Grootfontein weather in April

In April, Grootfontein sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 33 mm of rain across 5.8 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 6th-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 63% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Grootfontein's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Grootfontein's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 33 mm; 5.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 7:01 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Grootfontein is city in Namibia.

Founded: 1885

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 Grootfontein reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 1°C cooler than March and about 1°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14

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

How April really feels in Grootfontein

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.

Grootfontein weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 19°	165	16.9	13	4.5
Feb	28° / 18°	147	15.9	12.7	4.8
Mar	28° / 18°	112	14.7	12.1	5.6
Apr	27° / 15°	33	5.8	11.6	7.6
May	25° / 12°	1	0.5	11.1	9.2
Jun	23° / 8°	0	0	10.8	9.6
Jul	23° / 8°	0	0	10.9	9.5
Aug	27° / 11°	0	0.1	11.3	8.9
Sep	30° / 15°	5	0.9	11.9	6.4
Oct	32° / 18°	23	4.7	12.5	4.6
Nov	31° / 19°	71	12.1	12.9	4.2
Dec	30° / 19°	117	15.7	13.2	4.2

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 63% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. 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 (%)	62	64	65	67	68	70	72	74	76	77	79	81	82	84	85	86	87	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	93	93	93	93
Cloudier (%)	38	36	35	33	32	30	28	26	24	23	21	19	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8	7	7	7	7

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	70	30
7	72	28
8	74	26
9	76	24
10	77	23
11	79	21
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	84	16
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Grootfontein gets around 33 mm of rain over 5.8 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 19% and peaks near 40% 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 (%)	40	39	37	36	34	33	31	29	27	25	23	21	20	18	17	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	6	6	5

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	37
4	36
5	34
6	33
7	31
8	29
9	27
10	25
11	23
12	21
13	20
14	18
15	17
16	15
17	14
18	13
19	12
20	11
21	10
22	10
23	9
24	9
25	8
26	8
27	7
28	6
29	6
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 69% 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 (%)	40	42	44	46	48	50	53	55	57	59	61	64	66	68	70	72	74	76	78	79	81	82	84	86	87	88	89	90	91	93
Comfortable (%)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	11	10	9	8	7	6	5
Humid (%)	38	36	34	33	31	28	26	24	22	20	18	15	13	11	10	8	7	6	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2
Muggy (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	21	38	1
2	42	21	36	1
3	44	21	34	1
4	46	21	33	1
5	48	21	31	1
6	50	21	28	1
7	53	21	26	0
8	55	21	24	0
9	57	21	22	0
10	59	21	20	0
11	61	21	18	0
12	64	21	15	0
13	66	21	13	0
14	68	21	11	0
15	70	20	10	0
16	72	20	8	0
17	74	19	7	0
18	76	18	6	0
19	78	17	5	0
20	79	16	5	0
21	81	15	4	0
22	82	14	4	0
23	84	13	3	0
24	86	11	3	0
25	87	10	3	0
26	88	9	3	0
27	89	8	3	0
28	90	7	3	0
29	91	6	3	0
30	93	5	2	0

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	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	9	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	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 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 30 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:57 AM to 7:06 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:24 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	11.8	11.8	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	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	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:57	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:00	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:01	7:02	7:02	7:02	7:03	7:03	7:03	7:04	7:04	7:04	7:05	7:05	7:05	7:06
Sunset (PM)	6:47	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:57	6:47
2	11.8	6:58	6:46
3	11.8	6:58	6:45
4	11.8	6:58	6:45
5	11.8	6:58	6:44
6	11.7	6:59	6:43
7	11.7	6:59	6:42
8	11.7	6:59	6:41
9	11.7	6:59	6:40
10	11.7	7:00	6:39
11	11.6	7:00	6:39
12	11.6	7:00	6:38
13	11.6	7:00	6:37
14	11.6	7:01	6:36
15	11.6	7:01	6:35
16	11.6	7:01	6:34
17	11.5	7:01	6:34
18	11.5	7:02	6:33
19	11.5	7:02	6:32
20	11.5	7:02	6:31
21	11.5	7:03	6:31
22	11.4	7:03	6:30
23	11.4	7:03	6:29
24	11.4	7:04	6:28
25	11.4	7:04	6:28
26	11.4	7:04	6:27
27	11.4	7:05	6:26
28	11.3	7:05	6:26
29	11.3	7:05	6:25
30	11.3	7:06	6:24

