Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbabane weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Mbabane: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 12.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manzini (32 km away). In April its highs average 24.6°C, 2.9°C warmer than Mbabane, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 2 cities listed in Eswatini, Mbabane ranks 2nd of 2 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 2 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 2 cities is 23.2°C; Mbabane is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 20.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 78 mm to 32 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
Mbabane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 216 | 19.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 24.4°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 177 | 16.7 | 13.013 h |
| March | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 159 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 21.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 78 | 11.3 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 32 | 5.5 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.7°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 18 | 3.5 | 10.511 h |
| July | 18.5°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 18 | 3.9 | 10.711 h |
| August | 20.8°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.211 h |
| September | 23.1°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 57 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 112 | 15.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 23.7°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 171 | 18.6 | 13.413 h |
| December | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 208 | 19.9 | 13.814 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
- Manzini in AprilEswatini · 32 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Piet Retief in AprilSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Mbombela in AprilSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Ermelo in AprilSouth Africa · 117 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AprilMozambique · 130 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Matola in AprilMozambique · 138 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Maputo in AprilMozambique · 150 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Vryheid in AprilSouth Africa · 165 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 51 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 Mbabane) is explained once on the Mbabane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.