Climate averages 1991–2020
Upington weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 8th 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 Upington: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 15.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimberley (344 km away). In April its highs average 24.9°C, 2.9°C cooler than Upington, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Upington ranks 2nd of 95 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Upington is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.7°C to 24.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 25 mm to 12 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
Upington climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 35 | 5.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 34.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 31 | 6.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 32.5°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 36 | 5.5 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 27.8°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 25 | 3.6 | 11.411 h |
| May | 24.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.711 h |
| June | 20.2°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 5.2 | 0.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 20.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 3.9 | 0.9 | 10.511 h |
| August | 22.8°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 2.8 | 0.6 | 11.111 h |
| September | 27.2°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 4.9 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| October | 30.5°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 12.813 h |
| November | 32.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 13 | 2.4 | 13.514 h |
| December | 34.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 27 | 3.8 | 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
- Kimberley in AprilSouth Africa · 344 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 11.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Schweizer-Reneke in AprilSouth Africa · 424 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Bloemfontein in AprilSouth Africa · 489 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 10.0°C · 47 mm rain
- Mafikeng in AprilSouth Africa · 520 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 12.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Odendaalsrus in AprilSouth Africa · 537 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Welkom in AprilSouth Africa · 539 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 10.8°C · 46 mm rain
- Bothaville in AprilSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Botshabelo in AprilSouth Africa · 540 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 9.5°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 Upington) is explained once on the Upington year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.