Climate averages 1991–2020
Worcester, South Africa weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 5th 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 Worcester, South Africa: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 14.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 16 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Paarl (45 km away). In April its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Worcester, South Africa, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 95 cities listed in South Africa, Worcester, South Africa ranks joint 10th of 95 for the warmest April highs and joint 7th of 95 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 95 cities is 23.1°C; Worcester, South Africa is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 3.8°C to 21.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 39 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
Worcester, South Africa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 24 | 5.2 | 14.114 h |
| February | 31.0°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 21 | 5.1 | 13.313 h |
| March | 29.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 28 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| April, selected | 25.1°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 33 | 5.6 | 11.311 h |
| May | 21.3°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 39 | 6.2 | 10.410 h |
| June | 17.5°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 60 | 8.2 | 10.010 h |
| July | 17.0°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 59 | 8.1 | 10.110 h |
| August | 17.5°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 51 | 8.5 | 10.911 h |
| September | 19.9°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 35 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| October | 23.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 36 | 6.0 | 12.913 h |
| November | 26.0°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 35 | 6.1 | 13.814 h |
| December | 29.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 24 | 5.0 | 14.314 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
- Paarl in AprilSouth Africa · 45 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 13.7°C · 57 mm rain
- Stellenbosch in AprilSouth Africa · 63 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.8°C · 56 mm rain
- Somerset West in AprilSouth Africa · 76 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.4°C · 56 mm rain
- Atlantis in AprilSouth Africa · 90 kmHigh 22.6°C · Low 12.5°C · 31 mm rain
- Cape Town in AprilSouth Africa · 100 kmHigh 22.0°C · Low 14.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Oudtshoorn in AprilSouth Africa · 255 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 12.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Mossel Bay in AprilSouth Africa · 256 kmHigh 22.1°C · Low 14.8°C · 43 mm rain
- George in AprilSouth Africa · 281 kmHigh 20.9°C · Low 13.6°C · 53 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 Worcester) is explained once on the Worcester, South Africa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.