Bobonong weather in April

In April, Bobonong sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.5 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in April, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Bobonong's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bobonong's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 12 mm; 2.5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:22 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 37%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.6; out of 10

Bobonong is town in the Central District of Botswana.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical April day in Bobonong reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 2°C cooler than March and about 2°C warmer than May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	18
6	30	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	17
14	29	17
15	29	17
16	29	17
17	29	17
18	29	17
19	29	17
20	29	17
21	29	17
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	16
28	29	16
29	29	16
30	29	15

How April really feels in Bobonong

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

April sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bobonong weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 22°	90	10.2	13.2	3.9
Feb	32° / 22°	74	7.7	12.8	4.2
Mar	31° / 20°	40	5.4	12.2	5.2
Apr	29° / 17°	12	2.5	11.5	6.6
May	27° / 13°	6	1.3	11	8.4
Jun	25° / 10°	4	0.6	10.7	9.3
Jul	24° / 10°	4	0.5	10.8	9.2
Aug	27° / 12°	1	0.2	11.2	8.5
Sep	31° / 16°	7	0.9	11.9	6.3
Oct	32° / 19°	15	2.8	12.5	4.9
Nov	33° / 21°	51	7.4	13.1	4.0
Dec	32° / 22°	82	10	13.3	3.9

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 26%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	66	66	65	65	66	66	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	74	74	76	76	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	83	83
Cloudier (%)	34	34	35	35	34	34	34	33	32	31	30	29	28	26	26	24	24	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	17	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Bobonong gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.5 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 9% and peaks near 16% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	12	12	11	10	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	15
4	15
5	14
6	14
7	13
8	12
9	12
10	11
11	10
12	9
13	9
14	8
15	7
16	6
17	6
18	5
19	5
20	5
21	5
22	5
23	5
24	5
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the dry band about 43% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	20	22	23	25	26	28	30	32	33	35	37	38	40	41	42	43	45	46	48	49	52	53	56	57	59	61	63	64	66	68
Comfortable (%)	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	38	38	37	36	34	33	31	30	28	27	26	25	24	23
Humid (%)	29	29	28	27	26	25	24	23	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	12	12	12	11	10	10	9	8
Muggy (%)	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	20	37	29	13
2	22	37	29	12
3	23	38	28	11
4	25	38	27	10
5	26	39	26	9
6	28	39	25	8
7	30	39	24	7
8	32	39	23	6
9	33	40	22	5
10	35	40	21	4
11	37	40	20	4
12	38	40	19	3
13	40	40	18	3
14	41	39	17	2
15	42	39	17	2
16	43	39	16	2
17	45	38	15	1
18	46	38	15	1
19	48	37	14	1
20	49	36	14	1
21	52	34	13	1
22	53	33	13	1
23	56	31	12	1
24	57	30	12	1
25	59	28	12	1
26	61	27	11	1
27	63	26	10	1
28	64	25	10	1
29	66	24	9	1
30	68	23	8	1

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	12	calm
2	12	calm
3	12	calm
4	12	calm
5	12	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 36 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 5:40 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:17	6:05
2	11.8	6:17	6:04
3	11.8	6:17	6:03
4	11.7	6:18	6:02
5	11.7	6:18	6:01
6	11.7	6:18	6:00
7	11.7	6:19	5:59
8	11.7	6:19	5:59
9	11.6	6:19	5:58
10	11.6	6:20	5:57
11	11.6	6:20	5:56
12	11.6	6:20	5:55
13	11.6	6:21	5:54
14	11.5	6:21	5:53
15	11.5	6:21	5:52
16	11.5	6:22	5:51
17	11.5	6:22	5:50
18	11.5	6:22	5:50
19	11.4	6:23	5:49
20	11.4	6:23	5:48
21	11.4	6:23	5:47
22	11.4	6:24	5:46
23	11.4	6:24	5:45
24	11.3	6:25	5:45
25	11.3	6:25	5:44
26	11.3	6:25	5:43
27	11.3	6:26	5:42
28	11.3	6:26	5:42
29	11.2	6:27	5:41
30	11.2	6:27	5:40

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.94 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 4.94 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Bobonong?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

6.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

8.5

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

April is a reasonable time to visit Bobonong for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bobonong in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Bobonong sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 17°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

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UV index in Bobonong in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bobonong peaks around January 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 19 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	14	13	9	7	6	6	8	9	11	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	7	Very high
Jun	6	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Bobonong?

Bobonong sits at 22.0°S, 28.4°E, 687 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Selebi-Phikwe, 61 km away.

Topography around Bobonong

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bobonong.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bobonong has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 51 m around an average of 689 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 243 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 568 m.

The land around Bobonong is covered by grassland (51%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (49%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and shrubs (68%) within 80 km.

