Bobangui weather in April

In April, Bobangui sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 127 mm of rain across 17.8 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 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% 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 Bobangui's 7th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bobangui's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 127 mm; 17.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:45 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover: 71%; 7th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 5.69 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; out of 10

Bobangui is place in Lobaye, Central African Republic.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical April day in Bobangui reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and about 1°C warmer than 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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22

How April really feels in Bobangui

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.

Bobangui 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	33° / 19°	13	2.3	11.8	4.3
Feb	34° / 21°	30	5	11.9	3.5
Mar	33° / 22°	97	14.9	12	3.1
Apr	32° / 22°	127	17.8	12.1	3.3
May	31° / 22°	120	19.4	12.2	3.6
Jun	30° / 21°	120	20.3	12.2	3.8
Jul	29° / 21°	156	23.8	12.2	3.8
Aug	29° / 21°	214	26.9	12.1	3.4
Sep	29° / 21°	219	25.8	12	3.3
Oct	29° / 21°	208	26.3	11.9	3.3
Nov	30° / 21°	101	15.3	11.8	4.1
Dec	32° / 20°	18	3.8	11.8	4.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 68%.

	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 (%)	31	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	32	31	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	35
Cloudier (%)	69	68	68	69	69	69	69	69	69	69	68	69	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	66	66	65	65	65

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Bobangui gets around 127 mm of rain over 17.8 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 58% and peaks near 62% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	54	55	55	56	56	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	58	58	59	59	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	62

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	55
3	55
4	56
5	56
6	57
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	57
11	57
12	57
13	57
14	57
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	59
22	59
23	60
24	60
25	60
26	61
27	61
28	61
29	61
30	62

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 95% 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
Muggy (%)	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Oppressive (%)	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95
Miserable (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93	0
2	7	93	0
3	7	93	0
4	6	94	0
5	6	94	0
6	6	94	0
7	6	94	0
8	6	94	0
9	5	95	0
10	5	95	0
11	5	95	0
12	5	95	0
13	4	96	0
14	4	96	0
15	4	96	0
16	4	96	0
17	3	97	0
18	3	97	0
19	3	97	0
20	3	97	0
21	3	97	0
22	3	97	0
23	3	97	0
24	4	96	0
25	4	96	0
26	4	96	0
27	4	96	0
28	4	95	1
29	4	95	1
30	4	95	1

Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	7	calm
2	7	calm
3	7	calm
4	7	calm
5	7	calm
6	7	calm
7	7	calm
8	7	calm
9	7	calm
10	7	calm
11	7	calm
12	7	calm
13	7	calm
14	7	calm
15	7	calm
16	7	calm
17	7	calm
18	7	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	calm
27	6	calm
28	6	calm
29	6	calm
30	6	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 5:51 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:49 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	12.1	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	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:51	5:53
2	12.0	5:51	5:53
3	12.0	5:50	5:53
4	12.0	5:50	5:53
5	12.0	5:49	5:52
6	12.1	5:49	5:52
7	12.1	5:49	5:52
8	12.1	5:48	5:52
9	12.1	5:48	5:52
10	12.1	5:47	5:51
11	12.1	5:47	5:51
12	12.1	5:47	5:51
13	12.1	5:46	5:51
14	12.1	5:46	5:51
15	12.1	5:45	5:51
16	12.1	5:45	5:50
17	12.1	5:45	5:50
18	12.1	5:44	5:50
19	12.1	5:44	5:50
20	12.1	5:44	5:50
21	12.1	5:43	5:50
22	12.1	5:43	5:50
23	12.1	5:43	5:50
24	12.1	5:42	5:49
25	12.1	5:42	5:49
26	12.1	5:42	5:49
27	12.1	5:42	5:49
28	12.1	5:41	5:49
29	12.1	5:41	5:49
30	12.1	5:41	5:49

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.69 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 6.05 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 5.69 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)	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6
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	5.8	Bright
2	5.8	Bright
3	5.8	Bright
4	5.8	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.7	Bright
17	5.7	Bright
18	5.7	Bright
19	5.7	Bright
20	5.7	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright
29	5.6	Bright
30	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Bobangui

In seasonPeak

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

Bobangui's rainy season runs April–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Bobangui?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

5.2

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bobangui.

