Owando weather in April

In April, Owando sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 149 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Owando's 9th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Owando's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 3rd warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 149 mm; 23.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:57 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.2 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.9; out of 10

Owando is town.

Density: 94/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1903

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical April day in Owando reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with 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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How April really feels in Owando

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.

Owando weather by month

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

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 22°	81	15.4	12	3.7
Feb	32° / 22°	107	16.5	12	3.2
Mar	32° / 23°	145	21.4	12	3.0
Apr	31° / 23°	149	23.2	12	2.9
May	31° / 23°	121	21.8	12	3.4
Jun	30° / 22°	59	13.3	12	4.6
Jul	29° / 22°	49	12.3	12	5.0
Aug	30° / 22°	79	17.2	12	4.2
Sep	30° / 22°	131	23.6	12	3.3
Oct	30° / 22°	183	27.1	12	3.0
Nov	30° / 22°	174	24.4	12	3.2
Dec	30° / 22°	112	19.9	12	3.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 79%.

	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 (%)	23	23	23	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	22
Cloudier (%)	77	77	77	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	80	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	78

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	22	78
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	22	78

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Owando gets around 149 mm of rain over 23.2 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 77% and peaks near 79% 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 (%)	71	71	72	72	73	74	75	75	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	79
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	78
29	78
30	78

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 89% 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 (%)	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	88
Miserable (%)	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12

Wind in April

Winds average 5 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
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6	5	calm
7	5	calm
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16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:01 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 5:53 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	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54
Sunset (PM)	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:01	6:01
2	12.0	6:01	6:01
3	12.0	6:01	6:00
4	12.0	6:00	6:00
5	12.0	6:00	6:00
6	12.0	6:00	5:59
7	12.0	5:59	5:59
8	12.0	5:59	5:59
9	12.0	5:59	5:58
10	12.0	5:59	5:58
11	12.0	5:58	5:58
12	12.0	5:58	5:57
13	12.0	5:58	5:57
14	12.0	5:57	5:57
15	12.0	5:57	5:57
16	12.0	5:57	5:56
17	12.0	5:57	5:56
18	12.0	5:56	5:56
19	12.0	5:56	5:56
20	12.0	5:56	5:55
21	12.0	5:56	5:55
22	12.0	5:56	5:55
23	12.0	5:55	5:55
24	12.0	5:55	5:54
25	12.0	5:55	5:54
26	12.0	5:55	5:54
27	12.0	5:55	5:54
28	12.0	5:55	5:54
29	12.0	5:54	5:53
30	12.0	5:54	5:53

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.2 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 5.2 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)	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.2	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Owando?

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

2.9

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Owando.

What to pack for Owando in April

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

In April, Owando sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Owando in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Owando peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 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)	12	12	13	12	11	8	8	9	12	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Owando 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 Owando is worst in August — around 41 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.0× the cleanest month (October, 10 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)	29	34	24	18	21	30	39	41	17	10	14	23
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	29	Moderate
Feb	34	Moderate
Mar	24	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	21	Moderate
Jun	30	Moderate
Jul	39	Poor
Aug	41	Poor
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	10	Good
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	23	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Owando?

Owando sits at 0.5°S, 15.9°E, 355 m above sea level, in Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Makoua, 62 km away.

Topography around Owando

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Owando has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 324 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 173 m.

The land around Owando is covered by trees (53%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, trees (67%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

49 m

trees 53%

16 km

101 m

trees 67%

80 km

173 m

trees 73%

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

April weather nearby: Makoua 62 km · Oyo 76 km · Mossaka 129 km · Gamboma 155 km · Bolobo 190 km · Pokola 215 km · Ouesso 234 km · Djambala 262 km

Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,515; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 46%; of population, 2021
Road deaths: 29.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
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 Owando (-0.4819°, 15.8999°, elevation 355 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	31	23
2	31	23
3	31	23
4	31	23
5	31	23
6	31	23
7	31	23
8	31	23
9	31	23
10	31	23
11	31	23
12	31	23
13	31	23
14	31	23
15	31	23
16	31	23
17	31	23
18	31	23
19	31	23
20	31	23
21	31	23
22	31	23
23	31	23
24	31	23
25	31	23
26	31	23
27	31	23
28	31	23
29	31	23
30	31	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	22	78
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	79
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	78
29	78
30	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	22	78
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	79
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	78
29	78
30	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	23	77
2	23	77
3	23	77
4	22	78
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	20	80
11	20	80
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	20	80
15	20	80
16	20	80
17	20	80
18	20	80
19	19	81
20	19	81
21	19	81
22	20	80
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	21	79
29	21	79
30	22	78

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	74
7	75
8	75
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	79
19	79
20	79
21	79
22	79
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	78
29	78
30	78

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	90	10
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	89	11
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	89	11
14	89	11
15	89	11
16	89	11
17	89	11
18	89	11
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	89	11
22	89	11
23	89	11
24	89	11
25	89	11
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	88	12
29	88	12
30	88	12