Kibondo weather in April

In April, Kibondo sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 163 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Kibondo's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kibondo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 163 mm; 22.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 7:00 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 11th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.5; out of 10

Kibondo is town in Kigoma, 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 26°C through the month.

A typical April day in Kibondo reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

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

Kibondo weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 12th-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	27° / 17°	137	22.1	12.2	4.6
Feb	27° / 17°	105	18.1	12.1	4.8
Mar	27° / 17°	145	23	12	4.5
Apr	26° / 17°	163	22.2	11.9	4.5
May	27° / 17°	54	9.5	11.8	6.5
Jun	27° / 17°	4	0.9	11.8	7.7
Jul	28° / 16°	1	0.3	11.8	7.5
Aug	29° / 17°	7	1.5	11.9	6.4
Sep	30° / 18°	22	5.1	12	5.5
Oct	29° / 18°	72	12.9	12.1	5.0
Nov	27° / 17°	136	21.6	12.2	4.5
Dec	26° / 17°	159	23.3	12.2	4.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

	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 (%)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	19	20	20	20	20	22	23	23	25	26
Cloudier (%)	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	81	80	80	80	80	78	77	77	75	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	17	83
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	22	78
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	25	75
30	26	74

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Kibondo gets around 163 mm of rain over 22.2 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 75% and peaks near 80% 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 (%)	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	79	79	79	78	77	76	74	73	72	71	69	68	67	65	64	62	61

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	79
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	78
18	77
19	76
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	69
25	68
26	67
27	65
28	64
29	62
30	61

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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 18% 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
Comfortable (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	9	10
Humid (%)	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	77	78	78	78	78	78	77	78	78	78	78	77	78	78	78	78	77	77
Muggy (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	77	21
2	2	77	21
3	2	77	21
4	2	77	21
5	2	77	21
6	2	77	21
7	2	77	21
8	2	77	21
9	2	78	20
10	2	78	20
11	2	78	20
12	2	78	20
13	3	77	20
14	3	78	19
15	3	78	19
16	3	78	19
17	4	78	18
18	4	78	18
19	5	77	18
20	5	78	17
21	5	78	17
22	6	78	16
23	6	78	16
24	7	77	16
25	7	78	15
26	7	78	15
27	8	78	14
28	8	78	14
29	9	77	14
30	10	77	13

Wind in April

Winds average 5 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
2	5	calm
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4	5	calm
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13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	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 7:03 AM to 6:58 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 6:51 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	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
Sunrise (AM)	7:03	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58
Sunset (PM)	7:01	7:00	7:00	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	7:03	7:01
2	12.0	7:02	7:00
3	12.0	7:02	7:00
4	12.0	7:02	7:00
5	12.0	7:02	6:59
6	12.0	7:02	6:59
7	12.0	7:01	6:58
8	11.9	7:01	6:58
9	11.9	7:01	6:58
10	11.9	7:01	6:57
11	11.9	7:01	6:57
12	11.9	7:00	6:56
13	11.9	7:00	6:56
14	11.9	7:00	6:56
15	11.9	7:00	6:55
16	11.9	7:00	6:55
17	11.9	7:00	6:55
18	11.9	6:59	6:54
19	11.9	6:59	6:54
20	11.9	6:59	6:54
21	11.9	6:59	6:53
22	11.9	6:59	6:53
23	11.9	6:59	6:53
24	11.9	6:59	6:52
25	11.9	6:58	6:52
26	11.9	6:58	6:52
27	11.9	6:58	6:52
28	11.9	6:58	6:51
29	11.9	6:58	6:51
30	11.9	6:58	6:51

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.14 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 6.14 kWh/m² in September across the year — April's 5.14 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)	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
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	5.3	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.2	Bright
4	5.2	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.1	Bright
15	5.1	Bright
16	5.1	Bright
17	5.1	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.2	Bright
23	5.2	Bright
24	5.2	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Kibondo

In seasonPeak

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

Kibondo's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Kibondo?

