Climate averages 1991–2020
Paarl weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th 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 Paarl: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th 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 Stellenbosch (24 km away). In April its highs average 24.2°C, 1.3°C cooler than Paarl, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Paarl ranks 5th of 95 for the warmest April highs and 82nd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Paarl is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 4.0°C to 21.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 57 mm to 98 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
Paarl climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 21 | 3.1 | 14.114 h |
| February | 31.2°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 16 | 2.8 | 13.313 h |
| March | 29.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 21 | 3.3 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 25.5°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 57 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 98 | 8.3 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.9°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 152 | 10.7 | 9.910 h |
| July | 17.5°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 130 | 9.9 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 110 | 10.6 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.9°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 77 | 8.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 47 | 6.1 | 12.913 h |
| November | 25.8°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 44 | 6.0 | 13.814 h |
| December | 28.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 25 | 4.4 | 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
- Stellenbosch in AprilSouth Africa · 24 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Somerset West in AprilSouth Africa · 41 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Worcester, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 45 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 33 mm rain
- Atlantis in AprilSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Cape Town in AprilSouth Africa · 55 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in AprilSouth Africa · 297 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 43 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in AprilSouth Africa · 299 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 34 mm rain
- George in AprilSouth Africa · 323 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 53 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 Paarl) is explained once on the Paarl year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.