New Yekepa weather in April

In April, New Yekepa sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 140 mm of rain across 21.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°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 h 06 min at the start of April to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is New Yekepa's 7th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see New Yekepa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
12th coldest
Rainfall
140 mm
21.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:29 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
80%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

New Yekepa is place in Nimba County, Liberia.

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 30°C through the month.

A typical April day in New Yekepa reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and on par with May.

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How April really feels in New Yekepa

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.

New Yekepa weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 19°295.311.65.2
Feb32° / 21°609.311.84.1
Mar31° / 22°12018.311.93.6
Apr30° / 22°14021.312.23.4
May29° / 22°19425.212.33.3
Jun28° / 21°22627.112.43.5
Jul27° / 21°23427.812.43.7
Aug27° / 21°2972812.23.7
Sep28° / 21°30229123.4
Oct29° / 21°20527.911.83.3
Nov29° / 20°9618.711.74.3
Dec30° / 19°276.111.65.8

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 11% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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

Any precipitation

New Yekepa gets around 140 mm of rain over 21.3 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 71% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 18 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 6:37 AM to 6:24 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 4.87 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.44 kWh/m² to a high of 5.32 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 4.87 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for New Yekepa

In seasonPeak

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

New Yekepa's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

New Yekepa sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
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Dec

Is April a good time to visit New Yekepa?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in New Yekepa.

What to pack for New Yekepa in April

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

In April, New Yekepa sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in New Yekepa 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 New Yekepa peaks around March 18 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 18UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in New Yekepa 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 New Yekepa is worst in February — around 84 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.5× the cleanest month (August, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateGoodModeratePoorFeb 1582 µg/m³Aug 2110 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan65Unhealthy
Feb84Unhealthy
Mar66Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May26Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul12Moderate
Aug10Good
Sep11Good
Oct17Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec45Poor
Location & terrain

Where is New Yekepa?

New Yekepa sits at 7.6°N, 8.5°W, 510 m above sea level, in Liberia. The nearest listed city is Lola, 25 km away.

SanniquellieNzérékoréDananéGantaSaclepeaMahapleuZouan-Hounien

Topography around New Yekepa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around New Yekepa has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 435 m around an average of 553 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,383 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,503 m.

The land around New Yekepa is covered by trees (74%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
435 m
16 km
1,383 m
80 km
1,503 m
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April weather nearby: Lola 25 km · Sanniquellie 31 km · Nzérékoré 37 km · Danané 55 km · Ganta 62 km · Saclepea 76 km · Mahapleu 78 km · Zouan-Hounien 82 km

Liberia travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type A / B
120 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 0% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$915
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
3.1
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
38.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Christian 85%Muslim 12%none 3%Traditional 1%

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 New Yekepa (7.5794°, -8.5378°, elevation 510 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).