Climate averages 1991–2020
Oudtshoorn weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 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 Oudtshoorn: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 12.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 17 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is George (47 km away). In April its highs average 20.9°C, 4.2°C cooler than Oudtshoorn, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Oudtshoorn ranks joint 10th of 95 for the warmest April highs and 9th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Oudtshoorn is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 22.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 34 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
Oudtshoorn climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 30 | 6.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 29.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 28 | 5.7 | 13.313 h |
| March | 28.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 38 | 6.9 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 25.1°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 34 | 6.1 | 11.311 h |
| May | 22.2°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 25 | 4.7 | 10.410 h |
| June | 18.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 24 | 5.0 | 10.010 h |
| July | 18.6°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 26 | 5.4 | 10.110 h |
| August | 19.8°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 33 | 6.1 | 10.911 h |
| September | 22.2°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 27 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.5°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 41 | 6.5 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 48 | 7.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.5°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 31 | 6.1 | 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
- George in AprilSouth Africa · 47 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 53 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in AprilSouth Africa · 65 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Kariega in AprilSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 40 mm rain
- Paarl in AprilSouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in AprilSouth Africa · 310 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Motherwell in AprilSouth Africa · 314 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Somerset West in AprilSouth Africa · 317 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 56 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 Oudtshoorn) is explained once on the Oudtshoorn year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.