3 km

51 m

grassland 51%

16 km

243 m

shrubs 49%

80 km

568 m

shrubs 68%

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← March Bobonong year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Selebi-Phikwe 61 km · Tonota 116 km · Gwanda 129 km · Francistown 131 km · Palapye 150 km · Beitbridge 164 km · Musina 171 km · Serowe 184 km

Botswana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G / M; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $7,778; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 63%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 11.4; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 26.4; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
Religion

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bobonong (-21.9655°, 28.4363°, elevation 687 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	18
6	30	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	17
14	29	17
15	29	17
16	29	17
17	29	17
18	29	17
19	29	17
20	29	17
21	29	17
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	16
28	29	16
29	29	16
30	29	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	15
4	15
5	14
6	14
7	13
8	12
9	12
10	11
11	10
12	9
13	9
14	8
15	7
16	6
17	6
18	5
19	5
20	5
21	5
22	5
23	5
24	5
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	20	37	29	13
2	22	37	29	12
3	23	38	28	11
4	25	38	27	10
5	26	39	26	9
6	28	39	25	8
7	30	39	24	7
8	32	39	23	6
9	33	40	22	5
10	35	40	21	4
11	37	40	20	4
12	38	40	19	3
13	40	40	18	3
14	41	39	17	2
15	42	39	17	2
16	43	39	16	2
17	45	38	15	1
18	46	38	15	1
19	48	37	14	1
20	49	36	14	1
21	52	34	13	1
22	53	33	13	1
23	56	31	12	1
24	57	30	12	1
25	59	28	12	1
26	61	27	11	1
27	63	26	10	1
28	64	25	10	1
29	66	24	9	1
30	68	23	8	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	18
6	30	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	17
14	29	17
15	29	17
16	29	17
17	29	17
18	29	17
19	29	17
20	29	17
21	29	17
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	16
28	29	16
29	29	16
30	29	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	15
4	15
5	14
6	14
7	13
8	12
9	12
10	11
11	10
12	9
13	9
14	8
15	7
16	6
17	6
18	5
19	5
20	5
21	5
22	5
23	5
24	5
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	20	37	29	13
2	22	37	29	12
3	23	38	28	11
4	25	38	27	10
5	26	39	26	9
6	28	39	25	8
7	30	39	24	7
8	32	39	23	6
9	33	40	22	5
10	35	40	21	4
11	37	40	20	4
12	38	40	19	3
13	40	40	18	3
14	41	39	17	2
15	42	39	17	2
16	43	39	16	2
17	45	38	15	1
18	46	38	15	1
19	48	37	14	1
20	49	36	14	1
21	52	34	13	1
22	53	33	13	1
23	56	31	12	1
24	57	30	12	1
25	59	28	12	1
26	61	27	11	1
27	63	26	10	1
28	64	25	10	1
29	66	24	9	1
30	68	23	8	1

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	19
2	30	19
3	30	19
4	30	19
5	30	18
6	30	18
7	29	18
8	29	18
9	29	18
10	29	18
11	29	18
12	29	18
13	29	17
14	29	17
15	29	17
16	29	17
17	29	17
18	29	17
19	29	17
20	29	17
21	29	17
22	29	16
23	29	16
24	29	16
25	29	16
26	29	16
27	29	16
28	29	16
29	29	16
30	29	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	66	34
2	66	34
3	65	35
4	65	35
5	66	34
6	66	34
7	66	34
8	67	33
9	68	32
10	69	31
11	70	30
12	71	29
13	72	28
14	74	26
15	74	26
16	76	24
17	76	24
18	78	22
19	78	22
20	79	21
21	79	21
22	80	20
23	81	19
24	81	19
25	81	19
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	82	18
29	83	17
30	83	17

	Rain chance (%)
1	16
2	16
3	15
4	15
5	14
6	14
7	13
8	12
9	12
10	11
11	10
12	9
13	9
14	8
15	7
16	6
17	6
18	5
19	5
20	5
21	5
22	5
23	5
24	5
25	5
26	5
27	5
28	5
29	5
30	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	20	37	29	13
2	22	37	29	12
3	23	38	28	11
4	25	38	27	10
5	26	39	26	9
6	28	39	25	8
7	30	39	24	7
8	32	39	23	6
9	33	40	22	5
10	35	40	21	4
11	37	40	20	4
12	38	40	19	3
13	40	40	18	3
14	41	39	17	2
15	42	39	17	2
16	43	39	16	2
17	45	38	15	1
18	46	38	15	1
19	48	37	14	1
20	49	36	14	1
21	52	34	13	1
22	53	33	13	1
23	56	31	12	1
24	57	30	12	1
25	59	28	12	1
26	61	27	11	1
27	63	26	10	1
28	64	25	10	1
29	66	24	9	1
30	68	23	8	1