Climate averages 1991–2020
Bothaville weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet 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 Bothaville: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Orkney (46 km away). In April its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Bothaville, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Bothaville ranks joint 20th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 52nd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Bothaville is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 19 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
Bothaville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 94 | 12.7 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 73 | 11.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 62 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.3°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 44 | 6.5 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.4°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 19 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.4°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 12 | 1.5 | 10.410 h |
| July | 18.6°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 5.0 | 0.7 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.9°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 14 | 1.9 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.5°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 14 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.3°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 68 | 9.4 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 89 | 12.8 | 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
- Orkney in AprilSouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AprilSouth Africa · 51 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AprilSouth Africa · 54 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in AprilSouth Africa · 60 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Stilfontein in AprilSouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Welkom in AprilSouth Africa · 66 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Kroonstad in AprilSouth Africa · 68 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Virginia in AprilSouth Africa · 83 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.2°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 Bothaville) is explained once on the Bothaville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.