Ilembula weather in April

In April, Ilembula sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 52 mm of rain across 10.1 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% of the time in April, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Ilembula's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ilembula's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 16°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 52 mm; 10.1 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:48 AM – 6:36 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.3 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.8; out of 10

Ilembula is town in Iringa Region, Tanzania.

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 24°C through the month.

A typical April day in Ilembula reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with 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	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

	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	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	25	16
19	25	16
20	25	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	25	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16

Ilembula 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° / 16°	194	22.1	12.5	4.8
Feb	25° / 16°	190	20	12.3	4.7
Mar	25° / 16°	175	21.5	12.1	5.0
Apr	24° / 16°	52	10.1	11.8	6.8
May	24° / 15°	8	1.9	11.6	8.5
Jun	23° / 12°	0	0	11.5	8.9
Jul	23° / 12°	0	0.1	11.5	8.9
Aug	24° / 13°	0	0.1	11.7	9.0
Sep	26° / 14°	2	0.3	11.9	8.6
Oct	27° / 15°	16	2.6	12.2	7.9
Nov	27° / 16°	42	6.9	12.4	6.9
Dec	25° / 17°	119	16	12.5	5.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 55%. 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 (%)	27	28	28	29	31	31	32	35	35	37	38	40	41	44	45	47	49	51	53	54	54	55	56	57	57	57	59	59	59	60
Cloudier (%)	73	72	72	71	69	69	68	65	65	63	62	60	59	56	55	53	51	49	47	46	46	45	44	43	43	43	41	41	41	40

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	47	53
17	49	51
18	51	49
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	60	40

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Ilembula gets around 52 mm of rain over 10.1 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 34% and peaks near 61% 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 (%)	61	60	59	58	56	54	52	50	48	46	44	42	39	37	35	32	30	28	26	24	22	20	18	17	15	14	13	12	11	11

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	60
3	59
4	58
5	56
6	54
7	52
8	50
9	48
10	46
11	44
12	42
13	39
14	37
15	35
16	32
17	30
18	28
19	26
20	24
21	22
22	20
23	18
24	17
25	15
26	14
27	13
28	12
29	11
30	11

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 73% 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 (%)	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	12	13	14	16	18	19	21	23	25	27	29	32	34	36
Comfortable (%)	69	70	71	71	72	74	74	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	76	75	75	73	72	71	69	68	65	64	62
Humid (%)	30	29	28	27	26	24	23	21	20	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	69	30
2	1	70	29
3	1	71	28
4	2	71	27
5	2	72	26
6	2	74	24
7	3	74	23
8	3	76	21
9	4	76	20
10	5	77	18
11	6	77	17
12	6	78	16
13	7	78	15
14	8	78	14
15	9	78	13
16	10	78	12
17	12	77	11
18	13	77	10
19	14	77	9
20	16	76	8
21	18	75	7
22	19	75	6
23	21	73	6
24	23	72	5
25	25	71	4
26	27	69	4
27	29	68	3
28	32	65	3
29	34	64	2
30	36	62	2

Wind in April

Winds average 12 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 13 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	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of April to 11 h 42 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 6:49 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:30 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)	11.9	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	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48
Sunset (PM)	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:49	6:44
2	11.9	6:48	6:44
3	11.9	6:48	6:43
4	11.9	6:48	6:42
5	11.9	6:48	6:42
6	11.9	6:48	6:41
7	11.9	6:48	6:41
8	11.9	6:48	6:40
9	11.9	6:48	6:40
10	11.9	6:48	6:39
11	11.8	6:48	6:39
12	11.8	6:48	6:38
13	11.8	6:48	6:38
14	11.8	6:48	6:37
15	11.8	6:48	6:37
16	11.8	6:48	6:36
17	11.8	6:48	6:36
18	11.8	6:48	6:35
19	11.8	6:48	6:35
20	11.8	6:48	6:34
21	11.8	6:48	6:34
22	11.8	6:48	6:33
23	11.7	6:48	6:33
24	11.7	6:48	6:32
25	11.7	6:48	6:32
26	11.7	6:48	6:31
27	11.7	6:48	6:31
28	11.7	6:48	6:31
29	11.7	6:48	6:30
30	11.7	6:48	6:30

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.3 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.3 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.3 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.2	Bright
10	5.2	Bright
11	5.2	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.3	Bright
16	5.3	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
22	5.4	Bright
23	5.4	Bright
24	5.4	Bright
25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Ilembula

In seasonPeak

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

Ilembula's monsoon runs December–March, 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 Ilembula?

