Climate averages 1991–2020
Welkom 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 Welkom: daytime highs average 23.2°C and nights cool to about 10.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 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 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Odendaalsrus (12 km away). In April its highs average 23.5°C, about as warm as Welkom, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Welkom ranks 47th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 63rd of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Welkom is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.0°C to 20.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 46 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
Welkom climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 92 | 13.1 | 13.714 h |
| February | 28.3°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 75 | 11.5 | 13.113 h |
| March | 26.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 67 | 10.3 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 23.2°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 46 | 6.8 | 11.411 h |
| May | 20.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 19 | 3.2 | 10.811 h |
| June | 17.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 12 | 1.8 | 10.410 h |
| July | 17.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 6.3 | 1.0 | 10.511 h |
| August | 20.6°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 15 | 2.0 | 11.111 h |
| September | 25.3°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 14 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| October | 27.3°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 51 | 7.5 | 12.713 h |
| November | 28.1°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 67 | 8.9 | 13.513 h |
| December | 29.1°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 91 | 13.1 | 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
- Odendaalsrus in AprilSouth Africa · 12 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Kutloanong in AprilSouth Africa · 16 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 11.0°C · 46 mm rain
- Virginia in AprilSouth Africa · 19 kmHigh 23.6°C · Low 11.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Kroonstad in AprilSouth Africa · 61 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 10.7°C · 44 mm rain
- Bothaville in AprilSouth Africa · 66 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 11.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Orkney in AprilSouth Africa · 111 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.3°C · 40 mm rain
- Klerksdorp in AprilSouth Africa · 125 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 11.4°C · 38 mm rain
- Stilfontein in AprilSouth Africa · 126 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 11.2°C · 38 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 Welkom) is explained once on the Welkom year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Virginia lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.