Climate averages 1991–2020
Kariega weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 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 Kariega: daytime highs average 24.1°C and nights cool to about 14.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 6th 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 (18 km away). In April its highs average 23.6°C, 0.5°C cooler than Kariega, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kariega ranks joint 24th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 24th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Kariega is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 22.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 23 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
Kariega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.6°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 40 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 27.0°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 26.0°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.1°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 20.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 23 | 4.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 20.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 20.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.5°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.6°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 57 | 7.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 25.4°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 45 | 8.0 | 14.314 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 · 18 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Gqeberha in AprilSouth Africa · 30 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Grahamstown in AprilSouth Africa · 116 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Qonce in AprilSouth Africa · 209 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Bhisho in AprilSouth Africa · 215 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Mdantsane in AprilSouth Africa · 239 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 mm rain
- East London in AprilSouth Africa · 247 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Queenstown in AprilSouth Africa · 248 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 Kariega) is explained once on the Kariega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Motherwell lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.