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Matetsi Private Game Reserve in April

Hot and mostly dry, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

April in Matetsi Private Game Reserve is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 65°F. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.April in Matetsi Private Game Reserve is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 18°C. Rain falls on about one day a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
65°F18°Caverage
Wet days
1a week · 16% of days
Daylight
11h 42mon average

Is April a good time to visit Matetsi Private Game Reserve?

A good month, just outside Matetsi Private Game Reserve's best months, which run from June to July.

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 79°F to 97°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in April, against 26°C to 36°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

16% of days in April, against 0% to 69% through the year.

Cloud cover

34% cover in April, against 8% to 73% through the year.

Daylight

11h 42m in April, against 11h 05m to 13h 11m 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. March87°31°low 68°low 20°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. April87°31°low 65°low 18°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  3. May84°29°low 60°low 16°no wet daysRain on fewer than one day a week.

Where Matetsi Private Game Reserve sits, in April

Africa/Harare
this place
typical high in April 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-April
6:27 AMsets 6:09 PM
Above the sea
910 mupland
Latitude
17.9°Ssouthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
Victoria Falls35 km east

The land around Matetsi Private Game Reserve, 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 Zimbabwe in April

high · low · wet days
See April on the planning mapThe whole year in Matetsi Private Game Reserve

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Matetsi Private Game Reserve. 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 (910 m) against the climate model's (1,006 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 (910 m) against the climate model's (1,006 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.