Climate averages 1991–2020
Louis Trichardt weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry 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 Louis Trichardt: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 15.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 21 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (61 km away). In April its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Louis Trichardt, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Louis Trichardt ranks joint 6th of 95 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Louis Trichardt is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 23.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 21 mm to 10 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
Louis Trichardt climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 102 | 13.2 | 13.413 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 87 | 10.6 | 12.913 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 50 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.3°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 21 | 5.1 | 11.612 h |
| May | 23.7°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 10 | 1.9 | 11.011 h |
| June | 21.4°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 10.711 h |
| July | 21.0°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 5.1 | 0.9 | 10.911 h |
| August | 24.0°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 3.3 | 0.9 | 11.311 h |
| September | 27.2°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 9.7 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.1°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 22 | 4.6 | 12.613 h |
| November | 28.3°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 76 | 10.3 | 13.213 h |
| December | 28.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 103 | 13.4 | 13.514 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
- Thohoyandou in AprilSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Polokwane in AprilSouth Africa · 105 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Mokopane in AprilSouth Africa · 157 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Phalaborwa in AprilSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 20 mm rain
- Bela Bela in AprilSouth Africa · 263 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 13.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Somaroboro in AprilSouth Africa · 278 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 12.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Mbombela in AprilSouth Africa · 291 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Middelburg in AprilSouth Africa · 307 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 40 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 Louis Trichardt) is explained once on the Louis Trichardt year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.