Malabo weather in April

In April, Malabo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 188 mm of rain across 27.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 Malabo's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malabo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 1st warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 188 mm; 27.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:23 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 9th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Malabo is city and former capital of Equatorial Guinea.

Density: 7,427/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1827

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 27°C through the month.

A typical April day in Malabo reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 28°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

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

Malabo 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 25°	52	15.3	11.8	5.7
Feb	27° / 26°	72	16.4	11.9	5.1
Mar	27° / 26°	165	26.7	12	3.9
Apr	27° / 25°	188	27.3	12.1	3.6
May	27° / 25°	273	29.4	12.2	3.5
Jun	26° / 24°	388	29	12.2	3.5
Jul	25° / 24°	446	29.1	12.2	3.7
Aug	25° / 24°	431	28.5	12.1	3.8
Sep	25° / 24°	384	29	12	3.6
Oct	26° / 24°	297	29.9	11.9	3.5
Nov	26° / 25°	171	27	11.8	3.9
Dec	27° / 25°	62	18.2	11.8	5.4

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 87%.

	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 (%)	13	13	13	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	14	14	14
Cloudier (%)	87	87	87	87	87	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	86	86	86

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

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Malabo gets around 188 mm of rain over 27.3 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 91% and peaks near 92% 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 (%)	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92

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 68% 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 (%)	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	66	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	74	75
Miserable (%)	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	34	33	33	33	33	33	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	29	28	28	27	27	26	25

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25

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	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	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	7	calm
20	7	calm
21	7	calm
22	7	calm
23	7	calm
24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	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 6:29 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:26 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)	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18
Sunset (PM)	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26

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

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.35 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.89 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.35 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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.4	Bright
11	5.4	Bright
12	5.4	Bright
13	5.4	Bright
14	5.4	Bright
15	5.4	Bright
16	5.4	Bright
17	5.3	Bright
18	5.3	Bright
19	5.3	Bright
20	5.3	Bright
21	5.3	Bright
22	5.3	Bright
23	5.3	Bright
24	5.3	Bright
25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Malabo

In seasonPeak

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

Malabo's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Malabo?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Malabo.

What to pack for Malabo in April

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

In April, Malabo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Malabo in April

The nearest coast averages about 29°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 17 km away) is warmest in April at about 29°C and coldest in August near 26°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Sea temperature (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	28	27	26	27	28	28	29
Comfort	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Tropical	Warm	Warm	Warm	Warm	Tropical	Tropical

	Sea temperature (°C)	Comfort
Jan	29	Tropical
Feb	29	Tropical
Mar	29	Tropical
Apr	29	Tropical
May	29	Tropical
Jun	28	Tropical
Jul	27	Warm
Aug	26	Warm
Sep	27	Warm
Oct	28	Warm
Nov	28	Tropical
Dec	29	Tropical

UV index in Malabo 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 Malabo peaks around April 10 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 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)	9	11	14	14	12	11	10	10	13	13	11	9
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

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

Air quality in Malabo 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 Malabo is worst in January — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.0× the cleanest month (September, 7 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)	59	56	30	22	14	14	14	11	7	9	16	46
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	59	Unhealthy
Feb	56	Unhealthy
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	14	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	7	Good
Oct	9	Good
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	46	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Malabo?

Malabo sits at 3.8°N, 8.8°E, 34 m above sea level, in Equatorial Guinea. The nearest listed city is Limbe, 56 km away.

Topography around Malabo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malabo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,371 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 4,005 m.

The land around Malabo is covered by artificial surfaces (44%) and water (43%) within 3 km, water (50%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and water (75%) and trees (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

101 m

artificial surfaces 44%

16 km

2,371 m

water 50%

80 km

4,005 m

water 75%

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

April weather nearby: Limbe 56 km · Buea 68 km · Mutengene 70 km · Tiko 73 km · Bamusso 79 km · Muyuka 92 km · Ekondo Titi 98 km · Souza Gare 107 km

Equatorial Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,615; 2025
Road deaths: 27.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
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 Malabo (3.7558°, 8.7817°, elevation 34 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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	27	26
2	27	26
3	27	26
4	27	26
5	27	26
6	27	26
7	27	26
8	27	26
9	27	26
10	27	26
11	27	26
12	27	26
13	27	25
14	27	25
15	27	25
16	27	25
17	27	25
18	27	25
19	27	25
20	27	25
21	27	25
22	27	25
23	27	25
24	27	25
25	27	25
26	27	25
27	27	25
28	27	25
29	27	25
30	27	25

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	90
2	90
3	90
4	90
5	90
6	90
7	90
8	90
9	90
10	90
11	90
12	90
13	90
14	90
15	90
16	90
17	90
18	91
19	91
20	91
21	91
22	91
23	92
24	92
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	92
29	92
30	92

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	64	36
2	64	36
3	64	36
4	64	36
5	64	36
6	65	35
7	65	35
8	66	34
9	66	34
10	66	34
11	67	33
12	67	33
13	67	33
14	67	33
15	67	33
16	68	32
17	68	32
18	68	32
19	69	31
20	69	31
21	70	30
22	70	30
23	71	29
24	71	29
25	72	28
26	72	28
27	73	27
28	73	27
29	74	26
30	75	25