Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimberley weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th 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 Kimberley: daytime highs average 24.9°C and nights cool to about 11.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bloemfontein (148 km away). In April its highs average 22.9°C, 2.0°C cooler than Kimberley, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Kimberley ranks joint 15th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 33rd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Kimberley is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 18 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
Kimberley climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| February | 31.0°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 63 | 10.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 29.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 63 | 10.1 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.9°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 41 | 6.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.6°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 18 | 3.0 | 10.711 h |
| June | 18.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 12 | 1.9 | 10.310 h |
| July | 18.5°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 5.4 | 1.0 | 10.510 h |
| August | 21.6°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 10 | 1.7 | 11.111 h |
| September | 26.2°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 13 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 33 | 5.8 | 12.813 h |
| November | 30.3°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 55 | 7.8 | 13.514 h |
| December | 32.2°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 61 | 9.5 | 13.914 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
- Bloemfontein in AprilSouth Africa · 148 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in AprilSouth Africa · 180 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Botshabelo in AprilSouth Africa · 200 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 52 mm rain
- Thaba Nchu in AprilSouth Africa · 209 kmHigh 21.5°C · Low 9.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Welkom in AprilSouth Africa · 210 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AprilSouth Africa · 212 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Virginia in AprilSouth Africa · 217 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AprilSouth Africa · 219 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°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 Kimberley) is explained once on the Kimberley year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.