Njombe weather in April

In April, Njombe sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 83 mm of rain across 18.6 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 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 Njombe's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Njombe's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 83 mm; 18.6 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 48 min; 6:47 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 8th clearest
Wind: 12 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Njombe is town in Njombe 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 21°C through the month.

A typical April day in Njombe reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 20°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

Njombe 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	23° / 15°	268	26.5	12.5	4.1
Feb	23° / 15°	260	23.6	12.3	4.1
Mar	22° / 15°	228	27.2	12.1	4.0
Apr	21° / 14°	83	18.6	11.8	5.1
May	21° / 12°	18	5.4	11.6	7.1
Jun	20° / 10°	3	0.8	11.5	7.7
Jul	19° / 9°	2	0.4	11.5	7.7
Aug	20° / 10°	4	0.9	11.7	7.9
Sep	22° / 11°	4	0.9	11.9	8.3
Oct	24° / 13°	18	5.5	12.2	7.8
Nov	24° / 14°	54	10.5	12.4	6.8
Dec	23° / 15°	171	20.8	12.5	5.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 73%.

	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 (%)	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	18	19	19	21	22	23	24	27	29	30	32	33	34	34	35	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	84	83	83	83	82	81	81	79	78	77	76	73	71	70	68	67	66	66	65	64	64	64	64	63	63	63	62

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	16	84
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	21	79
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	24	76
15	27	73
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	38	62

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Njombe gets around 83 mm of rain over 18.6 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 62% and peaks near 86% 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 (%)	86	85	84	83	82	81	79	78	76	75	73	71	69	67	65	62	60	57	55	52	50	48	46	44	42	40	38	36	35	34

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	85
3	84
4	83
5	82
6	81
7	79
8	78
9	76
10	75
11	73
12	71
13	69
14	67
15	65
16	62
17	60
18	57
19	55
20	52
21	50
22	48
23	46
24	44
25	42
26	40
27	38
28	36
29	35
30	34

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 76% 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	2	2	2	3	3	4	4	5	6	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	15	16	17	19	21	22	24	26	28	30	32
Comfortable (%)	76	77	76	76	77	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	77	77	78	78	78	77	77	77	75	74	74	72	71	69	68	66
Humid (%)	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	18	17	16	15	14	14	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	76	23
2	1	77	22
3	2	76	22
4	2	76	22
5	2	77	21
6	3	76	21
7	3	77	20
8	4	77	19
9	4	77	19
10	5	77	18
11	6	77	17
12	6	78	16
13	7	78	15
14	8	78	14
15	9	77	14
16	10	77	13
17	11	78	11
18	12	78	10
19	13	78	9
20	15	77	8
21	16	77	7
22	17	77	6
23	19	75	6
24	21	74	5
25	22	74	4
26	24	72	4
27	26	71	3
28	28	69	3
29	30	68	2
30	32	66	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	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	12	calm
14	12	calm
15	12	calm
16	12	calm
17	12	light breeze
18	12	light breeze
19	12	light breeze
20	12	light breeze
21	12	light breeze
22	12	light breeze
23	12	light breeze
24	12	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 6:48 AM to 6:48 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:29 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	11.8	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	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:48	6:43
2	11.9	6:48	6:43
3	11.9	6:48	6:42
4	11.9	6:48	6:42
5	11.9	6:48	6:41
6	11.9	6:48	6:40
7	11.9	6:48	6:40
8	11.9	6:48	6:39
9	11.9	6:47	6:39
10	11.8	6:47	6:38
11	11.8	6:47	6:38
12	11.8	6:47	6:37
13	11.8	6:47	6:37
14	11.8	6:47	6:36
15	11.8	6:47	6:35
16	11.8	6:47	6:35
17	11.8	6:47	6:34
18	11.8	6:47	6:34
19	11.8	6:47	6:33
20	11.8	6:47	6:33
21	11.8	6:47	6:33
22	11.7	6:47	6:32
23	11.7	6:47	6:32
24	11.7	6:47	6:31
25	11.7	6:47	6:31
26	11.7	6:48	6:30
27	11.7	6:48	6:30
28	11.7	6:48	6:29
29	11.7	6:48	6:29
30	11.7	6:48	6:29

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.73 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 6.65 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 4.73 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)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.8	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Njombe

In seasonPeak

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

Njombe'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 Njombe?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Njombe for sightseeing.

