Climate averages 1991–2020
Libreville weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Libreville: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 261 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Owendo (13 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Libreville, with 255 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Libreville ranks 4th of 6 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 29.4°C; Libreville is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 261 mm to 244 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
Libreville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 250 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.0°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 218 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 270 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.3°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 261 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 28.8°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 244 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 82 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 33 | 6.8 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 35 | 8.2 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 151 | 21.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 358 | 30.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 393 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 316 | 30.2 | 12.112 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
- Owendo in AprilGabon · 13 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 255 mm rain
- Port-Gentil in AprilGabon · 144 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 24.9°C · 161 mm rain
- Bata in AprilEquatorial Guinea · 167 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 256 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in AprilEquatorial Guinea · 203 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 260 mm rain
- Oyem in AprilGabon · 272 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Kribi in AprilCameroon · 287 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 24.8°C · 246 mm rain
- São Tomé in AprilSao Tome and Principe · 303 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.7°C · 130 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AprilCameroon · 337 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 207 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 Libreville) is explained once on the Libreville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.