Climate averages 1991–2020
Vryheid weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Vryheid: daytime highs average 22.7°C and nights cool to about 11.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 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 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundee, South Africa (70 km away). In April its highs average 22.8°C, about as warm as Vryheid, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Vryheid ranks joint 54th of 95 for the warmest April highs and 72nd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Vryheid is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 19 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
Vryheid climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.6°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 139 | 17.4 | 13.714 h |
| February | 25.6°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 114 | 14.3 | 13.113 h |
| March | 24.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 98 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 22.7°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 51 | 8.1 | 11.411 h |
| May | 21.3°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 19 | 3.3 | 10.811 h |
| June | 19.2°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 13 | 1.7 | 10.410 h |
| July | 19.2°C4.6°C | 4.6°C | 14 | 1.9 | 10.611 h |
| August | 21.6°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 22 | 3.8 | 11.111 h |
| September | 24.2°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 39 | 6.7 | 11.912 h |
| October | 24.0°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 97 | 13.1 | 12.713 h |
| November | 24.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 137 | 17.7 | 13.513 h |
| December | 25.5°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 158 | 19.2 | 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
- Dundee, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 70 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 11.9°C · 52 mm rain
- Newcastle, South Africa in AprilSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 11.1°C · 45 mm rain
- Piet Retief in AprilSouth Africa · 85 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 11.7°C · 48 mm rain
- Ladysmith in AprilSouth Africa · 132 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.8°C · 58 mm rain
- Manzini in AprilEswatini · 153 kmHigh 24.6°C · Low 14.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Ermelo in AprilSouth Africa · 159 kmHigh 20.4°C · Low 9.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Mbabane in AprilEswatini · 165 kmHigh 21.8°C · Low 12.6°C · 78 mm rain
- Richards Bay in AprilSouth Africa · 166 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 79 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 Vryheid) is explained once on the Vryheid year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.