Climate averages 1991–2020
Japekrom weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th 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 Japekrom: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berekum (26 km away). In April its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Japekrom, with 96 mm of rain.
Among the 26 cities listed in Ghana, Japekrom ranks 7th of 26 for the warmest April highs and 22nd of 26 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 26 cities is 32.6°C; Japekrom is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 106 mm to 105 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
Japekrom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.7°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 37 | 6.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 88 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 32.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 106 | 17.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 105 | 18.7 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 105 | 18.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 89 | 17.6 | 12.513 h |
| August | 27.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 108 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 142 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 110 | 20.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 50 | 9.9 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 3.4 | 11.712 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
- Berekum in AprilGhana · 26 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 96 mm rain
- Bondoukou in AprilIvory Coast · 52 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Sunyani in AprilGhana · 57 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Techiman in AprilGhana · 93 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 130 mm rain
- Abengourou in AprilIvory Coast · 123 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 94 mm rain
- Daoukro in AprilIvory Coast · 142 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 94 mm rain
- Ejura in AprilGhana · 159 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 24.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Kumasi in AprilGhana · 162 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.8°C · 103 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 Japekrom) is explained once on the Japekrom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.