Climate averages 1991–2020
Buchanan weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Buchanan: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 24.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 207 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Monrovia (95 km away). In April its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Buchanan, with 208 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Buchanan ranks 3rd of 3 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 29.6°C; Buchanan is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 207 mm to 284 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
Buchanan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 76 | 17.4 | 11.812 h |
| February | 28.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 106 | 21.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 28.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 167 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 207 | 27.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.6°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 284 | 30.1 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 362 | 29.3 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 300 | 27.0 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 390 | 26.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 26.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 403 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 305 | 30.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 166 | 26.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 28.6°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 88 | 21.2 | 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
- Monrovia in AprilLiberia · 95 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 208 mm rain
- Gbarnga in AprilLiberia · 140 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in AprilGuinea · 249 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Kenema in AprilSierra Leone · 256 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Danané in AprilIvory Coast · 260 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 114 mm rain
- Bo in AprilSierra Leone · 298 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AprilGuinea · 299 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Duekoué in AprilIvory Coast · 314 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.7°C · 104 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 Buchanan) is explained once on the Buchanan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.