Climate averages 1991–2020
George weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in George: daytime highs average 20.9°C and nights cool to about 13.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mossel Bay (38 km away). In April its highs average 22.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than George, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, George ranks joint 88th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 76th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; George is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 19.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 45 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
George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.4°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 51 | 9.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 23.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 42 | 8.2 | 13.313 h |
| March | 22.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 54 | 8.7 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 20.9°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 53 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 19.5°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 45 | 6.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 40 | 7.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 18.1°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 44 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 19.4°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 62 | 8.7 | 12.913 h |
| November | 20.5°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 70 | 9.3 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.3°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 9.1 | 14.414 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
- Mossel Bay in AprilSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in AprilSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Kariega in AprilSouth Africa · 272 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Motherwell in AprilSouth Africa · 289 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Gqeberha in AprilSouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Paarl in AprilSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in AprilSouth Africa · 332 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 56 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 George) is explained once on the George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.