Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Gabon weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th 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 Moanda, Gabon: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Franceville (43 km away). In April its highs average 29.5°C, about as warm as Moanda, Gabon, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Moanda, Gabon ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 29.4°C; Moanda, Gabon is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 121 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
Moanda, Gabon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 137 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 136 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 148 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 140 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 121 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 41 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 29 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 49 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 106 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 189 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 185 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 158 | 23.9 | 12.212 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
- Franceville in AprilGabon · 43 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 165 mm rain
- Nkayi in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Dolisie in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 299 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 180 mm rain
- Brazzaville in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 379 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 386 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Kinshasa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Oyem in AprilGabon · 395 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Masina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 397 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 186 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 Moanda) is explained once on the Moanda, Gabon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.