Climate averages 1991–2020
Botshabelo 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 Botshabelo: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 9.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 (13 km away). In April its highs average 21.5°C, 0.5°C cooler than Botshabelo, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Botshabelo ranks joint 63rd of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 73rd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Botshabelo is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 52 mm to 21 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
Botshabelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 102 | 13.5 | 13.814 h |
| February | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 87 | 13.0 | 13.113 h |
| March | 25.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 82 | 11.2 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 22.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 52 | 7.7 | 11.411 h |
| May | 19.0°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 21 | 3.4 | 10.711 h |
| June | 15.8°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 13 | 2.0 | 10.310 h |
| July | 16.1°C1.3°C | 1.3°C | 8.4 | 1.7 | 10.510 h |
| August | 19.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 18 | 2.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.0°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 16 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 53 | 7.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 77 | 9.2 | 13.614 h |
| December | 28.7°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 88 | 11.6 | 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 · 13 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in AprilSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Maseru in AprilLesotho · 74 kmHigh 20.6°C · Low 7.9°C · 68 mm rain
- Virginia in AprilSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Welkom in AprilSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AprilSouth Africa · 155 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AprilSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Kroonstad in AprilSouth Africa · 187 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 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 Botshabelo) is explained once on the Botshabelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Thaba Nchu lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.