Climate averages 1991–2020
Ferkessédougou weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in Ferkessédougou: daytime highs average 35.3°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 77 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Korhogo (50 km away). In April its highs average 35.4°C, about as warm as Ferkessédougou, with 72 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Ferkessédougou ranks 2nd of 30 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 30 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 30 cities is 31.7°C; Ferkessédougou is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 77 mm to 102 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
Ferkessédougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 41 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 35.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 102 | 16.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 100 | 16.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 21.8 | 12.613 h |
| August | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 205 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 176 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 11.612 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
- Korhogo in AprilIvory Coast · 50 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 23.9°C · 72 mm rain
- Banfora in AprilBurkina Faso · 126 kmHigh 37.1°C · Low 25.3°C · 49 mm rain
- Sikasso in AprilMali · 199 kmHigh 37.7°C · Low 25.7°C · 31 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in AprilBurkina Faso · 202 kmHigh 37.0°C · Low 25.1°C · 34 mm rain
- Bouaké in AprilIvory Coast · 212 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Séguéla in AprilIvory Coast · 244 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 23.3°C · 123 mm rain
- Houndé in AprilBurkina Faso · 280 kmHigh 38.5°C · Low 26.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Vavoua in AprilIvory Coast · 283 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 91 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 Ferkessédougou) is explained once on the Ferkessédougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.