Climate averages 1991–2020
Grand-Bassam weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: one of the 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 Grand-Bassam: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 25.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bingerville (23 km away). In April its highs average 29.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Grand-Bassam, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Grand-Bassam ranks 30th of 30 for the warmest April highs and 16th of 30 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 30 cities is 31.7°C; Grand-Bassam is 3.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 103 mm to 206 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
Grand-Bassam climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 47 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 55 | 16.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.6°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 78 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 103 | 21.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 206 | 27.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 26.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 250 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 25.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 129 | 19.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 25.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 64 | 14.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 25.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 88 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 107 | 24.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 93 | 24.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.1°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 63 | 18.9 | 11.812 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
- Bingerville in AprilIvory Coast · 23 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 24.7°C · 106 mm rain
- Koumassi in AprilIvory Coast · 27 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 25.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Abidjan in AprilIvory Coast · 33 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.8°C · 106 mm rain
- Anyama in AprilIvory Coast · 47 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 156 mm rain
- Dabou in AprilIvory Coast · 72 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 25.3°C · 95 mm rain
- Agboville in AprilIvory Coast · 95 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.0°C · 118 mm rain
- Adzopé in AprilIvory Coast · 100 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 130 mm rain
- Abengourou in AprilIvory Coast · 171 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.9°C · 94 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 Grand-Bassam) is explained once on the Grand-Bassam year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.