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

6.8

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

5.9

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Ilembula for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ilembula in April

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

In April, Ilembula sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 16°C. Worth packing: light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 10 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ilembula 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 Ilembula peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 16 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	14	11	10	11	11	13	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	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	15	Extreme
Nov	14	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Ilembula 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 Ilembula is worst in October — around 21 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.0× the cleanest month (May, 7 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)	11	11	10	8	7	8	11	14	17	21	17	10
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	11	Good
Feb	11	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	7	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	11	Good
Aug	14	Moderate
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	21	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Ilembula?

Ilembula sits at 8.9°S, 34.6°E, 1,425 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mtwango, 27 km away.

Topography around Ilembula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ilembula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 1,404 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,930 m.

The land around Ilembula is covered by cropland (81%) within 3 km, cropland (51%) and shrubs (43%) within 16 km, and shrubs (31%), grassland (25%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

102 m

cropland 81%

16 km

610 m

cropland 51%

80 km

1,930 m

shrubs 31%

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

April weather nearby: Mtwango 27 km · Makumbako 28 km · Rujewa 31 km · Urunda 42 km · Njombe 54 km · Chimala 62 km · Igurusi 81 km · Mlangali 98 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 Ilembula (-8.9°, 34.5833°, elevation 1,425 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	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	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	25	16
19	25	16
20	25	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	25	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	47	53
17	49	51
18	51	49
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	60
3	59
4	58
5	56
6	54
7	52
8	50
9	48
10	46
11	44
12	42
13	39
14	37
15	35
16	32
17	30
18	28
19	26
20	24
21	22
22	20
23	18
24	17
25	15
26	14
27	13
28	12
29	11
30	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	69	30
2	1	70	29
3	1	71	28
4	2	71	27
5	2	72	26
6	2	74	24
7	3	74	23
8	3	76	21
9	4	76	20
10	5	77	18
11	6	77	17
12	6	78	16
13	7	78	15
14	8	78	14
15	9	78	13
16	10	78	12
17	12	77	11
18	13	77	10
19	14	77	9
20	16	76	8
21	18	75	7
22	19	75	6
23	21	73	6
24	23	72	5
25	25	71	4
26	27	69	4
27	29	68	3
28	32	65	3
29	34	64	2
30	36	62	2

	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	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	25	16
19	25	16
20	25	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	25	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	47	53
17	49	51
18	51	49
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	60
3	59
4	58
5	56
6	54
7	52
8	50
9	48
10	46
11	44
12	42
13	39
14	37
15	35
16	32
17	30
18	28
19	26
20	24
21	22
22	20
23	18
24	17
25	15
26	14
27	13
28	12
29	11
30	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	69	30
2	1	70	29
3	1	71	28
4	2	71	27
5	2	72	26
6	2	74	24
7	3	74	23
8	3	76	21
9	4	76	20
10	5	77	18
11	6	77	17
12	6	78	16
13	7	78	15
14	8	78	14
15	9	78	13
16	10	78	12
17	12	77	11
18	13	77	10
19	14	77	9
20	16	76	8
21	18	75	7
22	19	75	6
23	21	73	6
24	23	72	5
25	25	71	4
26	27	69	4
27	29	68	3
28	32	65	3
29	34	64	2
30	36	62	2

	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	16
13	24	16
14	24	16
15	24	16
16	24	16
17	24	16
18	25	16
19	25	16
20	25	16
21	25	16
22	25	16
23	25	16
24	25	16
25	25	16
26	25	16
27	25	16
28	25	16
29	25	16
30	25	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	28	72
3	28	72
4	29	71
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	32	68
8	35	65
9	35	65
10	37	63
11	38	62
12	40	60
13	41	59
14	44	56
15	45	55
16	47	53
17	49	51
18	51	49
19	53	47
20	54	46
21	54	46
22	55	45
23	56	44
24	57	43
25	57	43
26	57	43
27	59	41
28	59	41
29	59	41
30	60	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	61
2	60
3	59
4	58
5	56
6	54
7	52
8	50
9	48
10	46
11	44
12	42
13	39
14	37
15	35
16	32
17	30
18	28
19	26
20	24
21	22
22	20
23	18
24	17
25	15
26	14
27	13
28	12
29	11
30	11

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	69	30
2	1	70	29
3	1	71	28
4	2	71	27
5	2	72	26
6	2	74	24
7	3	74	23
8	3	76	21
9	4	76	20
10	5	77	18
11	6	77	17
12	6	78	16
13	7	78	15
14	8	78	14
15	9	78	13
16	10	78	12
17	12	77	11
18	13	77	10
19	14	77	9
20	16	76	8
21	18	75	7
22	19	75	6
23	21	73	6
24	23	72	5
25	25	71	4
26	27	69	4
27	29	68	3
28	32	65	3
29	34	64	2
30	36	62	2