Para weather in April

In April, Para sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 137 mm of rain across 23.4 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 2% 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 Para's 8th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Para's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 137 mm; 23.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:26 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 8th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.01 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.7; out of 10

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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 Para reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 1°C warmer than 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)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	22
19	32	22
20	32	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22

How April really feels in Para

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Para weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 3rd-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 21°	39	9.4	11.7	4.4
Feb	32° / 22°	67	13.8	11.8	3.4
Mar	32° / 22°	124	22.3	12	2.8
Apr	32° / 22°	137	23.4	12.1	2.7
May	31° / 22°	183	27.6	12.2	2.7
Jun	29° / 22°	178	25.4	12.3	3.3
Jul	28° / 22°	99	19.9	12.3	4.2
Aug	28° / 22°	112	20.6	12.2	4.1
Sep	29° / 22°	191	26.6	12	3.1
Oct	30° / 22°	184	28.4	11.9	2.8
Nov	31° / 22°	102	22.3	11.7	3.2
Dec	30° / 21°	50	11.9	11.7	4.5

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

	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 (%)	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12
Cloudier (%)	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Para gets around 137 mm of rain over 23.4 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 78% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	74	74	75	75	75	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	82	82	83	84	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	78
20	78
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83
29	84
30	84

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 82% 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 (%)	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	83	83	82	82	81	81	80	80	80	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81
Miserable (%)	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	19	19	20	20	20	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	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	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	6	calm
11	6	calm
12	6	calm
13	6	calm
14	6	calm
15	6	calm
16	6	calm
17	6	calm
18	6	calm
19	6	calm
20	6	calm
21	6	calm
22	6	calm
23	6	calm
24	6	calm
25	6	calm
26	6	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 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 6:33 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:35 PM to 6:32 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	12.1	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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:33	6:35
2	12.1	6:32	6:35
3	12.1	6:32	6:35
4	12.1	6:31	6:35
5	12.1	6:31	6:35
6	12.1	6:30	6:35
7	12.1	6:30	6:34
8	12.1	6:29	6:34
9	12.1	6:29	6:34
10	12.1	6:28	6:34
11	12.1	6:28	6:34
12	12.1	6:28	6:34
13	12.1	6:27	6:34
14	12.1	6:27	6:33
15	12.1	6:26	6:33
16	12.1	6:26	6:33
17	12.1	6:25	6:33
18	12.1	6:25	6:33
19	12.1	6:25	6:33
20	12.1	6:24	6:33
21	12.1	6:24	6:33
22	12.2	6:24	6:33
23	12.2	6:23	6:33
24	12.2	6:23	6:32
25	12.2	6:23	6:32
26	12.2	6:22	6:32
27	12.2	6:22	6:32
28	12.2	6:22	6:32
29	12.2	6:21	6:32
30	12.2	6:21	6:32

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.01 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.68 kWh/m² to a high of 5.01 kWh/m² in April across the year — April's 5.01 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8
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	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.1	Bright
11	5.1	Bright
12	5.1	Bright
13	5.1	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Para

In seasonPeak

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

Para sees seasonal dust haze (February), heaviest in February.

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Para?

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

2.7

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Para.

What to pack for Para in April

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

In April, Para sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Para 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 Para peaks around April 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (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)	11	13	12	14	12	11	9	11	13	12	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Para 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 Para is worst in January — around 44 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.5× the cleanest month (September, 8 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)	44	42	30	29	15	13	13	10	8	11	16	34
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	42	Poor
Mar	30	Moderate
Apr	29	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	13	Moderate
Jul	13	Moderate
Aug	10	Good
Sep	8	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	34	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Para?

Para sits at 5.5°N, 7.3°W, 145 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Petit Grabo, 28 km away.

Topography around Para

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Para has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 134 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 473 m.

The land around Para is covered by trees (71%) within 3 km, trees (84%) within 16 km, and trees (97%) within 80 km.

3 km

59 m

trees 71%

16 km

227 m

trees 84%

80 km

473 m

trees 97%

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

April weather nearby: Petit Grabo 28 km · Djapadji 62 km · Gnépasso 67 km · Dagadji 72 km · Gligbeuadji 78 km · Zagné 79 km · Oupoyo 82 km · Gagny 83 km

Ivory Coast travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 37% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,050; 2025
Happiness: 5.1 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 36%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 24.1; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 393

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 Para (5.5196°, -7.3275°, elevation 145 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	22
19	32	22
20	32	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	78
20	78
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83
29	84
30	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	22
19	32	22
20	32	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	78
20	78
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83
29	84
30	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	22
2	32	22
3	32	22
4	32	22
5	32	22
6	32	22
7	32	22
8	32	22
9	32	22
10	32	22
11	32	22
12	32	22
13	32	22
14	32	22
15	32	22
16	32	22
17	32	22
18	32	22
19	32	22
20	32	22
21	31	22
22	31	22
23	31	22
24	31	22
25	31	22
26	31	22
27	31	22
28	31	22
29	31	22
30	31	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	17	83
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	17	83
15	17	83
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	13	87
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	12	88
28	12	88
29	12	88
30	12	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	76
7	76
8	76
9	76
10	76
11	76
12	76
13	76
14	76
15	76
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	78
20	78
21	79
22	79
23	80
24	81
25	81
26	82
27	82
28	83
29	84
30	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	85	15
2	85	15
3	84	16
4	84	16
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	83	17
10	83	17
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	81	19
17	80	20
18	80	20
19	80	20
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	79	21
23	80	20
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	81	19
28	81	19
29	81	19
30	81	19