Climate averages 1991–2020
Queenstown 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 Queenstown: daytime highs average 22.9°C and nights cool to about 10.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 8 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 Bhisho (118 km away). In April its highs average 23.1°C, about as warm as Queenstown, with 84 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Queenstown ranks joint 50th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 67th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Queenstown is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 20.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 47 mm to 14 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
Queenstown climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.1°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 100 | 13.9 | 14.014 h |
| February | 27.5°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 98 | 13.4 | 13.213 h |
| March | 26.0°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 78 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 22.9°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 47 | 7.7 | 11.311 h |
| May | 20.6°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 14 | 3.4 | 10.511 h |
| June | 17.6°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 12 | 2.4 | 10.110 h |
| July | 17.7°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 13 | 2.3 | 10.310 h |
| August | 19.9°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 21 | 3.8 | 11.011 h |
| September | 23.4°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 33 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 55 | 10.1 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.1°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 72 | 11.8 | 13.714 h |
| December | 27.7°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 91 | 13.7 | 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
- Bhisho in AprilSouth Africa · 118 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 12.5°C · 84 mm rain
- Qonce in AprilSouth Africa · 120 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 13.3°C · 67 mm rain
- Mdantsane in AprilSouth Africa · 143 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 73 mm rain
- East London in AprilSouth Africa · 158 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.6°C · 85 mm rain
- Grahamstown in AprilSouth Africa · 160 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 12.6°C · 49 mm rain
- Mthatha in AprilSouth Africa · 184 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 13.1°C · 76 mm rain
- Motherwell in AprilSouth Africa · 243 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 15.0°C · 40 mm rain
- Kariega in AprilSouth Africa · 248 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.6°C · 40 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 Queenstown) is explained once on the Queenstown year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.