Dongobesh weather in April

In April, Dongobesh sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 224 mm of rain across 21.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in April, and the air most often feels comfortable.

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 Dongobesh's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dongobesh's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 224 mm; 21.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:41 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 69%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 23°C through the month.

A typical April day in Dongobesh reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Dongobesh weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	25° / 15°	540	16.6	12.2	5.8
Feb	25° / 15°	330	13.7	12.1	5.9
Mar	25° / 16°	371	17.6	12	5.6
Apr	23° / 15°	224	21.2	11.9	5.0
May	22° / 14°	64	11.4	11.8	6.4
Jun	22° / 12°	12	2.6	11.8	7.5
Jul	22° / 11°	5	1.3	11.8	7.8
Aug	22° / 12°	6	1.4	11.9	8.0
Sep	24° / 13°	4	1.2	12	8.5
Oct	25° / 14°	31	5.7	12.1	7.5
Nov	25° / 15°	138	13.9	12.2	6.2
Dec	25° / 15°	416	18.2	12.2	5.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 65%.

	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 (%)	36	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	35	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	34
Cloudier (%)	64	65	65	65	65	64	64	64	65	64	64	63	63	63	62	62	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	34	66

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Dongobesh gets around 224 mm of rain over 21.2 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 70% and peaks near 75% 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 (%)	73	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	73	72	72	71	70	69	68	68	67	66	66	66	65	64	64	63	62	61	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	75
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	71
16	70
17	69
18	68
19	68
20	67
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	65
25	64
26	64
27	63
28	62
29	61
30	60

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the comfortable band about 64% 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 (%)	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	8
Comfortable (%)	49	50	50	50	52	52	53	55	56	57	58	60	61	62	64	65	67	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	74	75	76	76	76	77
Humid (%)	43	44	44	44	43	43	42	41	40	39	38	36	35	34	32	31	29	27	26	25	24	22	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	15

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	7	49	43
2	7	50	44
3	6	50	44
4	6	50	44
5	5	52	43
6	5	52	43
7	5	53	42
8	4	55	41
9	4	56	40
10	4	57	39
11	4	58	38
12	4	60	36
13	4	61	35
14	4	62	34
15	4	64	32
16	4	65	31
17	4	67	29
18	4	69	27
19	4	70	26
20	4	71	25
21	4	72	24
22	5	73	22
23	5	74	21
24	5	75	20
25	6	74	20
26	6	75	19
27	6	76	18
28	7	76	17
29	8	76	16
30	8	77	15

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
4	9	calm
5	9	calm
6	9	calm
7	9	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	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 6:44 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:32 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	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	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:44	6:42
2	12.0	6:44	6:42
3	12.0	6:44	6:41
4	12.0	6:44	6:41
5	12.0	6:43	6:40
6	11.9	6:43	6:40
7	11.9	6:43	6:40
8	11.9	6:43	6:39
9	11.9	6:43	6:39
10	11.9	6:42	6:38
11	11.9	6:42	6:38
12	11.9	6:42	6:38
13	11.9	6:42	6:37
14	11.9	6:42	6:37
15	11.9	6:42	6:36
16	11.9	6:41	6:36
17	11.9	6:41	6:36
18	11.9	6:41	6:35
19	11.9	6:41	6:35
20	11.9	6:41	6:35
21	11.9	6:41	6:34
22	11.9	6:41	6:34
23	11.9	6:40	6:34
24	11.9	6:40	6:33
25	11.9	6:40	6:33
26	11.9	6:40	6:33
27	11.9	6:40	6:32
28	11.9	6:40	6:32
29	11.9	6:40	6:32
30	11.9	6:40	6:32

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.62 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.22 kWh/m² to a high of 6.78 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.62 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)	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	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	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3
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	5.9	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	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	5.6	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.5	Bright
22	5.5	Bright
23	5.5	Bright
24	5.5	Bright
25	5.5	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Dongobesh

In seasonPeak

In April, Dongobesh sits inside its cyclone season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Dongobesh sits in the South Indian Ocean cyclone belt; the season peaks January–March.

