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Will it rain today in Monrovia?

Should you take an umbrella in Monrovia? The forecast below loads live every time you open the page: rain now, when the next shower comes, and how much falls today and tomorrow.

Rain right now

Dry in Monrovia for now; rain expected from about 21:00. Today’s total: 3.7 mm over 9 wet hours. Tomorrow: 12 mm of rain.

Rain now0.1 mm/hdry
Next rain21:00Today
Today3.7 mm9 wet hours
Tomorrow12 mm18 wet hours

As of 2026-10-16 17:35 UTC (NOAA GFS snapshot). Updating live…

Rain every 3 hours, today and tomorrow

Today · Friday 16 October

3.7 mm of rain, 9 wet hours, up to 0.6 mm/h. (the forecast covers part of the day)

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
09:00–12:001.70.6light · rain
12:00–15:000.90.3light · rain
15:00–18:000.20.1dry
18:00–21:000.10dry
21:00–00:000.90.3light · rain

Tomorrow · Saturday 17 October

12 mm of rain, 18 wet hours, up to 1.5 mm/h.

Every 3 hours as a table
HoursRain (mm)mm/hType
00:00–03:004.41.5light · rain
03:00–06:003.11.0light · rain
06:00–09:001.30.4light · rain
09:00–12:001.30.4light · rain
12:00–15:001.20.4light · rain
15:00–18:000.70.2light · rain
18:00–21:000.10dry
21:00–00:000.30.1dry

Times in local time (Africa/Monrovia). Each bar is the rain over 3 hours; striped bars are snow.

Rain map around Monrovia

The same NOAA GFS precipitation on the map, moving hour by hour: blue light, darker heavy. Tap for the value.

Open the rain map on Monrovia

How much it rains in Monrovia, month by month

Monrovia gets about 1,719 mm of rain a year. The wettest month is August (399 mm), the driest January (11 mm); a normal October brings 210 mm.

Average monthly rain and snow (water equivalent) 2001–2025, NASA POWER (MERRA-2 reanalysis, public domain), on a ~50 km grid: mountains and coasts can differ locally.

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Questions

Will it rain today in Monrovia?
At 16 October 2026 the forecast said: Dry in Monrovia for now; rain expected from about 21:00. Today’s total: 3.7 mm over 9 wet hours. Tomorrow: 12 mm of rain. The box at the top of the page loads the latest NOAA GFS forecast every time you open it, with the time the next rain starts.
How much does it rain in Monrovia?
About 1,719 mm a year on average (2001–2025). August is the wettest month with 399 mm, January the driest with 11 mm.
What do the rain amounts mean?
1 mm is a litre of water per square metre. Under 2.5 mm an hour is light rain (a drizzle to a steady rain), 2.5–7.6 moderate, above 7.6 heavy: you get soaked in minutes and streets can flood.
How accurate is the forecast?
It is the global NOAA GFS model on a 0.25° grid every 3 hours: good at telling a rainy day from a dry one, less at placing a single summer thunderstorm. Check the rain map for the showers moving around Monrovia.

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How this page works

The rain is the one the rain layer of the map paints: NOAA GFS forecast (public domain), precipitation rate averaged over 3 hours, read at Monrovia and summed per local day. Rain or snow comes from the GFS precipitation type. The monthly normals are NASA POWER. No third-party weather service.