Climate averages 1991–2020
Monrovia weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: one of 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 Monrovia: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 24.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 26 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 Buchanan (95 km away). In April its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Monrovia, with 207 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Monrovia ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 3 cities is 29.6°C; Monrovia is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 208 mm to 321 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
Monrovia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 83 | 17.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 103 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 161 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 208 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 321 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 492 | 29.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 419 | 26.8 | 12.412 h |
| August | 26.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 492 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 530 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 358 | 30.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 192 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 105 | 23.0 | 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
- Buchanan in AprilLiberia · 95 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 24.7°C · 207 mm rain
- Gbarnga in AprilLiberia · 166 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 133 mm rain
- Kenema in AprilSierra Leone · 181 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.6°C · 114 mm rain
- Bo in AprilSierra Leone · 212 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.6°C · 120 mm rain
- Koidu in AprilSierra Leone · 261 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AprilGuinea · 262 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in AprilGuinea · 272 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Danané in AprilIvory Coast · 311 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 114 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 Monrovia) is explained once on the Monrovia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.