A wireless communication apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a communicating unit that performs one selected from between a first download process that downloads data through a wireless communication by dividing the data into sections while using a plurality of threads and a second download process that downloads the data while using a single thread; a measuring unit that measures communication quality of the wireless communication; a judging unit that, when a deterioration in the communication quality is measured during the first download process, judges whether or not it is possible to complete the download in all of the plurality of threads before a timeout; and a controlling unit that, when it is determined to be impossible to complete the download in all of the plurality of threads before the timeout, switches the first download process into the second download process.