What to pack for Njombe in April

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

In April, Njombe sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearsun protection

UV index in Njombe 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 Njombe peaks around February 22 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 15 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)	16	16	16	15	11	10	11	12	13	15	14	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Njombe 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 Njombe 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 Njombe?

Njombe sits at 9.3°S, 34.8°E, 1,960 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Mtwango, 37 km away.

Topography around Njombe

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Njombe has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 221 m around an average of 1,902 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 563 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,440 m.

The land around Njombe is covered by artificial surfaces (31%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, trees (30%), grassland (28%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and shrubs (32%), trees (31%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km

221 m

artificial surfaces 31%

16 km

563 m

trees 30%

80 km

2,440 m

shrubs 32%

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

April weather nearby: Mtwango 37 km · Ilembula 54 km · Mlangali 56 km · Makumbako 56 km · Rujewa 84 km · Mahanje 89 km · Urunda 93 km · Ipinda 97 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 Njombe (-9.3492°, 34.7717°, elevation 1,960 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	22	15
2	22	15
3	22	15
4	22	15
5	22	15
6	22	15
7	22	15
8	22	15
9	22	15
10	21	15
11	21	15
12	21	15
13	21	15
14	21	15
15	21	15
16	21	14
17	21	14
18	21	14
19	21	14
20	21	14
21	21	14
22	21	14
23	21	14
24	21	14
25	21	14
26	21	14
27	21	14
28	21	14
29	21	14
30	21	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	16	84
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	21	79
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	24	76
15	27	73
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	85
3	84
4	83
5	82
6	81
7	79
8	78
9	76
10	75
11	73
12	71
13	69
14	67
15	65
16	62
17	60
18	57
19	55
20	52
21	50
22	48
23	46
24	44
25	42
26	40
27	38
28	36
29	35
30	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	76	23
2	1	77	22
3	2	76	22
4	2	76	22
5	2	77	21
6	3	76	21
7	3	77	20
8	4	77	19
9	4	77	19
10	5	77	18
11	6	77	17
12	6	78	16
13	7	78	15
14	8	78	14
15	9	77	14
16	10	77	13
17	11	78	11
18	12	78	10
19	13	78	9
20	15	77	8
21	16	77	7
22	17	77	6
23	19	75	6
24	21	74	5
25	22	74	4
26	24	72	4
27	26	71	3
28	28	69	3
29	30	68	2
30	32	66	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	16	84
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	21	79
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	24	76
15	27	73
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	85
3	84
4	83
5	82
6	81
7	79
8	78
9	76
10	75
11	73
12	71
13	69
14	67
15	65
16	62
17	60
18	57
19	55
20	52
21	50
22	48
23	46
24	44
25	42
26	40
27	38
28	36
29	35
30	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	76	23
2	1	77	22
3	2	76	22
4	2	76	22
5	2	77	21
6	3	76	21
7	3	77	20
8	4	77	19
9	4	77	19
10	5	77	18
11	6	77	17
12	6	78	16
13	7	78	15
14	8	78	14
15	9	77	14
16	10	77	13
17	11	78	11
18	12	78	10
19	13	78	9
20	15	77	8
21	16	77	7
22	17	77	6
23	19	75	6
24	21	74	5
25	22	74	4
26	24	72	4
27	26	71	3
28	28	69	3
29	30	68	2
30	32	66	2

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	16	84
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	18	82
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	21	79
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	24	76
15	27	73
16	29	71
17	30	70
18	32	68
19	33	67
20	34	66
21	34	66
22	35	65
23	36	64
24	36	64
25	36	64
26	36	64
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	38	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	85
3	84
4	83
5	82
6	81
7	79
8	78
9	76
10	75
11	73
12	71
13	69
14	67
15	65
16	62
17	60
18	57
19	55
20	52
21	50
22	48
23	46
24	44
25	42
26	40
27	38
28	36
29	35
30	34

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	1	76	23
2	1	77	22
3	2	76	22
4	2	76	22
5	2	77	21
6	3	76	21
7	3	77	20
8	4	77	19
9	4	77	19
10	5	77	18
11	6	77	17
12	6	78	16
13	7	78	15
14	8	78	14
15	9	77	14
16	10	77	13
17	11	78	11
18	12	78	10
19	13	78	9
20	15	77	8
21	16	77	7
22	17	77	6
23	19	75	6
24	21	74	5
25	22	74	4
26	24	72	4
27	26	71	3
28	28	69	3
29	30	68	2
30	32	66	2