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Dongwe in April

Hot and wet, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Dongwe is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.April in Dongwe is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 58 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 93% of days
Daylight
11h 58mon average

Is April a good time to visit Dongwe?

April sits outside Dongwe's best months, which run from July to September. Expect hot days and rain on almost every day.

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 86°F in April, against 83°F to 89°F through the year.Highs near 30°C in April, against 28°C to 32°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

93% of days in April, against 23% to 93% through the year.

Cloud cover

66% cover in April, against 37% to 72% through the year.

Daylight

11h 58m in April, against 11h 46m to 12h 29m 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.

Either side

  1. March89°32°low 79°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  2. April86°30°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. May84°29°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.

Where Dongwe sits, in April

Africa/Dar es Salaam
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:23 AMsets 6:21 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
6.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Zanzibar (Stone Town)38 km west

The land around Dongwe, 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
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Dongwe

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Dongwe. 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.