Climate · Dar es Salaam

Dar es Salaam in April

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Dar es Salaam is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 76°F. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.April in Dar es Salaam is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about six days a week, less often as the month goes on, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
76°F24°Caverage
Wet days
6a week · 91% of days
Daylight
11h 58mon average

Is April a good time to visit Dar es Salaam?


April sits outside Dar es Salaam's best months, which run from June to August. Expect hot days and rain on about six days a week.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in April, against 84°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in April, against 29°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

91% of days in April, against 23% to 91% through the year.

Cloud cover

65% cover in April, against 35% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

11h 58m in April, against 11h 44m to 12h 31m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

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  1. March91°33°low 78°low 26°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  2. April87°31°low 76°low 24°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.
  3. May86°30°low 75°low 24°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Dar es Salaam sits, in April

Africa/Dar es Salaam

this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:24 AMsets 6:22 PM
Above the sea
10 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.8°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zanzibar (Stone Town)73 km north

The land around Dar es Salaam, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Tanzania in April

high · low · wet days

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), read 10 km south of Dar es Salaam. Its own grid square is mostly sea and holds only a daily average, so the page reads the nearest square with a true high and low near the town's height. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.