Duayaw-Nkwanta weather in April

In April, Duayaw-Nkwanta sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 108 mm of rain across 17.6 wet days and about 12.2 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 5% of the time in April, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Duayaw-Nkwanta's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Duayaw-Nkwanta's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
4th warmest
Overnight low
24°
11th coldest
Rainfall
108 mm
17.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:04 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
75%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.52 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Duayaw-Nkwanta is capital of Tano North Municipal in the Ahafo 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 Duayaw-Nkwanta 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 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and about 1°C warmer than May.

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How April really feels in Duayaw-Nkwanta

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.

Duayaw-Nkwanta 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°183.211.64.3
Feb34° / 23°426.611.83.2
Mar33° / 24°10015.9122.8
Apr32° / 24°10817.612.23.0
May31° / 23°11520.112.33.3
Jun29° / 23°1182112.43.7
Jul28° / 22°9818.612.44.5
Aug28° / 22°9918.712.24.7
Sep29° / 22°15124123.6
Oct30° / 22°13322.511.83.6
Nov31° / 22°6311.811.74.4
Dec31° / 22°203.911.65.1

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Duayaw-Nkwanta gets around 108 mm of rain over 17.6 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 59% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
156
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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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11954
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50964
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Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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 h 06 min 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 6 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:116:15
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312.16:106:15
412.16:106:14
512.16:096:14
612.16:096:14
712.16:086:14
812.16:086:14
912.16:076:14
1012.16:076:14
1112.16:066:14
1212.16:066:14
1312.16:056:14
1412.16:056:14
1512.26:046:13
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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 5.52 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.83 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.52 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 Duayaw-Nkwanta

In seasonPeak

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

Duayaw-Nkwanta sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Dust
Jan
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is April a good time to visit Duayaw-Nkwanta?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Duayaw-Nkwanta.

What to pack for Duayaw-Nkwanta in April

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

In April, Duayaw-Nkwanta sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Duayaw-Nkwanta 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 Duayaw-Nkwanta peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 10 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 13UV 13Jan 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Duayaw-Nkwanta 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 Duayaw-Nkwanta is worst in February — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.0× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyFeb 9101 µg/m³Aug 1617 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan97Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar45Poor
Apr39Poor
May23Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct25Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec82Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Duayaw-Nkwanta?

Duayaw-Nkwanta sits at 7.2°N, 2.1°W, 329 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Bechem, 12 km away.

NsoatreTechimanMimNkoranza

Topography around Duayaw-Nkwanta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Duayaw-Nkwanta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m around an average of 310 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 504 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 738 m.

The land around Duayaw-Nkwanta is covered by trees (69%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
89 m
16 km
504 m
80 km
738 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
April weather nearby: Bechem 12 km · Tepa 20 km · Sunyani 31 km · Atronie 34 km · Nsoatre 48 km · Techiman 49 km · Mim 59 km · Nkoranza 62 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 Duayaw-Nkwanta (7.1749°, -2.0996°, elevation 329 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).