Kpandu weather in April

In April, Kpandu sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 73 mm of rain across 15 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-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 miserable.

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 Kpandu's 7th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kpandu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
73 mm
15 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:54 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
71%
7th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.89 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Kpandu is town in Kpando Municipal District, 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 Kpandu reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 6°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How April really feels in Kpandu

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
19 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
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.

Kpandu weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 3rd-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 25°122.811.65.1
Feb33° / 26°20511.84.1
Mar33° / 26°5210.7123.6
Apr32° / 26°731512.13.4
May31° / 25°12521.312.33.3
Jun29° / 25°17324.712.43.4
Jul28° / 24°17524.212.43.9
Aug28° / 24°18223.412.24.2
Sep29° / 24°21226.3123.4
Oct30° / 24°16425.911.83.3
Nov31° / 25°6014.111.74.2
Dec31° / 25°153.611.65.4

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 68%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13961
23961
33961
43862
53862
63862
73862
83862
93763
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113763
123664
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Kpandu gets around 73 mm of rain over 15 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 50% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

0%20%40%60%151015202530
Rain chance (%)
140
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341
442
543
643
744
845
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Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the miserable band about 73% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
12872
22773
32773
42773
52773
62773
72773
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112773
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Wind in April

Winds average 9 km/h in April, the windiest month of the year.

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
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
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89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
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159calm
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309calm

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 6:02 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:03 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202530
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:026:05
212.16:016:05
312.16:016:05
412.16:006:05
512.16:006:05
612.15:596:05
712.15:596:05
812.15:586:04
912.15:586:04
1012.15:576:04
1112.15:576:04
1212.15:566:04
1312.15:566:04
1412.15:556:04
1512.15:556:04
1612.25:546:04
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1912.25:536:03
2012.25:536:03
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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 5.89 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6 kWh/m² in March across the year — April's 5.89 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Intense
66.0Bright
76.0Bright
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96.0Bright
106.0Bright
116.0Bright
126.0Bright
135.9Bright
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Kpandu

In seasonPeak

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

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

Kpandu sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), 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 Kpandu?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kpandu.

What to pack for Kpandu in April

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

In April, Kpandu sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kpandu 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 Kpandu peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kpandu 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 Kpandu is worst in January — around 145 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.5× the cleanest month (September, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 16139 µg/m³Sep 1019 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan145Unhealthy
Feb94Unhealthy
Mar41Poor
Apr37Poor
May23Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct23Moderate
Nov33Moderate
Dec103Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kpandu?

Kpandu sits at 7.0°N, 0.3°E, 153 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Hohoe, 26 km away.

HoBadouNotséBegoroAtakpaméAkatsi

Topography around Kpandu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kpandu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 169 m around an average of 155 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 360 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 960 m.

The land around Kpandu is covered by trees (44%) and shrubs (28%) within 3 km, trees (36%), water (32%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and trees (35%) and shrubs (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
169 m
16 km
360 m
80 km
960 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
April weather nearby: Hohoe 26 km · Kpalimé 39 km · Ho 48 km · Badou 74 km · Notsé 97 km · Begoro 100 km · Atakpamé 110 km · Akatsi 111 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 Kpandu (6.9954°, 0.2931°, elevation 153 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).