Assin Foso weather in April

In April, Assin Foso sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 112 mm of rain across 21.7 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 6th-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 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Assin Foso's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Assin Foso's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
10th coldest
Rainfall
112 mm
21.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:03 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
79%
7th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.05 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.8
out of 10

Assin Foso is town and Municipal Capital in Central Region, Ghana.

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 Assin Foso reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 1°C warmer than May.

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How April really feels in Assin Foso

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.

Assin Foso weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°317.911.74.2
Feb33° / 24°531211.83.2
Mar33° / 24°10820.6122.7
Apr32° / 24°11221.712.12.8
May31° / 23°15926.312.32.8
Jun29° / 23°17326.512.33.2
Jul28° / 22°11922.612.33.9
Aug28° / 22°8820.312.24.2
Sep29° / 23°13425.1123.4
Oct30° / 23°15226.411.93.1
Nov31° / 23°8518.811.73.5
Dec31° / 23°389.811.74.5

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 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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

Any precipitation

Assin Foso gets around 112 mm of rain over 21.7 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 72% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
166
266
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768
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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 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15545
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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
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:13 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:106:13
212.16:096:13
312.16:096:12
412.16:086:12
512.16:086:12
612.16:076:12
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2012.16:016:10
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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 3.7 kWh/m² to a high of 5.06 kWh/m² in March across the year — April's 5.05 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Assin Foso

In seasonPeak

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

Assin Foso sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Dust
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Is April a good time to visit Assin Foso?

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

2.8
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Assin Foso.

What to pack for Assin Foso in April

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

In April, Assin Foso sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Assin Foso 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 Assin Foso peaks around March 24 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 highMar 24UV 13Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Assin Foso 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 Assin Foso is worst in January — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 1878 µg/m³Aug 2318 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan79Unhealthy
Feb72Unhealthy
Mar42Poor
Apr39Poor
May24Moderate
Jun22Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec67Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Assin Foso?

Assin Foso sits at 5.7°N, 1.6°W, 107 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Twifu Praso, 15 km away.

FosoObuasiTarkwaPresteaShama JunctionElmina

Topography around Assin Foso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Assin Foso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 78 m around an average of 99 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 783 m.

The land around Assin Foso is covered by trees (88%) within 3 km, trees (95%) within 16 km, and trees (95%) within 80 km.

3 km
78 m
16 km
307 m
80 km
783 m
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April weather nearby: Twifu Praso 15 km · Dunkwa 32 km · Foso 40 km · Obuasi 56 km · Tarkwa 58 km · Prestea 62 km · Shama Junction 76 km · Elmina 76 km

Ghana travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type D / G
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 38% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,257
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
43%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
25.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 540
Religion
Christian 71%Muslim 20%other 5%traditionalist 3%

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 Assin Foso (5.7°, -1.65°, elevation 107 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).