Climate averages 1991–2020
Yenagoa weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Yenagoa: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 249 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ogbia (27 km away). In April its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Yenagoa, with 259 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Yenagoa ranks joint 120th of 143 for the warmest April highs and 137th of 143 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 143 cities is 33.4°C; Yenagoa is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 249 mm to 305 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
Yenagoa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 61 | 12.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 32.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 98 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.2°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 202 | 27.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 249 | 27.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 305 | 29.7 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 338 | 29.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 324 | 28.9 | 12.412 h |
| August | 27.7°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 247 | 28.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 340 | 29.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 374 | 30.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 210 | 25.3 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 64 | 13.6 | 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
- Ogbia in AprilNigeria · 27 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 24.6°C · 259 mm rain
- Ughelli in AprilNigeria · 69 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 24.1°C · 258 mm rain
- Buguma in AprilNigeria · 69 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 24.9°C · 245 mm rain
- Port Harcourt in AprilNigeria · 84 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 231 mm rain
- Warri in AprilNigeria · 87 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 24.3°C · 267 mm rain
- Okrika in AprilNigeria · 93 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 24.9°C · 231 mm rain
- Owerri in AprilNigeria · 105 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.6°C · 213 mm rain
- Ihiala in AprilNigeria · 122 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 187 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 Yenagoa) is explained once on the Yenagoa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.