Climate averages 1991–2020
Mafikeng 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 Mafikeng: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 12.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gaborone (137 km away). In April its highs average 26.5°C, 2.2°C warmer than Mafikeng, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mafikeng ranks joint 20th 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; Mafikeng is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 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
Mafikeng climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 90 | 14.7 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.7°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 90 | 12.3 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.2°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 71 | 10.6 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 40 | 5.7 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.9°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 18 | 2.3 | 10.911 h |
| June | 19.2°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 8.8 | 1.4 | 10.511 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 10.711 h |
| August | 22.5°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 7.2 | 1.4 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 13 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.8°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 45 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 29.0°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 69 | 11.4 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 87 | 14.3 | 13.714 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
- Gaborone in AprilBotswana · 137 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.5°C · 30 mm rain
- Mogoditshane in AprilBotswana · 139 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 14.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in AprilSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in AprilSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Stilfontein in AprilSouth Africa · 156 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Orkney in AprilSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Rustenburg in AprilSouth Africa · 162 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 13.2°C · 33 mm rain
- Molepolole in AprilBotswana · 163 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 26 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 Mafikeng) is explained once on the Mafikeng year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.