	calm
29	9	calm
30	9	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:34 AM to 6:31 AM, and sunset from 6:31 PM to 6:20 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	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	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	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	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31
Sunset (PM)	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:34	6:31
2	12.0	6:34	6:31
3	11.9	6:34	6:30
4	11.9	6:33	6:30
5	11.9	6:33	6:29
6	11.9	6:33	6:29
7	11.9	6:33	6:28
8	11.9	6:33	6:28
9	11.9	6:33	6:28
10	11.9	6:33	6:27
11	11.9	6:32	6:27
12	11.9	6:32	6:26
13	11.9	6:32	6:26
14	11.9	6:32	6:25
15	11.9	6:32	6:25
16	11.9	6:32	6:25
17	11.9	6:32	6:24
18	11.9	6:32	6:24
19	11.9	6:31	6:23
20	11.9	6:31	6:23
21	11.9	6:31	6:23
22	11.9	6:31	6:22
23	11.8	6:31	6:22
24	11.8	6:31	6:22
25	11.8	6:31	6:21
26	11.8	6:31	6:21
27	11.8	6:31	6:21
28	11.8	6:31	6:20
29	11.8	6:31	6:20
30	11.8	6:31	6:20

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 4.52 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)	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.6	Bright
12	4.6	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.5	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.2	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Chanika?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chanika.

What to pack for Chanika in April

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

In April, Chanika sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Chanika 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 Chanika peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 10 (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)	14	14	15	14	11	10	11	11	13	14	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Chanika 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 Chanika is worst in February — around 17 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.8× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	17	13	10	11	14	16	15	13	9	9	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	10	Good
May	11	Good
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	15	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	9	Good
Nov	9	Good
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Chanika?

Chanika sits at 5.4°S, 38.0°E, 673 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Handeni, 2.0 km away.

Topography around Chanika

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chanika has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 160 m around an average of 695 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 514 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,280 m.

The land around Chanika is covered by cropland (32%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (22%) within 3 km, cropland (33%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and trees (46%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

160 m

cropland 32%

16 km

514 m

cropland 33%

80 km

2,280 m

trees 46%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces

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

April weather nearby: Handeni 2.0 km · Korogwe 60 km · Mazinde 72 km · Matui 73 km · Lushoto 76 km · Makuyuni 77 km · Maramba 78 km · Muheza 89 km

Tanzania travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 29% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,319; 2025
Happiness: 3.9 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 31%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 3.7; per 100k, 2020
Road deaths: 31.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 479
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 Chanika (-5.4167°, 38.0167°, elevation 673 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	89
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	89
15	89
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	87
20	87
21	86
22	86
23	85
24	85
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	81
30	80

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	49	51
2	0	50	50
3	0	51	49
4	0	52	48
5	0	53	47
6	0	55	45
7	0	56	44
8	0	57	43
9	0	58	42
10	0	60	40
11	0	62	38
12	0	63	37
13	0	65	35
14	0	66	34
15	1	67	32
16	1	68	31
17	1	69	30
18	1	70	29
19	1	71	28
20	1	73	26
21	2	73	25
22	2	74	24
23	2	75	23
24	2	77	21
25	2	78	20
26	3	78	19
27	3	79	18
28	4	80	16
29	4	81	15
30	5	81	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	89
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	89
15	89
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	87
20	87
21	86
22	86
23	85
24	85
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	81
30	80

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	49	51
2	0	50	50
3	0	51	49
4	0	52	48
5	0	53	47
6	0	55	45
7	0	56	44
8	0	57	43
9	0	58	42
10	0	60	40
11	0	62	38
12	0	63	37
13	0	65	35
14	0	66	34
15	1	67	32
16	1	68	31
17	1	69	30
18	1	70	29
19	1	71	28
20	1	73	26
21	2	73	25
22	2	74	24
23	2	75	23
24	2	77	21
25	2	78	20
26	3	78	19
27	3	79	18
28	4	80	16
29	4	81	15
30	5	81	14

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	25	75
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	24	76
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	24	76
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	24	76
21	25	75
22	25	75
23	24	76
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	24	76
27	24	76
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	89
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	91
8	91
9	91
10	91
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	89
15	89
16	88
17	88
18	88
19	87
20	87
21	86
22	86
23	85
24	85
25	84
26	83
27	83
28	82
29	81
30	80

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	0	49	51
2	0	50	50
3	0	51	49
4	0	52	48
5	0	53	47
6	0	55	45
7	0	56	44
8	0	57	43
9	0	58	42
10	0	60	40
11	0	62	38
12	0	63	37
13	0	65	35
14	0	66	34
15	1	67	32
16	1	68	31
17	1	69	30
18	1	70	29
19	1	71	28
20	1	73	26
21	2	73	25
22	2	74	24
23	2	75	23
24	2	77	21
25	2	78	20
26	3	78	19
27	3	79	18
28	4	80	16
29	4	81	15
30	5	81	14