Winneba weather in April

In April, Winneba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 59 mm of rain across 14 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in April, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Winneba's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Winneba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
1st warmest
Overnight low
27°
11th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
14 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:59 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
63%
8th clearest
Wind
17 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Winneba is town 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 28°C through the month.

A typical April day in Winneba reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°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 29°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

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How April really feels in Winneba

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.

Winneba weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 1st-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 26°154.511.77.5
Feb28° / 26°185.411.87.1
Mar28° / 27°318.9126.0
Apr28° / 27°591412.15.3
May28° / 26°15223.912.24.3
Jun26° / 25°20322.412.34.6
Jul25° / 24°7110.612.36.6
Aug24° / 23°224.912.27.6
Sep25° / 24°378.8127.0
Oct26° / 25°641511.96.1
Nov28° / 26°4914.311.86.0
Dec28° / 26°268.611.77.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% 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 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24852
34852
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54852
64951
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94852
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114852
124753
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Winneba gets around 59 mm of rain over 14 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 46% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
133
234
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436
537
639
740
841
941
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2050
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2960
3061

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 95% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1496
2496
3496
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6496
7496
8595
9595
10595
11595
12595
13595
14595
15694
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30892

Wind in April

Winds average 17 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 16 km/h on the calmest days to 18 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
118light breeze
218light breeze
318light breeze
418light breeze
518light breeze
617light breeze
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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 6:06 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:05 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:066:08
212.06:056:08
312.16:056:08
412.16:046:08
512.16:046:08
612.16:046:08
712.16:036:07
812.16:036:07
912.16:026:07
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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 6.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in March across the year — April's 6.09 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.2Intense
26.2Intense
36.2Intense
46.2Intense
56.2Intense
66.2Intense
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146.1Intense
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196.0Intense
206.0Intense
216.0Intense
226.0Bright
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246.0Bright
255.9Bright
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Winneba

In seasonPeak

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

Winneba's monsoon runs May–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is April a good time to visit Winneba?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
6.1
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Winneba for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Winneba in April

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

In April, Winneba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes, rain gear and sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Winneba in April

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in April — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in May at about 28°C and coldest in August near 23°C.

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

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr28Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul24Warm
Aug23Refreshing
Sep24Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Winneba 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 Winneba peaks around March 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 22UV 13Dec 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Winneba 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 Winneba is worst in January — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.6× the cleanest month (October, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorJan 1865 µg/m³Oct 1012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan67Unhealthy
Feb54Poor
Mar30Moderate
Apr28Moderate
May16Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep12Moderate
Oct12Good
Nov17Moderate
Dec49Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Winneba?

Winneba sits at 5.4°N, 0.6°W, 25 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Apam, 15 km away.

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Topography around Winneba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Winneba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 765 m.

The land around Winneba is covered by grassland (32%), water (27%) and artificial surfaces (26%) within 3 km, water (45%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and water (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
66 m
16 km
270 m
80 km
765 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
April weather nearby: Apam 15 km · Swedru 22 km · Buduburam 25 km · Kasoa 31 km · Amanfrom 32 km · Mandela 39 km · Gbawe 43 km · Mankesim 44 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 Winneba (5.3511°, -0.6231°, elevation 25 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).