Dongobesh's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Cyclone

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Dongobesh?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Dongobesh for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dongobesh in April

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

In April, Dongobesh sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 15°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

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UV index in Dongobesh 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 Dongobesh peaks around March 13 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 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	16	16	15	12	10	11	12	14	15	14	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Location & terrain

Where is Dongobesh?

Dongobesh sits at 4.1°S, 35.4°E, 1,985 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Bashanet, 19 km away.

Topography around Dongobesh

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dongobesh has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 325 m around an average of 2,016 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 644 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,403 m.

The land around Dongobesh is covered by cropland (53%), shrubs (21%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, cropland (35%), shrubs (25%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and cropland (33%) and shrubs (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

325 m

cropland 53%

16 km

644 m

cropland 35%

80 km

2,403 m

cropland 33%

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

April weather nearby: Bashanet 19 km · Dareda 25 km · Mbulu 29 km · Magugu 43 km · Babati 44 km · Nangwa 45 km · Basotu 47 km · Katesh 51 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 Dongobesh (-4.0667°, 35.3833°, elevation 1,985 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). 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	24	16
2	24	16
3	24	16
4	24	16
5	24	16
6	24	16
7	24	16
8	24	16
9	24	16
10	24	16
11	24	16
12	24	15
13	23	15
14	23	15
15	23	15
16	23	15
17	23	15
18	23	15
19	23	15
20	23	15
21	23	15
22	23	15
23	23	15
24	23	15
25	23	15
26	23	15
27	23	15
28	23	15
29	23	15
30	23	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	75
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	71
16	70
17	69
18	68
19	68
20	67
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	65
25	64
26	64
27	63
28	62
29	61
30	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	7	49	43
2	7	50	44
3	6	50	44
4	6	50	44
5	5	52	43
6	5	52	43
7	5	53	42
8	4	55	41
9	4	56	40
10	4	57	39
11	4	58	38
12	4	60	36
13	4	61	35
14	4	62	34
15	4	64	32
16	4	65	31
17	4	67	29
18	4	69	27
19	4	70	26
20	4	71	25
21	4	72	24
22	5	73	22
23	5	74	21
24	5	75	20
25	6	74	20
26	6	75	19
27	6	76	18
28	7	76	17
29	8	76	16
30	8	77	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	75
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	71
16	70
17	69
18	68
19	68
20	67
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	65
25	64
26	64
27	63
28	62
29	61
30	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	7	49	43
2	7	50	44
3	6	50	44
4	6	50	44
5	5	52	43
6	5	52	43
7	5	53	42
8	4	55	41
9	4	56	40
10	4	57	39
11	4	58	38
12	4	60	36
13	4	61	35
14	4	62	34
15	4	64	32
16	4	65	31
17	4	67	29
18	4	69	27
19	4	70	26
20	4	71	25
21	4	72	24
22	5	73	22
23	5	74	21
24	5	75	20
25	6	74	20
26	6	75	19
27	6	76	18
28	7	76	17
29	8	76	16
30	8	77	15

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	36	64
2	35	65
3	35	65
4	35	65
5	35	65
6	36	64
7	36	64
8	36	64
9	35	65
10	36	64
11	36	64
12	37	63
13	37	63
14	37	63
15	38	62
16	38	62
17	37	63
18	37	63
19	36	64
20	36	64
21	35	65
22	35	65
23	34	66
24	34	66
25	33	67
26	33	67
27	33	67
28	33	67
29	33	67
30	34	66

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	75
9	74
10	74
11	74
12	73
13	72
14	72
15	71
16	70
17	69
18	68
19	68
20	67
21	66
22	66
23	66
24	65
25	64
26	64
27	63
28	62
29	61
30	60

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	7	49	43
2	7	50	44
3	6	50	44
4	6	50	44
5	5	52	43
6	5	52	43
7	5	53	42
8	4	55	41
9	4	56	40
10	4	57	39
11	4	58	38
12	4	60	36
13	4	61	35
14	4	62	34
15	4	64	32
16	4	65	31
17	4	67	29
18	4	69	27
19	4	70	26
20	4	71	25
21	4	72	24
22	5	73	22
23	5	74	21
24	5	75	20
25	6	74	20
26	6	75	19
27	6	76	18
28	7	76	17
29	8	76	16
30	8	77	15