Climate averages 1991–2020
Richards Bay weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Richards Bay: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is KwaDukuza (95 km away). In April its highs average 25.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Richards Bay, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Richards Bay ranks 3rd of 95 for the warmest April highs and 93rd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Richards Bay is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 56 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
Richards Bay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 108 | 13.5 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 95 | 11.9 | 13.113 h |
| March | 28.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 97 | 12.3 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 26.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 79 | 10.4 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 56 | 7.6 | 10.711 h |
| June | 23.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 39 | 6.6 | 10.310 h |
| July | 22.6°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 6.9 | 10.510 h |
| August | 23.6°C15.9°C | 15.9°C | 39 | 7.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 54 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| October | 25.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 79 | 12.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 26.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 93 | 13.2 | 13.514 h |
| December | 27.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 86 | 11.7 | 13.914 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
- KwaDukuza in AprilSouth Africa · 95 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 69 mm rain
- Ntuzuma in AprilSouth Africa · 150 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Durban in AprilSouth Africa · 154 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 19.1°C · 74 mm rain
- Pinetown in AprilSouth Africa · 161 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 16.3°C · 74 mm rain
- Vryheid in AprilSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 22.7°C · Low 11.7°C · 51 mm rain
- Mpumalanga in AprilSouth Africa · 178 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Pietermaritzburg in AprilSouth Africa · 185 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 58 mm rain
- Dundee, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 189 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 52 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 Richards Bay) is explained once on the Richards Bay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.