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Kruger National Park in April

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Kruger National Park is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 66°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Kruger National Park is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 19°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 29 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
66°F19°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 19% of days
Daylight
11h 32mon average

Is April a good time to visit Kruger National Park?

April sits outside Kruger National Park's best months, which run from June to July. Expect hot days and rain on about one day a week.

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 87°F in April, against 80°F to 92°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in April, against 27°C to 33°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

19% of days in April, against 5% to 40% through the year.

Cloud cover

24% cover in April, against 10% to 47% through the year.

Daylight

11h 32m in April, against 10h 39m to 13h 38m 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. March90°32°low 70°low 21°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  2. April87°31°low 66°low 19°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. May84°29°low 61°low 16°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Kruger National Park sits, in April

Africa/Maputo
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:06 AMsets 5:39 PM
Above the sea
160 mlow-lying
Latitude
24.5°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Kruger (Skukuza)72 km south-west

The land around Kruger National Park, 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 Kruger National Park

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Kruger National Park. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. 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.