Climate averages 1991–2020
Ladysmith 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 Ladysmith: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 11.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 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 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (62 km away). In April its highs average 22.8°C, 1.2°C cooler than Ladysmith, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Ladysmith ranks joint 26th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 83rd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Ladysmith is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 21.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 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
Ladysmith climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 172 | 18.9 | 13.714 h |
| February | 27.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 143 | 14.7 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 117 | 13.4 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 58 | 7.9 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 21 | 3.5 | 10.711 h |
| June | 19.4°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 14 | 2.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 16 | 2.3 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.2°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 28 | 4.4 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.3°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 100 | 13.7 | 12.813 h |
| November | 27.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 137 | 16.7 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.9°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 179 | 19.5 | 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
- Dundee, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 62 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Phuthaditjhaba in AprilSouth Africa · 94 kmHigh 19.9°C · Low 8.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in AprilSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Vryheid in AprilSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Bethlehem, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 149 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 9.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in AprilSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 60 mm rain
- KwaDukuza in AprilSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 69 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 Ladysmith) is explained once on the Ladysmith year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.