Climate averages 1991–2020
Motherwell weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 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 Motherwell: daytime highs average 23.6°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kariega (18 km away). In April its highs average 24.1°C, 0.5°C warmer than Motherwell, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Motherwell ranks joint 37th 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; Motherwell is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 22.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 mm to 23 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
Motherwell climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 40 | 7.9 | 14.114 h |
| February | 26.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 44 | 7.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 25.3°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 47 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 23.6°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 40 | 7.2 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 23 | 4.5 | 10.410 h |
| June | 20.5°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 23 | 4.1 | 9.910 h |
| July | 20.3°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 24 | 3.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 20.3°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 36 | 5.7 | 10.911 h |
| September | 21.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 31 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 48 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 23.0°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 57 | 7.8 | 13.814 h |
| December | 24.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 45 | 8.0 | 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
- Kariega in AprilSouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Gqeberha in AprilSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 16.6°C · 43 mm rain
- Grahamstown in AprilSouth Africa · 103 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Qonce in AprilSouth Africa · 196 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Bhisho in AprilSouth Africa · 202 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Mdantsane in AprilSouth Africa · 225 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 mm rain
- East London in AprilSouth Africa · 233 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Queenstown in AprilSouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 47 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 Motherwell) is explained once on the Motherwell year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Kariega lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.