Zongo weather in April

In April, Zongo sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 111 mm of rain across 15.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 4th-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 Zongo's 8th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
12th coldest
Rainfall
111 mm
15.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:43 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover
71%
8th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.72 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Zongo is city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Density
98/km²
people per km²
Founded
1971

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 32°C through the month.

A typical April day in Zongo reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and on par with May.

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How April really feels in Zongo

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.

Zongo weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°112.111.83.8
Feb34° / 22°254.811.93.0
Mar33° / 24°8813.1123.0
Apr32° / 24°11115.612.13.2
May32° / 23°10416.812.23.5
Jun31° / 23°8615.712.24.0
Jul30° / 22°10919.512.24.0
Aug29° / 22°15723.612.13.6
Sep30° / 22°15823.5123.4
Oct30° / 22°18925.211.93.3
Nov31° / 22°10315.711.83.9
Dec32° / 21°163.411.84.5

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 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 67%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13367
23466
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Zongo gets around 111 mm of rain over 15.6 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 51% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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249
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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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12971
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Wind in April

Winds average 7 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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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 5:49 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 5:51 PM to 5:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:495:51
212.05:495:51
312.05:485:51
412.05:485:51
512.15:475:51
612.15:475:50
712.15:475:50
812.15:465:50
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1012.15:455:50
1112.15:455:49
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1312.15:445:49
1412.15:445:49
1512.15:435:49
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1812.15:425:48
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2012.15:425:48
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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 5.72 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.89 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 5.72 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Zongo

In seasonPeak

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

Zongo's rainy season runs March–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 Zongo?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zongo.

What to pack for Zongo in April

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

In April, Zongo sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zongo 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 Zongo peaks around March 20 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 20UV 13Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Zongo 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 Zongo is worst in January — around 142 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.1× the cleanest month (September, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateUnhealthyJan 13138 µg/m³Sep 1314 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan142Unhealthy
Feb97Unhealthy
Mar44Poor
Apr26Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov38Poor
Dec123Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Zongo?

Zongo sits at 4.3°N, 18.6°E, 356 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Bangui, 5.0 km away.

Mindouli

Topography around Zongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zongo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m around an average of 386 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m.

The land around Zongo is covered by grassland (46%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
276 m
16 km
330 m
80 km
368 m
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April weather nearby: Bangui 5.0 km · Bégoua 14 km · Bimbo 22 km · Bobangui 62 km · Boali 73 km · Libenge 77 km · Mbaïki 85 km · Mindouli 138 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo 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
$807
2025
Happiness
3.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
12%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
34.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 400

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 Zongo (4.3428°, 18.5945°, elevation 356 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).