Climate averages 1991–2020
Mossel Bay weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 9th 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 Mossel Bay: daytime highs average 22.1°C and nights cool to about 14.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 15 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (38 km away). In April its highs average 20.9°C, 1.1°C cooler than Mossel Bay, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mossel Bay ranks joint 63rd of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 49th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Mossel Bay is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 20.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 43 mm to 40 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
Mossel Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.4°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 38 | 7.5 | 14.114 h |
| February | 24.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 30 | 6.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 23.7°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 41 | 7.4 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 22.1°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 43 | 6.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 40 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 19.0°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 37 | 6.9 | 9.910 h |
| July | 18.4°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 38 | 7.2 | 10.110 h |
| August | 18.5°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 47 | 7.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 33 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 20.5°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 43 | 7.4 | 12.913 h |
| November | 21.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 52 | 7.7 | 13.914 h |
| December | 23.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 14.414 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
- George in AprilSouth Africa · 38 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in AprilSouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Paarl in AprilSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in AprilSouth Africa · 303 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Kariega in AprilSouth Africa · 304 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Somerset West in AprilSouth Africa · 306 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Motherwell in AprilSouth Africa · 320 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°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 Mossel Bay) is explained once on the Mossel Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.