Climate averages 1991–2020
Mdantsane weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mdantsane: daytime highs average 23.3°C and nights cool to about 15.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 18 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is East London (16 km away). In April its highs average 23.7°C, about as warm as Mdantsane, with 85 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mdantsane ranks joint 45th of 95 for the warmest April highs and 88th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Mdantsane is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 22.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 25 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
Mdantsane climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 76 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 25.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 80 | 10.6 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 82 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 23.3°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 73 | 8.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.4°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 25 | 4.6 | 10.510 h |
| June | 20.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 25 | 3.5 | 10.010 h |
| July | 20.9°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 28 | 4.1 | 10.210 h |
| August | 21.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 38 | 6.0 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.7°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 48 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 65 | 10.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 77 | 10.7 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.4°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 14.314 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
- East London in AprilSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Bhisho in AprilSouth Africa · 33 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Qonce in AprilSouth Africa · 36 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Grahamstown in AprilSouth Africa · 123 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Queenstown in AprilSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Mthatha in AprilSouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Motherwell in AprilSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Gqeberha in AprilSouth Africa · 231 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 43 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 Mdantsane) is explained once on the Mdantsane year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.