Nyamuswa weather in April

In April, Nyamuswa sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 160 mm of rain across 20.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-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 10% 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 Nyamuswa's 11th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nyamuswa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
18°
9th coldest
Rainfall
160 mm
20.3 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:45 AM – 6:43 PM
Cloud cover
77%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

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 Nyamuswa reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and on par with May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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42818
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Nyamuswa weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 18°1432012.14.9
Feb29° / 18°11317.112.14.5
Mar29° / 18°15019.8124.4
Apr28° / 18°16020.3124.6
May28° / 18°7312.911.95.7
Jun28° / 18°275.911.96.2
Jul29° / 18°133.211.96.3
Aug29° / 18°33611.95.8
Sep30° / 19°478.7125.1
Oct30° / 19°8814.2124.5
Nov28° / 18°16620.512.14.4
Dec27° / 18°17321.812.14.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
22773
32773
42773
52674
62575
72575
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102476
112476
122476
132476
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292575
302674

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Nyamuswa gets around 160 mm of rain over 20.3 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 69% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
175
275
374
473
572
671
770
869
969
1068
1168
1268
1368
1468
1568
1667
1767
1867
1967
2067
2167
2267
2367
2468
2568
2667
2767
2866
2966
3065

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 48% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 44% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
194843
294843
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594843
694842
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2765143
2865242
2965341
3065440

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
156calm
166calm
176calm
186calm
196calm
206calm
216calm
226calm
236calm
246calm
256calm
266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm

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 6:49 AM to 6:43 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:496:48
212.06:496:48
312.06:496:47
412.06:486:47
512.06:486:47
612.06:486:46
712.06:476:46
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912.06:476:45
1012.06:476:45
1112.06:476:45
1212.06:466:44
1312.06:466:44
1412.06:466:44
1512.06:466:43
1612.06:456:43
1712.06:456:43
1812.06:456:42
1912.06:456:42
2012.06:456:42
2112.06:446:41
2211.96:446:41
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2511.96:446:40
2611.96:446:40
2711.96:446:40
2811.96:436:40
2911.96:436:40
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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 5.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.43 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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35.8Bright
45.8Bright
55.8Bright
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135.7Bright
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205.6Bright
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245.6Bright
255.5Bright
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275.5Bright
285.5Bright
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Nyamuswa

In seasonPeak

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

Nyamuswa'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 Nyamuswa?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Nyamuswa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Nyamuswa in April

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

In April, Nyamuswa sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nyamuswa 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 Nyamuswa peaks around March 17 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeMar 17UV 16Jun 18UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Nyamuswa 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 Nyamuswa is worst in July — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateGoodJul 1319 µg/m³Nov 1410 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr11Good
May12Good
Jun18Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep15Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov10Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nyamuswa?

Nyamuswa sits at 1.9°S, 34.0°E, 1,386 m above sea level, in Tanzania. The nearest listed city is Butiama, 16 km away.

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Topography around Nyamuswa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyamuswa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 176 m around an average of 1,370 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 573 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 656 m.

The land around Nyamuswa is covered by cropland (57%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and shrubs (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (33%) and cropland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
176 m
16 km
573 m
80 km
656 m
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April weather nearby: Butiama 16 km · Bunda 21 km · Musoma 51 km · Kibara 69 km · Tarime 72 km · Matongo 74 km · Mugumu 76 km · Nyakabindi 82 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 Nyamuswa (-1.9°, 34.0167°, elevation 1,386 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).