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Johannesburg in April

Warm and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Johannesburg is warm: highs near 72°F, lows near 50°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Johannesburg is warm: highs near 22°C, lows near 10°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 31 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
72°F22°Caverage
Low
50°F10°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 29% of days
Daylight
11h 30mon average

Is April a good time to visit Johannesburg?

Yes. April is one of Johannesburg's best months (April, or August to October).

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How April sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 72°F in April, against 64°F to 80°F through the year.Highs near 22°C in April, against 18°C to 27°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

29% of days in April, against 3% to 62% through the year.

Cloud cover

26% cover in April, against 11% to 44% through the year.

Daylight

11h 30m in April, against 10h 31m to 13h 45m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with April shaded. The olive line marks the best months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. March77°25°low 55°low 13°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April72°22°low 50°low 10°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. May69°21°low 43°low 6°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Johannesburg sits, in April

Africa/Johannesburg
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:23 AMsets 5:53 PM
Above the sea
1,750 mhigh country
Latitude
26.2°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Pretoria53 km north

The land around Johannesburg, shaded by its typical high in April, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in South Africa in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Johannesburg

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Johannesburg. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,750 m) against the climate model's (1,673 m).Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match, and both highs and lows are adjusted for the town's height (1,750 m) against the climate model's (1,673 m). Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.