Eséka weather in April

In April, Eséka sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 197 mm of rain across 26.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% 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 Eséka's 8th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Eséka's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 197 mm; 26.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:15 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover: 85%; 8th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.61 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

Eséka is place in Centre Province, Cameroon.

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

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical April day in Eséka reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23

How April really feels in Eséka

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Eséka weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	45	13.7	11.8	4.1
Feb	32° / 23°	59	16.2	11.9	3.3
Mar	31° / 23°	143	24.8	12	2.8
Apr	31° / 23°	197	26.5	12.1	2.7
May	30° / 23°	225	28.7	12.2	2.8
Jun	29° / 22°	196	27.6	12.2	3.1
Jul	28° / 22°	145	26.7	12.2	3.7
Aug	27° / 22°	161	28.1	12.1	3.6
Sep	28° / 22°	223	28.9	12	3.1
Oct	29° / 22°	277	29.9	11.9	2.9
Nov	30° / 22°	199	26.2	11.8	3.1
Dec	30° / 22°	67	16.2	11.8	4.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12
Cloudier (%)	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Eséka gets around 197 mm of rain over 26.5 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 88% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Oppressive (%)	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91
Miserable (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
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29	5	calm
30	5	calm

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 6:21 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:18 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:21	6:22
2	12.0	6:20	6:22
3	12.0	6:20	6:22
4	12.0	6:19	6:22
5	12.0	6:19	6:22
6	12.0	6:19	6:21
7	12.1	6:18	6:21
8	12.1	6:18	6:21
9	12.1	6:17	6:21
10	12.1	6:17	6:21
11	12.1	6:17	6:20
12	12.1	6:16	6:20
13	12.1	6:16	6:20
14	12.1	6:15	6:20
15	12.1	6:15	6:20
16	12.1	6:15	6:20
17	12.1	6:14	6:19
18	12.1	6:14	6:19
19	12.1	6:14	6:19
20	12.1	6:13	6:19
21	12.1	6:13	6:19
22	12.1	6:13	6:19
23	12.1	6:12	6:19
24	12.1	6:12	6:18
25	12.1	6:12	6:18
26	12.1	6:12	6:18
27	12.1	6:11	6:18
28	12.1	6:11	6:18
29	12.1	6:11	6:18
30	12.1	6:11	6:18

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.61 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.52 kWh/m² to a high of 4.91 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 4.61 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.6	Bright
19	4.6	Bright
20	4.6	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Eséka

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Eséka?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Eséka.

What to pack for Eséka in April

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

In April, Eséka sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Eséka 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 Eséka peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	11	14	14	13	11	11	11	13	13	11	9
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Eséka 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 Eséka is worst in February — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (September, 14 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	56	71	42	32	23	20	19	16	14	18	24	45
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	56	Unhealthy
Feb	71	Unhealthy
Mar	42	Poor
Apr	32	Moderate
May	23	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Eséka?

Eséka sits at 3.6°N, 10.8°E, 247 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Makak, 32 km away.

Topography around Eséka

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Eséka has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 293 m around an average of 234 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 621 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,262 m.

The land around Eséka is covered by trees (89%) within 3 km, trees (99%) within 16 km, and trees (99%) within 80 km.

3 km

293 m

trees 89%

16 km

621 m

trees 99%

80 km

1,262 m

trees 99%

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← March Eséka year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Makak 32 km · Lolodorf 46 km · Edéa 72 km · Mbalmayo 83 km · Yaoundé 87 km · Dizangué 88 km · Ébolowa 94 km · Okoa 100 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

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 Eséka (3.65°, 10.7667°, elevation 247 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	30	23
22	30	23
23	30	23
24	30	23
25	30	23
26	30	23
27	30	23
28	30	23
29	30	23
30	30	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	11	89
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	11	89
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	86
2	86
3	87
4	87
5	87
6	87
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	88
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	88
16	88
17	88
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	90	10
19	90	10
20	90	10
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	91	9
27	91	9
28	91	9
29	91	9
30	91	9