Climate averages 1991–2020
Vanderbijlpark 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 Vanderbijlpark: daytime highs average 22.4°C and nights cool to about 10.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 29 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vereeniging (10 km away). In April its highs average 22.6°C, about as warm as Vanderbijlpark, with 40 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Vanderbijlpark ranks 60th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 33rd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Vanderbijlpark is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.3°C to 20.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 41 mm to 18 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
Vanderbijlpark climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.3°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 132 | 16.1 | 13.614 h |
| February | 26.0°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 105 | 13.0 | 13.013 h |
| March | 24.7°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 86 | 11.5 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 22.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 41 | 6.9 | 11.511 h |
| May | 20.1°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 18 | 3.1 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.6°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 8.2 | 1.6 | 10.510 h |
| July | 17.8°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.211 h |
| September | 25.3°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 20 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 26.4°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 77 | 10.4 | 12.713 h |
| November | 26.1°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 104 | 13.0 | 13.413 h |
| December | 26.4°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 137 | 17.0 | 13.814 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
- Vereeniging in AprilSouth Africa · 10 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 10.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Sasolburg in AprilSouth Africa · 12 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 10.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Evaton in AprilSouth Africa · 20 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 10.6°C · 42 mm rain
- Parys in AprilSouth Africa · 43 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 11.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Westonaria in AprilSouth Africa · 48 kmHigh 21.6°C · Low 10.6°C · 45 mm rain
- Tokoza in AprilSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 10.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Soweto in AprilSouth Africa · 49 kmHigh 21.1°C · Low 10.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Heidelberg, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 57 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 10.6°C · 41 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 Vanderbijlpark) is explained once on the Vanderbijlpark year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Sasolburg lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.