Climate averages 1991–2020

Bouar weather
in April.

A hot, very wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.0°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 20.5°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 183 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bouar · average highYear overview

April is a hot month in Bouar: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Carnot (115 km away). In April its highs average 30.5°C, 1.5°C warmer than Bouar, with 176 mm of rain.

Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bouar ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 7 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 7 cities is 30.9°C; Bouar is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 183 mm to 200 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 3000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bouar climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bouar, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 32.6°C19.6°C19.6°C2.10.411.812 h
February 33.5°C20.7°C20.7°C9.21.711.912 h
March 31.6°C21.1°C21.1°C6711.312.112 h
April, selected 29.0°C20.5°C20.5°C18322.212.212 h
May 27.7°C19.8°C19.8°C20024.512.412 h
June 26.5°C19.0°C19.0°C17424.212.512 h
July 25.6°C18.4°C18.4°C18525.412.412 h
August 25.6°C18.4°C18.4°C24627.412.312 h
September 26.1°C18.3°C18.3°C27527.612.212 h
October 26.9°C18.6°C18.6°C21425.012.012 h
November 29.1°C18.9°C18.9°C407.211.912 h
December 31.5°C19.1°C19.1°C2.60.411.812 h

Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.

Compare places

April in nearby cities

Distance from Bouar

Read the numbers correctly

Climate, not a promise.

These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.

Sources, method and limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bouar) is explained once on the Bouar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.