Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbombela weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mbombela: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 14.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 53 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 31 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbabane (95 km away). In April its highs average 21.8°C, 3.5°C cooler than Mbombela, with 78 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mbombela ranks 9th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 76th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Mbombela is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 23.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 53 mm to 19 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
Mbombela climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.8°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 155 | 17.5 | 13.514 h |
| February | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 135 | 15.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 27.1°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 107 | 14.0 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 25.2°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 53 | 8.4 | 11.512 h |
| May | 23.8°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 19 | 3.5 | 10.911 h |
| June | 21.9°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 9.0 | 2.3 | 10.611 h |
| July | 21.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 12 | 2.6 | 10.711 h |
| August | 23.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 17 | 3.8 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 34 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 71 | 13.3 | 12.713 h |
| November | 27.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 122 | 16.3 | 13.313 h |
| December | 27.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 151 | 18.4 | 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
- Mbabane in AprilEswatini · 95 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AprilMozambique · 103 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Manzini in AprilEswatini · 121 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Ermelo in AprilSouth Africa · 153 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Middelburg in AprilSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Matola in AprilMozambique · 159 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Maputo in AprilMozambique · 171 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 42 mm rain
- Piet Retief in AprilSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 48 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 Mbombela) is explained once on the Mbombela year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.