Jwaneng weather in April

In April, Jwaneng sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 25 mm of rain across 4.2 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Jwaneng's 7th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Jwaneng's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 25 mm; 4.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:39 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover: 33%; 7th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.8; out of 10

Jwaneng is city in 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 27°C through the month.

A typical April day in Jwaneng reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 31°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12

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

Jwaneng 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	31° / 20°	76	11.9	13.4	4.4
Feb	31° / 19°	64	9.8	12.9	4.8
Mar	29° / 18°	46	7.9	12.2	5.8
Apr	27° / 14°	25	4.2	11.4	7.8
May	25° / 9°	9	1.7	10.8	9.1
Jun	22° / 6°	6	0.8	10.5	9.0
Jul	22° / 5°	2	0.4	10.6	9.0
Aug	25° / 8°	2	0.6	11.1	9.4
Sep	29° / 13°	8	1.1	11.8	7.5
Oct	31° / 16°	27	4.8	12.6	5.5
Nov	31° / 18°	49	8.5	13.2	4.7
Dec	31° / 19°	70	12.3	13.5	4.3

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 67% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%. 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 (%)	75	76	77	77	78	79	79	81	82	82	83	84	85	85	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	88	89	89	89	89
Cloudier (%)	25	24	23	23	22	21	21	19	18	18	17	16	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	12	11	11	11	11

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	76	24
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	84	16
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Jwaneng gets around 25 mm of rain over 4.2 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 15% and peaks near 23% 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 (%)	23	22	21	20	19	19	18	17	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10

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

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 71% 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 (%)	48	50	53	54	56	59	61	62	64	66	68	68	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	83	84	85	86	87	88	88
Comfortable (%)	33	32	31	31	30	29	28	28	27	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12
Humid (%)	17	16	14	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	48	33	17	2
2	50	32	16	2
3	53	31	14	2
4	54	31	13	2
5	56	30	12	2
6	59	29	11	1
7	61	28	10	1
8	62	28	9	1
9	64	27	8	1
10	66	26	7	1
11	68	25	6	1
12	68	25	6	1
13	71	24	5	0
14	72	24	4	0
15	73	24	3	0
16	74	23	3	0
17	75	23	2	0
18	76	22	2	0
19	77	22	1	0
20	78	21	1	0
21	79	20	1	0
22	80	19	1	0
23	81	18	1	0
24	83	17	0	0
25	84	16	0	0
26	85	15	0	0
27	86	14	0	0
28	87	13	0	0
29	88	12	0	0
30	88	12	0	0

Wind in April

Winds average 11 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	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	11	calm
26	11	calm
27	11	calm
28	11	calm
29	11	calm
30	11	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of April to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 42 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:32 AM to 6:45 AM, and sunset from 6:19 PM to 5:52 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	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	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	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:37	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45
Sunset (PM)	6:19	6:18	6:17	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:06	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	5:53	5:52

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:32	6:19
2	11.8	6:33	6:18
3	11.7	6:33	6:17
4	11.7	6:33	6:16
5	11.7	6:34	6:15
6	11.7	6:34	6:14
7	11.6	6:35	6:13
8	11.6	6:35	6:12
9	11.6	6:36	6:11
10	11.6	6:36	6:10
11	11.5	6:36	6:09
12	11.5	6:37	6:08
13	11.5	6:37	6:07
14	11.5	6:38	6:06
15	11.4	6:38	6:05
16	11.4	6:39	6:04
17	11.4	6:39	6:03
18	11.4	6:39	6:02
19	11.4	6:40	6:01
20	11.3	6:40	6:00
21	11.3	6:41	5:59
22	11.3	6:41	5:59
23	11.3	6:42	5:58
24	11.2	6:42	5:57
25	11.2	6:43	5:56
26	11.2	6:43	5:55
27	11.2	6:44	5:54
28	11.2	6:44	5:53
29	11.1	6:45	5:53
30	11.1	6:45	5:52

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.11 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in November across the year — April's 5.17 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)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
8	5.3	Bright
9	5.3	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.2	Bright
14	5.2	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.1	Bright
19	5.1	Bright
20	5.1	Bright
21	5.1	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Jwaneng?

