Climate averages 1991–2020
Maseru 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 Maseru: daytime highs average 20.6°C and nights cool to about 7.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thaba Nchu (64 km away). In April its highs average 21.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Maseru, with 52 mm of rain.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 17.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 29 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
Maseru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 143 | 15.6 | 13.814 h |
| February | 25.8°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 117 | 13.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 107 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 20.6°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 68 | 8.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 17.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 29 | 4.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 14.6°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 17 | 2.5 | 10.310 h |
| July | 14.9°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 10 | 2.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 18.0°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 25 | 3.3 | 11.111 h |
| September | 22.6°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 24 | 3.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 84 | 9.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 25.1°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 112 | 11.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 26.3°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 142 | 14.0 | 14.014 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
- Thaba Nchu in AprilSouth Africa · 64 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Botshabelo in AprilSouth Africa · 74 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in AprilSouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 145 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Virginia in AprilSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in AprilSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Welkom in AprilSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AprilSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 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 Maseru) is explained once on the Maseru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.