Climate averages 1991–2020
Phalaborwa weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry 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 hot month in Phalaborwa: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Thohoyandou (130 km away). In April its highs average 25.1°C, 2.9°C cooler than Phalaborwa, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Phalaborwa ranks 1st of 95 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Phalaborwa is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 26.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 20 mm to 8.9 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
Phalaborwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 93 | 9.3 | 13.413 h |
| February | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 69 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| March | 30.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 43 | 6.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 20 | 3.8 | 11.512 h |
| May | 26.4°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 8.9 | 1.7 | 11.011 h |
| June | 24.3°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 10.711 h |
| July | 23.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 4.5 | 0.6 | 10.811 h |
| August | 26.2°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.311 h |
| September | 28.8°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 11 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| October | 29.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 24 | 4.0 | 12.613 h |
| November | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 62 | 7.9 | 13.313 h |
| December | 30.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 93 | 9.8 | 13.614 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
- Thohoyandou in AprilSouth Africa · 130 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Louis Trichardt in AprilSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Polokwane in AprilSouth Africa · 170 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 13.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Mbombela in AprilSouth Africa · 171 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 14.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Ressano Garcia in AprilMozambique · 188 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Mokopane in AprilSouth Africa · 218 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 14.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Chibuto in AprilMozambique · 256 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Matola in AprilMozambique · 261 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 42 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 Phalaborwa) is explained once on the Phalaborwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.