Climate averages 1991–2020
Ressano Garcia weather
in April.
A hot, 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 hot month in Ressano Garcia: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 31 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matola (74 km away). In April its highs average 27.0°C, 1.5°C cooler than Ressano Garcia, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 22 cities listed in Mozambique, Ressano Garcia ranks joint 6th of 22 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 22 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 22 cities is 27.6°C; Ressano Garcia is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 30 mm to 14 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
Ressano Garcia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 99 | 10.6 | 13.514 h |
| February | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 88 | 10.2 | 13.013 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 61 | 8.6 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 28.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 30 | 5.2 | 11.512 h |
| May | 27.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 14 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 6.0 | 1.7 | 10.611 h |
| July | 25.1°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 5.5 | 1.0 | 10.711 h |
| August | 27.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 8.9 | 1.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 29.2°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 20 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 36 | 5.6 | 12.713 h |
| November | 30.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 71 | 9.0 | 13.313 h |
| December | 31.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 101 | 11.0 | 13.714 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
- Matola in AprilMozambique · 74 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Maputo in AprilMozambique · 83 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Mbombela in AprilSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Mbabane in AprilEswatini · 130 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Manzini in AprilEswatini · 133 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Xai-Xai in AprilMozambique · 171 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.0°C · 44 mm rain
- Chibuto in AprilMozambique · 176 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AprilSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 20 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 Ressano Garcia) is explained once on the Ressano Garcia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.