Climate averages 1991–2020
Mthatha weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Mthatha: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 13.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 20 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mdantsane (177 km away). In April its highs average 23.3°C, 0.6°C warmer than Mthatha, with 73 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Mthatha ranks joint 54th of 95 for the warmest April highs and 92nd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Mthatha is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 21.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 76 mm to 27 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
Mthatha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 145 | 18.7 | 13.914 h |
| February | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 131 | 16.0 | 13.213 h |
| March | 24.4°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 22.7°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 76 | 9.8 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 27 | 5.0 | 10.511 h |
| June | 19.8°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 24 | 3.3 | 10.110 h |
| July | 20.0°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 22 | 3.2 | 10.310 h |
| August | 21.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 32 | 5.5 | 11.011 h |
| September | 22.4°C10.2°C | 10.2°C | 56 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 22.2°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 96 | 14.9 | 12.813 h |
| November | 22.9°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 129 | 16.4 | 13.714 h |
| December | 24.0°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 140 | 18.5 | 14.214 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
- Mdantsane in AprilSouth Africa · 177 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 mm rain
- East London in AprilSouth Africa · 179 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Queenstown in AprilSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Bhisho in AprilSouth Africa · 188 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Qonce in AprilSouth Africa · 194 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in AprilSouth Africa · 265 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in AprilSouth Africa · 268 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Pinetown in AprilSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 74 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 Mthatha) is explained once on the Mthatha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.