Climate averages 1991–2020
Malabo weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Malabo: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 26.1°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (56 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 0.5°C cooler than Malabo, with 281 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Malabo ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 28.9°C; Malabo is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 188 mm to 273 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
Malabo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 52 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 73 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 165 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 188 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 273 | 29.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 388 | 29.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 446 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 431 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 384 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 297 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 171 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 62 | 18.2 | 11.912 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
- Limbe in AprilCameroon · 56 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.0°C · 281 mm rain
- Buea in AprilCameroon · 68 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 282 mm rain
- Tiko in AprilCameroon · 73 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 281 mm rain
- Douala in AprilCameroon · 107 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 284 mm rain
- Kumba in AprilCameroon · 123 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 221 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in AprilNigeria · 130 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 24.6°C · 268 mm rain
- Calabar in AprilNigeria · 143 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 281 mm rain
- Edéa in AprilCameroon · 150 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.2°C · 244 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 Malabo) is explained once on the Malabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.