Climate averages 1991–2020
Gqeberha weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 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 Gqeberha: daytime highs average 21.8°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 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 Motherwell (19 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, 1.8°C warmer than Gqeberha, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Gqeberha ranks joint 69th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 49th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Gqeberha is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 38 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
Gqeberha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 34 | 6.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 24.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 38 | 6.9 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 44 | 7.4 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 21.8°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 43 | 7.5 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.8°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 38 | 6.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 41 | 6.5 | 9.910 h |
| July | 19.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 38 | 6.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 18.8°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 52 | 7.9 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.2°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 38 | 6.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 48 | 7.8 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.1°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 53 | 7.9 | 13.914 h |
| December | 22.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 42 | 6.9 | 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
- Motherwell in AprilSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Kariega in AprilSouth Africa · 30 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Grahamstown in AprilSouth Africa · 112 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Qonce in AprilSouth Africa · 204 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Bhisho in AprilSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Mdantsane in AprilSouth Africa · 231 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 mm rain
- East London in AprilSouth Africa · 238 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Queenstown in AprilSouth Africa · 258 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 47 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 Gqeberha) is explained once on the Gqeberha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.