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

4.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Kibondo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kibondo in April

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

In April, Kibondo sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kibondo 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 Kibondo peaks around March 10 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 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)	11	16	16	15	12	10	11	10	13	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Kibondo 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 Kibondo is worst in July — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.6× the cleanest month (April, 18 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)	25	24	20	18	21	43	64	54	32	23	20	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	24	Moderate
Mar	20	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	43	Poor
Jul	64	Unhealthy
Aug	54	Poor
Sep	32	Moderate
Oct	23	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Kibondo?

Kibondo sits at 3.6°S, 30.7°E, 1,505 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Cendajuru, 36 km away.

Topography around Kibondo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kibondo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 1,430 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 391 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 984 m.

The land around Kibondo is covered by cropland (41%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, grassland (44%) and cropland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (35%), grassland (30%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

196 m

cropland 41%

16 km

391 m

grassland 44%

80 km

984 m

trees 35%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland

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

April weather nearby: Cendajuru 36 km · Kakonko 43 km · Zanandore 77 km · Karusi 82 km · Bugarama 82 km · Gitega 90 km · Diobahika 93 km · Uyovu 96 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 Kibondo (-3.5864°, 30.7203°, elevation 1,505 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	26	17
2	26	17
3	26	17
4	26	17
5	26	17
6	26	17
7	26	17
8	26	17
9	26	17
10	26	17
11	26	17
12	26	17
13	26	17
14	26	17
15	26	17
16	26	17
17	26	17
18	26	17
19	26	17
20	26	17
21	26	17
22	26	17
23	26	17
24	26	17
25	26	17
26	26	17
27	26	17
28	26	17
29	26	17
30	26	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	17	83
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	22	78
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	25	75
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	79
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	78
18	77
19	76
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	69
25	68
26	67
27	65
28	64
29	62
30	61

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	77	21
2	2	77	21
3	2	77	21
4	2	77	21
5	2	77	21
6	2	77	21
7	2	77	21
8	2	77	21
9	2	78	20
10	2	78	20
11	2	78	20
12	2	78	20
13	3	77	20
14	3	78	19
15	3	78	19
16	3	78	19
17	4	78	18
18	4	78	18
19	5	77	18
20	5	78	17
21	5	78	17
22	6	78	16
23	6	78	16
24	7	77	16
25	7	78	15
26	7	78	15
27	8	78	14
28	8	78	14
29	9	77	14
30	10	77	13

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	17	83
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	22	78
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	25	75
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	79
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	78
18	77
19	76
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	69
25	68
26	67
27	65
28	64
29	62
30	61

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	77	21
2	2	77	21
3	2	77	21
4	2	77	21
5	2	77	21
6	2	77	21
7	2	77	21
8	2	77	21
9	2	78	20
10	2	78	20
11	2	78	20
12	2	78	20
13	3	77	20
14	3	78	19
15	3	78	19
16	3	78	19
17	4	78	18
18	4	78	18
19	5	77	18
20	5	78	17
21	5	78	17
22	6	78	16
23	6	78	16
24	7	77	16
25	7	78	15
26	7	78	15
27	8	78	14
28	8	78	14
29	9	77	14
30	10	77	13

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	16	84
20	17	83
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	22	78
27	23	77
28	23	77
29	25	75
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	79
5	79
6	79
7	79
8	79
9	79
10	79
11	79
12	80
13	80
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	78
18	77
19	76
20	74
21	73
22	72
23	71
24	69
25	68
26	67
27	65
28	64
29	62
30	61

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	77	21
2	2	77	21
3	2	77	21
4	2	77	21
5	2	77	21
6	2	77	21
7	2	77	21
8	2	77	21
9	2	78	20
10	2	78	20
11	2	78	20
12	2	78	20
13	3	77	20
14	3	78	19
15	3	78	19
16	3	78	19
17	4	78	18
18	4	78	18
19	5	77	18
20	5	78	17
21	5	78	17
22	6	78	16
23	6	78	16
24	7	77	16
25	7	78	15
26	7	78	15
27	8	78	14
28	8	78	14
29	9	77	14
30	10	77	13