Climate averages 1991–2020
Molepolole weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Molepolole: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 14.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mogoditshane (45 km away). In April its highs average 26.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Molepolole, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 5 cities listed in Botswana, Molepolole ranks 5th of 5 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 5 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 5 cities is 27.1°C; Molepolole is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 23.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 26 mm to 12 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
Molepolole climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 80 | 11.1 | 13.513 h |
| February | 29.7°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 68 | 9.1 | 12.913 h |
| March | 28.4°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 26.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 26 | 3.9 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.5°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 12 | 1.5 | 11.011 h |
| June | 20.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 8.9 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 20.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 1.8 | 0.5 | 10.811 h |
| August | 24.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 8.9 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.6°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 30 | 5.3 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 60 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 77 | 11.8 | 13.614 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
- Mogoditshane in AprilBotswana · 45 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Gaborone in AprilBotswana · 50 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Mafikeng in AprilSouth Africa · 163 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Rustenburg in AprilSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Brits in AprilSouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 13.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Ga-Rankuwa in AprilSouth Africa · 286 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 12.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Bela Bela in AprilSouth Africa · 287 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Soshanguve in AprilSouth Africa · 288 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 13.3°C · 35 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 Molepolole) is explained once on the Molepolole year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.