What to pack for Bobangui in April

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

In April, Bobangui sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bobangui in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bobangui peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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)	11	12	14	13	11	10	10	12	11	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Bobangui 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 Bobangui is worst in February — around 63 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.7× the cleanest month (September, 10 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)	50	63	43	23	15	18	17	13	10	11	20	39
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	50	Poor
Feb	63	Unhealthy
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	23	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	17	Moderate
Aug	13	Moderate
Sep	10	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	39	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bobangui?

Bobangui sits at 4.0°N, 18.1°E, 372 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Mbaïki, 25 km away.

Topography around Bobangui

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bobangui has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 378 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 404 m.

The land around Bobangui is covered by trees (68%) and grassland (27%) within 3 km, trees (85%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

trees 68%

16 km

318 m

trees 85%

80 km

404 m

trees 77%

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

April weather nearby: Mbaïki 25 km · Bimbo 40 km · Bangui 60 km · Zongo 62 km · Bégoua 65 km · Libenge 73 km · Boali 83 km · Mindouli 114 km

Central African Republic travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $556; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2019
Safe drinking water: 6%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 20.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 37.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank

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 Bobangui (4.05°, 18.1167°, elevation 372 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	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	55
3	55
4	56
5	56
6	57
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	57
11	57
12	57
13	57
14	57
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	59
22	59
23	60
24	60
25	60
26	61
27	61
28	61
29	61
30	62

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93	0
2	7	93	0
3	7	93	0
4	6	94	0
5	6	94	0
6	6	94	0
7	6	94	0
8	6	94	0
9	5	95	0
10	5	95	0
11	5	95	0
12	5	95	0
13	4	96	0
14	4	96	0
15	4	96	0
16	4	96	0
17	3	97	0
18	3	97	0
19	3	97	0
20	3	97	0
21	3	97	0
22	3	97	0
23	3	97	0
24	4	96	0
25	4	96	0
26	4	96	0
27	4	96	0
28	4	95	1
29	4	95	1
30	4	95	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	55
3	55
4	56
5	56
6	57
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	57
11	57
12	57
13	57
14	57
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	59
22	59
23	60
24	60
25	60
26	61
27	61
28	61
29	61
30	62

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93	0
2	7	93	0
3	7	93	0
4	6	94	0
5	6	94	0
6	6	94	0
7	6	94	0
8	6	94	0
9	5	95	0
10	5	95	0
11	5	95	0
12	5	95	0
13	4	96	0
14	4	96	0
15	4	96	0
16	4	96	0
17	3	97	0
18	3	97	0
19	3	97	0
20	3	97	0
21	3	97	0
22	3	97	0
23	3	97	0
24	4	96	0
25	4	96	0
26	4	96	0
27	4	96	0
28	4	95	1
29	4	95	1
30	4	95	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	31	22
19	31	22
20	31	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	31	69
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	31	69
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	31	69
8	31	69
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	32	68
12	31	69
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	32	68
20	32	68
21	32	68
22	33	67
23	33	67
24	33	67
25	33	67
26	34	66
27	34	66
28	35	65
29	35	65
30	35	65

	Rain chance (%)
1	54
2	55
3	55
4	56
5	56
6	57
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	57
11	57
12	57
13	57
14	57
15	57
16	57
17	58
18	58
19	58
20	58
21	59
22	59
23	60
24	60
25	60
26	61
27	61
28	61
29	61
30	62

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	7	93	0
2	7	93	0
3	7	93	0
4	6	94	0
5	6	94	0
6	6	94	0
7	6	94	0
8	6	94	0
9	5	95	0
10	5	95	0
11	5	95	0
12	5	95	0
13	4	96	0
14	4	96	0
15	4	96	0
16	4	96	0
17	3	97	0
18	3	97	0
19	3	97	0
20	3	97	0
21	3	97	0
22	3	97	0
23	3	97	0
24	4	96	0
25	4	96	0
26	4	96	0
27	4	96	0
28	4	95	1
29	4	95	1
30	4	95	1