Ngudu weather in April

In April, Ngudu sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 125 mm of rain across 15.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% 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 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Ngudu's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ngudu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
125 mm
15.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:49 AM – 6:45 PM
Cloud cover
73%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Ngudu is town in Mwanza Region, 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 28°C through the month.

A typical April day in Ngudu reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and about 1°C cooler than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Ngudu weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 18°13118.812.24.9
Feb29° / 19°961412.14.8
Mar29° / 19°13217.5124.6
Apr28° / 19°12515.911.94.9
May29° / 19°356.411.96.0
Jun29° / 18°101.811.86.3
Jul30° / 18°50.611.86.5
Aug30° / 19°192.911.95.8
Sep31° / 19°366.8125.0
Oct30° / 19°9113.512.14.4
Nov28° / 19°15619.912.14.4
Dec28° / 18°17021.312.24.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 13% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 71%.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13070
23070
32872
42872
52872
62872
72872
82872
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102773
112773
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Ngudu gets around 125 mm of rain over 15.9 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 54% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
169
269
369
468
567
666
764
863
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1060
1159
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1456
1554
1653
1751
1850
1949
2048
2147
2246
2345
2445
2544
2643
2743
2842
2941
3039

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 44% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 44% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1183754
2183754
3183754
4183754
5183853
6183952
7184051
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10184249
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303214631

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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168calm
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309calm

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 6:52 AM to 6:47 AM, and sunset from 6:51 PM to 6:41 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:526:51
212.06:526:50
312.06:526:50
412.06:516:49
512.06:516:49
612.06:516:49
712.06:516:48
812.06:506:48
912.06:506:47
1012.06:506:47
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1811.96:486:44
1911.96:486:44
2011.96:486:44
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2511.96:476:42
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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 5.88 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.55 kWh/m² in September across the year — April's 5.88 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Bright
36.0Bright
46.0Bright
55.9Bright
65.9Bright
75.9Bright
85.9Bright
95.9Bright
105.9Bright
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Ngudu

In seasonPeak

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

Ngudu's rainy season runs October–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 Ngudu?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Ngudu for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ngudu in April

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

In April, Ngudu sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ngudu 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 Ngudu peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 15UV 16Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Ngudu 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 Ngudu is worst in January — around 23 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.7× the cleanest month (May, 13 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 1923 µg/m³May 2114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr16Moderate
May13Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ngudu?

Ngudu sits at 3.0°S, 33.3°E, 1,246 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Malampaka, 29 km away.

Topography around Ngudu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ngudu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m around an average of 1,207 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 355 m.

The land around Ngudu is covered by cropland (79%) within 3 km, cropland (90%) within 16 km, and cropland (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
70 m
16 km
173 m
80 km
355 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
April weather nearby: Malampaka 29 km · Misungwi 31 km · Kihangara 43 km · Magu 44 km · Usagara 49 km · Shanwa 53 km · Nyalikungu 55 km · Kisesa 57 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 Ngudu (-2.9667°, 33.3333°, elevation 1,246 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).