Malaba weather in April

In April, Malaba sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 319 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in April, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Malaba's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malaba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 6th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 319 mm; 24.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 6:43 AM – 6:44 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical April day in Malaba reaches about 27°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 29°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

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

Malaba weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 6th-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	29° / 17°	106	10.8	12	5.6
Feb	30° / 17°	80	9.3	12	5.2
Mar	29° / 18°	201	16.6	12	4.7
Apr	27° / 18°	319	24.9	12	4.0
May	27° / 18°	286	25.3	12	4.2
Jun	26° / 17°	173	20.3	12	4.9
Jul	26° / 17°	85	14.9	12	5.7
Aug	27° / 17°	87	16.2	12	5.5
Sep	27° / 17°	100	16.4	12	5.3
Oct	27° / 18°	150	20.3	12	4.8
Nov	27° / 17°	210	19	12	4.9
Dec	27° / 17°	169	15.2	12	5.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	28	26	26	25	22	22	20	20	18	18	17	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12
Cloudier (%)	72	74	74	75	78	78	80	80	82	82	83	85	86	86	86	86	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	17	83
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	12	88
30	12	88

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Malaba gets around 319 mm of rain over 24.9 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 83% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	71	72	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	85	86	87	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	89	89	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	75
7	76
8	77
9	78
10	79
11	80
12	81
13	82
14	83
15	84
16	85
17	85
18	86
19	87
20	88
21	88
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	90
27	90
28	89
29	89
30	89

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 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 40% 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 (%)	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	72	71	70	70	69	67	66	66	64	63	61	61	60	59	58	58	57	56	55	54	53	53	52	52	51	51	50	50	49	49
Muggy (%)	24	25	26	27	28	30	31	32	34	35	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	47	48	48	49	49	50	50	51	51

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	72	24
2	4	71	25
3	4	70	26
4	3	70	27
5	3	69	28
6	3	67	30
7	3	66	31
8	2	66	32
9	2	64	34
10	2	63	35
11	2	61	37
12	1	61	38
13	1	60	39
14	1	59	40
15	1	58	41
16	0	58	42
17	0	57	43
18	0	56	44
19	0	55	45
20	0	54	46
21	0	53	47
22	0	53	47
23	0	52	48
24	0	52	48
25	0	51	49
26	0	51	49
27	0	50	50
28	0	50	50
29	0	49	51
30	0	49	51

Wind in April

Winds average 5 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 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	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:47 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:41 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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40
Sunset (PM)	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:47	6:48
2	12.0	6:47	6:47
3	12.0	6:47	6:47
4	12.0	6:46	6:47
5	12.0	6:46	6:47
6	12.0	6:46	6:46
7	12.0	6:45	6:46
8	12.0	6:45	6:46
9	12.0	6:45	6:45
10	12.0	6:45	6:45
11	12.0	6:44	6:45
12	12.0	6:44	6:45
13	12.0	6:44	6:44
14	12.0	6:43	6:44
15	12.0	6:43	6:44
16	12.0	6:43	6:44
17	12.0	6:42	6:43
18	12.0	6:42	6:43
19	12.0	6:42	6:43
20	12.0	6:42	6:43
21	12.0	6:41	6:42
22	12.0	6:41	6:42
23	12.0	6:41	6:42
24	12.0	6:41	6:42
25	12.0	6:41	6:42
26	12.0	6:40	6:42
27	12.0	6:40	6:41
28	12.0	6:40	6:41
29	12.0	6:40	6:41
30	12.0	6:40	6:41

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.44 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 4.9 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.2	Bright
8	5.2	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Malaba?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Malaba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Malaba in April

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

In April, Malaba sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Malaba in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Malaba peaks around March 15 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 11 (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)	15	15	16	14	12	10	11	12	13	14	12	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Malaba 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 Malaba is worst in December — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), and holds fairly steady the rest of the year.

