Climate averages 1991–2020
Bata weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bata: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kribi (120 km away). In April its highs average 28.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Bata, with 246 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Bata ranks 1st of 3 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 28.9°C; Bata is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 256 mm to 265 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Bata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 164 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 169 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 236 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 265 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 110 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 26.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 96 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 245 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 335 | 30.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 325 | 29.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 213 | 29.7 | 12.012 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
- Kribi in AprilCameroon · 120 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 246 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in AprilEquatorial Guinea · 121 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 260 mm rain
- Libreville in AprilGabon · 167 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.6°C · 261 mm rain
- Owendo in AprilGabon · 177 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 255 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AprilCameroon · 192 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Oyem in AprilGabon · 204 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Edéa in AprilCameroon · 219 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Malabo in AprilEquatorial Guinea · 237 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 26.1°C · 188 mm rain
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 limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bata) is explained once on the Bata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.