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

7.8

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

7.9

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Jwaneng for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Jwaneng in April

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

In April, Jwaneng sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

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UV index in Jwaneng 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 Jwaneng peaks around January 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 17 at about 5 (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	13	12	9	6	5	6	8	9	11	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	High	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	9	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	6	High
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Jwaneng?

Jwaneng sits at 24.6°S, 24.7°E, 1,198 m above sea level, in Botswana. The nearest listed city is Mosopa, 73 km away.

Topography around Jwaneng

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Jwaneng has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 1,191 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 411 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 559 m.

The land around Jwaneng is covered by shrubs (70%) within 3 km, shrubs (64%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and shrubs (78%) within 80 km.

3 km

15 m

shrubs 70%

16 km

411 m

shrubs 64%

80 km

559 m

shrubs 78%

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

April weather nearby: Mosopa 73 km · Kanye 73 km · Molepolole 81 km · Thamaga 82 km · Gabane 107 km · Mogoditshane 115 km · Mmopone 116 km · Lobatse 118 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
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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 Jwaneng (-24.6017°, 24.7281°, elevation 1,198 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	28	16
2	28	16
3	28	16
4	28	16
5	28	15
6	28	15
7	27	15
8	27	15
9	27	15
10	27	15
11	27	15
12	27	14
13	27	14
14	27	14
15	27	14
16	27	14
17	27	14
18	27	14
19	27	14
20	27	13
21	27	13
22	27	13
23	27	13
24	27	13
25	27	13
26	26	13
27	26	12
28	26	12
29	26	12
30	26	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	76	24
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	84	16
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	48	33	17	2
2	50	32	16	2
3	53	31	14	2
4	54	31	13	2
5	56	30	12	2
6	59	29	11	1
7	61	28	10	1
8	62	28	9	1
9	64	27	8	1
10	66	26	7	1
11	68	25	6	1
12	68	25	6	1
13	71	24	5	0
14	72	24	4	0
15	73	24	3	0
16	74	23	3	0
17	75	23	2	0
18	76	22	2	0
19	77	22	1	0
20	78	21	1	0
21	79	20	1	0
22	80	19	1	0
23	81	18	1	0
24	83	17	0	0
25	84	16	0	0
26	85	15	0	0
27	86	14	0	0
28	87	13	0	0
29	88	12	0	0
30	88	12	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	76	24
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	84	16
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	48	33	17	2
2	50	32	16	2
3	53	31	14	2
4	54	31	13	2
5	56	30	12	2
6	59	29	11	1
7	61	28	10	1
8	62	28	9	1
9	64	27	8	1
10	66	26	7	1
11	68	25	6	1
12	68	25	6	1
13	71	24	5	0
14	72	24	4	0
15	73	24	3	0
16	74	23	3	0
17	75	23	2	0
18	76	22	2	0
19	77	22	1	0
20	78	21	1	0
21	79	20	1	0
22	80	19	1	0
23	81	18	1	0
24	83	17	0	0
25	84	16	0	0
26	85	15	0	0
27	86	14	0	0
28	87	13	0	0
29	88	12	0	0
30	88	12	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	75	25
2	76	24
3	77	23
4	77	23
5	78	22
6	79	21
7	79	21
8	81	19
9	82	18
10	82	18
11	83	17
12	84	16
13	85	15
14	85	15
15	86	14
16	87	13
17	87	13
18	87	13
19	88	12
20	88	12
21	88	12
22	88	12
23	88	12
24	88	12
25	87	13
26	88	12
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	89	11

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	48	33	17	2
2	50	32	16	2
3	53	31	14	2
4	54	31	13	2
5	56	30	12	2
6	59	29	11	1
7	61	28	10	1
8	62	28	9	1
9	64	27	8	1
10	66	26	7	1
11	68	25	6	1
12	68	25	6	1
13	71	24	5	0
14	72	24	4	0
15	73	24	3	0
16	74	23	3	0
17	75	23	2	0
18	76	22	2	0
19	77	22	1	0
20	78	21	1	0
21	79	20	1	0
22	80	19	1	0
23	81	18	1	0
24	83	17	0	0
25	84	16	0	0
26	85	15	0	0
27	86	14	0	0
28	87	13	0	0
29	88	12	0	0
30	88	12	0	0