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	82	80	79	74	73	78	74	70	71	75	81	83
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	82	Unhealthy
Feb	80	Unhealthy
Mar	79	Unhealthy
Apr	74	Unhealthy
May	73	Unhealthy
Jun	78	Unhealthy
Jul	74	Unhealthy
Aug	70	Unhealthy
Sep	71	Unhealthy
Oct	75	Unhealthy
Nov	81	Unhealthy
Dec	83	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Malaba?

Malaba sits at 0.6°N, 34.3°E, 1,166 m above sea level, in Uganda. The nearest listed city is Malaba, 3.0 km away.

Topography around Malaba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malaba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m around an average of 1,157 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 389 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 3,251 m.

The land around Malaba is covered by grassland (35%) and shrubs (31%) within 3 km, cropland (36%), shrubs (31%) and grassland (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (29%), cropland (28%) and trees (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

139 m

grassland 35%

16 km

389 m

cropland 36%

80 km

3,251 m

shrubs 29%

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

April weather nearby: Malaba 3.0 km · Tororo 10 km · Busia 26 km · Busia 27 km · Lugulu 28 km · Manafwa 34 km · Bungoma 35 km · Mumias 43 km

Uganda travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type G; 240 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,206; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 18%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 9; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 29.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 518
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 Malaba (0.6444°, 34.2606°, elevation 1,166 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	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	28	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	27	18
18	27	18
19	27	18
20	27	18
21	27	18
22	27	18
23	27	18
24	27	18
25	27	18
26	27	18
27	27	18
28	27	18
29	27	18
30	27	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	17	83
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	12	88
30	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	75
7	76
8	77
9	78
10	79
11	80
12	81
13	82
14	83
15	84
16	85
17	85
18	86
19	87
20	88
21	88
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	90
27	90
28	89
29	89
30	89

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	72	24
2	4	71	25
3	4	70	26
4	3	70	27
5	3	69	28
6	3	67	30
7	3	66	31
8	2	66	32
9	2	64	34
10	2	63	35
11	2	61	37
12	1	61	38
13	1	60	39
14	1	59	40
15	1	58	41
16	0	58	42
17	0	57	43
18	0	56	44
19	0	55	45
20	0	54	46
21	0	53	47
22	0	53	47
23	0	52	48
24	0	52	48
25	0	51	49
26	0	51	49
27	0	50	50
28	0	50	50
29	0	49	51
30	0	49	51

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	17	83
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	12	88
30	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	75
7	76
8	77
9	78
10	79
11	80
12	81
13	82
14	83
15	84
16	85
17	85
18	86
19	87
20	88
21	88
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	90
27	90
28	89
29	89
30	89

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	72	24
2	4	71	25
3	4	70	26
4	3	70	27
5	3	69	28
6	3	67	30
7	3	66	31
8	2	66	32
9	2	64	34
10	2	63	35
11	2	61	37
12	1	61	38
13	1	60	39
14	1	59	40
15	1	58	41
16	0	58	42
17	0	57	43
18	0	56	44
19	0	55	45
20	0	54	46
21	0	53	47
22	0	53	47
23	0	52	48
24	0	52	48
25	0	51	49
26	0	51	49
27	0	50	50
28	0	50	50
29	0	49	51
30	0	49	51

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	28	72
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	17	83
12	15	85
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	12	88
30	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	72
3	72
4	73
5	74
6	75
7	76
8	77
9	78
10	79
11	80
12	81
13	82
14	83
15	84
16	85
17	85
18	86
19	87
20	88
21	88
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	90
27	90
28	89
29	89
30	89

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	4	72	24
2	4	71	25
3	4	70	26
4	3	70	27
5	3	69	28
6	3	67	30
7	3	66	31
8	2	66	32
9	2	64	34
10	2	63	35
11	2	61	37
12	1	61	38
13	1	60	39
14	1	59	40
15	1	58	41
16	0	58	42
17	0	57	43
18	0	56	44
19	0	55	45
20	0	54	46
21	0	53	47
22	0	53	47
23	0	52	48
24	0	52	48
25	0	51	49
26	0	51	49
27	0	50	50
28	0	50	50
29	0	49	51
30	0	49	51