Itu weather in April

In April, Itu sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 215 mm of rain across 26.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-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 1% 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 Itu's 7th-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Itu's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 215 mm; 26.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:25 AM – 6:32 PM
Cloud cover: 88%; 7th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 3rd windiest
Solar energy: 4.46 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.4; 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 Itu reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than 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	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

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

How April really feels in Itu

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

4 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)

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.

Itu weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 5th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 23°	23	6.3	11.7	3.5
Feb	34° / 24°	45	10.6	11.8	2.7
Mar	33° / 24°	128	23.2	12	2.4
Apr	32° / 24°	215	26.5	12.1	2.4
May	31° / 24°	266	28.7	12.2	2.5
Jun	29° / 23°	318	29.1	12.3	2.8
Jul	28° / 23°	322	29.1	12.3	3.1
Aug	28° / 23°	301	28.8	12.2	3.1
Sep	29° / 23°	340	29.3	12	2.8
Oct	30° / 23°	324	30.2	11.9	2.6
Nov	31° / 23°	133	21.7	11.8	3.1
Dec	32° / 23°	27	7.2	11.7	4.0

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

	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 (%)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Cloudier (%)	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Itu gets around 215 mm of rain over 26.5 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 88% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	82	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	90	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	85
6	85
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	86
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	88
16	88
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	90
30	90

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 74% 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 (%)	31	31	31	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	27	27	26	25	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Miserable (%)	69	69	69	70	70	70	70	71	71	71	72	73	73	74	75	76	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78

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.

	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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	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 6:31 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:31 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	12.0	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	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	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	6:21	6:20	6:20
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:34	6:34	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	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31

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

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.46 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.42 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in January across the year — April's 4.46 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
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	4.7	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.6	Bright
9	4.6	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
14	4.5	Bright
15	4.5	Bright
16	4.4	Bright
17	4.4	Bright
18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Itu

In seasonPeak

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

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

Itu sees seasonal dust haze (December–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 Itu?

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

2.4

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Itu.

What to pack for Itu in April

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

In April, Itu sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Itu 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 Itu peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 1 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)	8	10	13	13	11	11	10	10	12	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Itu 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 Itu is worst in February — around 145 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (August, 44 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)	128	145	83	70	58	51	46	44	50	60	68	113
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	128	Unhealthy
Feb	145	Unhealthy
Mar	83	Unhealthy
Apr	70	Unhealthy
May	58	Unhealthy
Jun	51	Poor
Jul	46	Poor
Aug	44	Poor
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	60	Unhealthy
Nov	68	Unhealthy
Dec	113	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Itu?

Itu sits at 5.2°N, 8.0°E, 32 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Uyo, 18 km away.

Topography around Itu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Itu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 24 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,019 m.

The land around Itu is covered by trees (76%) within 3 km, trees (82%) within 16 km, and trees (83%) within 80 km.

3 km

94 m

trees 76%

16 km

144 m

trees 82%

80 km

1,019 m

trees 83%

treesgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves

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

April weather nearby: Uyo 18 km · Ikot Ekpene 30 km · Calabar 47 km · Ohafia-Ifigh 50 km · Esuk Oron 53 km · Bende 56 km · Eket 63 km · Umuahia 65 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 13% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,224; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 15.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 569
Religion

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 Itu (5.2013°, 7.9837°, elevation 32 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	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	24
16	32	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	85
6	85
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	86
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	88
16	88
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	90
30	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	85
6	85
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	86
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	88
16	88
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	90
30	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	9	91
6	9	91
7	9	91
8	9	91
9	8	92
10	8	92
11	7	93
12	7	93
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	5	95
29	5	95
30	5	95

	Rain chance (%)
1	82
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	85
6	85
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	86
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	88
16	88
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	90
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	90
30	90

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	31	69
2	31	69
3	31	69
4	30	70
5	30	70
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	29	71
9	29	71
10	29	71
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	27	73
14	26	74
15	25	75
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	23	77
19	23	77
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	22	78