Akonolinga weather in April

In April, Akonolinga sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 149 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in April, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Akonolinga's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akonolinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
11th coldest
Rainfall
149 mm
22.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:09 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
80%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Akonolinga is commune of Cameroon.

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 30°C through the month.

A typical April day in Akonolinga reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and on par with May.

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

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Akonolinga weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°23511.85.1
Feb32° / 21°377.211.94.2
Mar31° / 21°10317.4123.5
Apr30° / 21°14922.212.13.4
May29° / 21°14123.712.23.6
Jun28° / 21°12122.412.24.1
Jul27° / 20°11220.812.24.6
Aug28° / 20°11721.612.14.4
Sep28° / 20°16525.8123.8
Oct28° / 20°19527.411.93.7
Nov28° / 20°12219.411.84.3
Dec29° / 20°326.211.85.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
31882
41882
51783
61783
71783
81783
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111783
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Akonolinga gets around 149 mm of rain over 22.2 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 73% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%80%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
166
267
368
469
570
671
772
873
973
1074
1174
1274
1374
1474
1574
1674
1774
1874
1974
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2174
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Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the oppressive band about 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
15050
24951
34852
44753
54654
64555
74456
84357
94357
104258
114258
124159
134060
143961
153862
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213862
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263961
273961
283961
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304060

Wind in April

Winds average 5 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:12 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:156:17
212.06:146:16
312.06:146:16
412.06:136:16
512.06:136:16
612.06:136:16
712.16:126:15
812.16:126:15
912.16:116:15
1012.16:116:15
1112.16:116:15
1212.16:106:14
1312.16:106:14
1412.16:096:14
1512.16:096:14
1612.16:096:14
1712.16:086:14
1812.16:086:13
1912.16:086:13
2012.16:076:13
2112.16:076:13
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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 5.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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55.1Bright
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Akonolinga

In seasonPeak

None of Akonolinga's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Akonolinga sees seasonal dust haze (February–March), heaviest in March.

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

Is April a good time to visit Akonolinga?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
12th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Akonolinga.

What to pack for Akonolinga in April

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

In April, Akonolinga sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Akonolinga 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 Akonolinga peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Akonolinga 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 Akonolinga is worst in February — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.6× the cleanest month (September, 11 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateModeratePoorFeb 1471 µg/m³Sep 1312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar44Poor
Apr30Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct17Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Akonolinga?

Akonolinga sits at 3.8°N, 12.3°E, 643 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Okoa, 76 km away.

OkoaYaoundéMbandjokNkotengMbalmayoObalaSangmélimaNanga Eboko

Topography around Akonolinga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akonolinga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 655 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 671 m.

The land around Akonolinga is covered by grassland (41%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
250 m
80 km
671 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswetland
April weather nearby: Okoa 76 km · Yaoundé 82 km · Mbandjok 85 km · Nkoteng 87 km · Mbalmayo 88 km · Obala 91 km · Sangmélima 97 km · Nanga Eboko 103 km

Cameroon travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,972
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
30.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 445
Religion
Roman Catholic 33%Muslim 31%Protestant 27%animist 1%

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 Akonolinga (3.7667°, 12.25°, elevation 643 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).