Lindi weather in April

In April, Lindi sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 120 mm of rain across 18.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-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 31% of the time in April, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Lindi's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lindi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
7th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
120 mm
18.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:28 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
58%
9th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Lindi is town in Tanzania.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Lindi reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How April really feels in Lindi

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lindi weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°16820.112.53.9
Feb29° / 25°15518.812.33.8
Mar29° / 25°19525.512.13.4
Apr29° / 24°12018.311.84.3
May29° / 23°366.811.56.0
Jun29° / 22°61.411.47.0
Jul28° / 21°40.911.57.3
Aug28° / 21°61.611.77.4
Sep28° / 22°124.111.97.1
Oct29° / 23°257.612.26.3
Nov29° / 24°5213.612.55.1
Dec30° / 25°12520.812.64.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 31% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
24159
34258
44357
54456
64456
74555
84654
94654
104753
114753
124852
134951
145050
155248
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266436
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Lindi gets around 120 mm of rain over 18.3 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 61% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
178
277
376
475
574
672
771
870
969
1068
1167
1266
1365
1464
1563
1662
1760
1859
1957
2056
2154
2252
2351
2449
2547
2646
2744
2843
2941
3040

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the oppressive band about 79% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1016831
2016930
3017128
4017326
5017425
6027523
7027622
8037621
9037720
10047719
11047917
12057916
13058015
14068014
15068113
16078112
17078211
18088210
1908839
2009838
21010837
22010846
23011836
24012835
25013834
26014824
27115813
28116803
29117793
30118792

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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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 6:28 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:08 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.96:286:23
211.96:286:23
311.96:286:22
411.96:286:22
511.96:286:21
611.96:286:20
711.96:286:20
811.96:286:19
911.86:286:19
1011.86:286:18
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1911.86:286:13
2011.76:286:13
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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 5.2 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.2Bright
285.2Bright
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305.2Bright
Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Lindi

In seasonPeak

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

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

Lindi's monsoon runs December–April, 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 Lindi?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Lindi for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lindi in April

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

In April, Lindi sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Lindi in April

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 22 km away) is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug26Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec29Tropical

UV index in Lindi in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lindi peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 13UV 15Jul 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Lindi?

Lindi sits at 10.0°S, 39.7°E, 12 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mtwara, 59 km away.

NangangaNanyambaKitamaTandahimbaRuangwaLuchingu

Topography around Lindi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lindi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m around an average of 40 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 310 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 915 m.

The land around Lindi is covered by water (37%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, grassland (35%) and trees (32%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and water (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
186 m
16 km
310 m
80 km
915 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
April weather nearby: Mtwara 59 km · Nyangao 60 km · Nanganga 75 km · Nanyamba 77 km · Kitama 80 km · Tandahimba 84 km · Ruangwa 86 km · Luchingu 109 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
Christian 63%Muslim 34%folk religion 1%

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 Lindi (-9.9971°, 39.7165°, elevation 12 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). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).