Climate averages 1991–2020
Orkney weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 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 Orkney: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Klerksdorp (14 km away). In April its highs average 24.0°C, about as warm as Orkney, with 38 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Orkney ranks joint 26th 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; Orkney is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 40 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
Orkney climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 97 | 14.4 | 13.614 h |
| February | 28.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 77 | 12.4 | 13.013 h |
| March | 26.9°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 68 | 10.8 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 24.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 40 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| May | 21.5°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 19 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 18.6°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 9.9 | 1.5 | 10.510 h |
| July | 18.8°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 4.6 | 0.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 22.1°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 12 | 1.7 | 11.211 h |
| September | 26.6°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 28.3°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 60 | 9.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.7°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 73 | 11.2 | 13.413 h |
| December | 29.1°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 98 | 14.8 | 13.814 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
- Klerksdorp in AprilSouth Africa · 14 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Stilfontein in AprilSouth Africa · 18 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Bothaville in AprilSouth Africa · 46 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Potchefstroom in AprilSouth Africa · 52 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Parys in AprilSouth Africa · 78 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Kroonstad in AprilSouth Africa · 93 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AprilSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AprilSouth Africa · 99 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 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 Orkney) is explained once on the Orkney year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.