Diapaga weather in April

In April, Diapaga sees average daytime highs of 40°C and overnight lows near 28°C, with 14 mm of rain across 4.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in April, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Diapaga's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Diapaga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
40°
1st warmest
Overnight low
28°
12th coldest
Rainfall
14 mm
4.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:45 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
57%
8th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
6.64 kWh/m²
Travel score
0.2
out of 10

Diapaga is village in Burkina Faso.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 40°C through the month.

A typical April day in Diapaga reaches about 40°C in the afternoon and slips back to 28°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 37°C and 42°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 2°C warmer than May.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How April really feels in Diapaga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
30
30 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Diapaga weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°0011.44.3
Feb36° / 23°10.211.62.4
Mar39° / 26°40.811.90.6
Apr40° / 28°144.112.30.2
May38° / 27°4210.212.51.2
Jun34° / 25°5711.712.72.7
Jul31° / 24°11616.712.63.5
Aug30° / 23°1962112.43.7
Sep31° / 23°11213.912.13.9
Oct35° / 24°326.411.73.0
Nov36° / 22°10.211.42.4
Dec34° / 20°0011.33.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 33% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 48%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Diapaga gets around 14 mm of rain over 4.1 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 14% and peaks near 24% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the muggy band about 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 49% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1601113133
2581114143
3571114153
4541115173
5501116194
6481116204
7451117224
8431117245
9411117265
10381117286
11361117297
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13311017339
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Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 18 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:03 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:546:01
212.15:546:01
312.15:536:01
412.15:536:01
512.15:526:01
612.25:516:01
712.25:516:01
812.25:506:01
912.25:496:01
1012.25:496:01
1112.25:486:01
1212.25:476:01
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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 6.64 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 6.75 kWh/m² in March across the year — April's 6.64 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Diapaga

In seasonPeak

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

Diapaga's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Diapaga sees seasonal dust haze (January–July), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Diapaga?

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

0.2
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
3.0
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Diapaga.

What to pack for Diapaga in April

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

In April, Diapaga sees daytime highs around 40°C and nights near 28°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Diapaga in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Diapaga peaks around September 11 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highSep 11UV 12Jan 1UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7High
Feb8Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Diapaga 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 Diapaga is worst in November — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyNov 2186 µg/m³Aug 1413 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar72Unhealthy
Apr50Poor
May27Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov89Unhealthy
Dec78Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Diapaga?

Diapaga sits at 12.1°N, 1.8°E, 273 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Namponkoré, 37 km away.

BanikoaraTorodiSayKérouNatiaboaniYouri KourtéréKollo

Topography around Diapaga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Diapaga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 270 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 241 m.

The land around Diapaga is covered by cropland (35%), grassland (30%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, cropland (48%), shrubs (26%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (46%), shrubs (32%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
51 m
16 km
78 m
80 km
241 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
April weather nearby: Namponkoré 37 km · Banikoara 111 km · Torodi 116 km · Say 130 km · Kérou 143 km · Natiaboani 146 km · Youri Kourtéré 149 km · Kollo 149 km

Burkina Faso travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,148
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
31
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 64%Roman Catholic 20%Animiste 9%Protestant 6%

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 Diapaga (12.0729°, 1.7884°, elevation 273 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).