Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapele weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th 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 Sapele: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 24.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 228 mm of rain on roughly 27 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 Warri (43 km away). In April its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Sapele, with 267 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sapele ranks joint 116th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 132nd of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Sapele is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 228 mm to 276 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
Sapele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 72 | 16.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 276 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 310 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 299 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 270 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 310 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 298 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 11.0 | 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
- Warri in AprilNigeria · 43 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 267 mm rain
- Benin City in AprilNigeria · 50 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 205 mm rain
- Ughelli in AprilNigeria · 58 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 258 mm rain
- Uromi in AprilNigeria · 115 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Atani in AprilNigeria · 119 kmHigh 32.0°C · Low 24.5°C · 130 mm rain
- Asaba in AprilNigeria · 121 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 24.8°C · 95 mm rain
- Onitsha in AprilNigeria · 126 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 24.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Yenagoa in AprilNigeria · 126 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.5°C · 249 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 Sapele) is explained once on the Sapele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.