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.89 kWh/m² to a high of 7.28 kWh/m² in October across the year — April's 5.63 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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5
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	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.6	Bright
5	5.6	Bright
6	5.6	Bright
7	5.6	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.7	Bright
15	5.7	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.5	Bright
29	5.5	Bright
30	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Grootfontein

In seasonPeak

None of Grootfontein's seasonal hazards are active in April. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Grootfontein's rainy season runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Grootfontein?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

7.6

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Grootfontein in April

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

In April, Grootfontein sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

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UV index in Grootfontein in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Grootfontein peaks around January 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 7 (very 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	14	10	9	7	7	9	9	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is Grootfontein?

Grootfontein sits at 19.6°S, 18.1°E, 1,432 m above sea level, in Namibia. The nearest listed city is Tsumeb, 54 km away.

Topography around Grootfontein

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Grootfontein has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 1,447 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 956 m.

The land around Grootfontein is covered by shrubs (64%) within 3 km, shrubs (82%) within 16 km, and shrubs (93%) within 80 km.

3 km

86 m

shrubs 64%

16 km

376 m

shrubs 82%

80 km

956 m

shrubs 93%

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

April weather nearby: Tsumeb 54 km · Otjiwarongo 181 km · Rundu 255 km · Ondangwa 290 km · Okahandja 295 km · Ongwediva 317 km · Oshakati 321 km · Ndiyona 323 km

Namibia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / M; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $4,876; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 11.2; per 100k, 2021
Road deaths: 34.8; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower 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 Grootfontein (-19.5733°, 18.1003°, elevation 1,432 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	27	16
2	27	16
3	27	16
4	27	16
5	27	16
6	27	16
7	27	16
8	27	16
9	27	16
10	27	16
11	27	16
12	27	15
13	27	15
14	27	15
15	27	15
16	27	15
17	27	15
18	27	15
19	27	15
20	27	15
21	27	15
22	27	15
23	27	15
24	27	14
25	27	14
26	27	14
27	27	14
28	27	14
29	27	14
30	27	14

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	70	30
7	72	28
8	74	26
9	76	24
10	77	23
11	79	21
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	84	16
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	37
4	36
5	34
6	33
7	31
8	29
9	27
10	25
11	23
12	21
13	20
14	18
15	17
16	15
17	14
18	13
19	12
20	11
21	10
22	10
23	9
24	9
25	8
26	8
27	7
28	6
29	6
30	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	21	38	1
2	42	21	36	1
3	44	21	34	1
4	46	21	33	1
5	48	21	31	1
6	50	21	28	1
7	53	21	26	0
8	55	21	24	0
9	57	21	22	0
10	59	21	20	0
11	61	21	18	0
12	64	21	15	0
13	66	21	13	0
14	68	21	11	0
15	70	20	10	0
16	72	20	8	0
17	74	19	7	0
18	76	18	6	0
19	78	17	5	0
20	79	16	5	0
21	81	15	4	0
22	82	14	4	0
23	84	13	3	0
24	86	11	3	0
25	87	10	3	0
26	88	9	3	0
27	89	8	3	0
28	90	7	3	0
29	91	6	3	0
30	93	5	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	70	30
7	72	28
8	74	26
9	76	24
10	77	23
11	79	21
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	84	16
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	37
4	36
5	34
6	33
7	31
8	29
9	27
10	25
11	23
12	21
13	20
14	18
15	17
16	15
17	14
18	13
19	12
20	11
21	10
22	10
23	9
24	9
25	8
26	8
27	7
28	6
29	6
30	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	21	38	1
2	42	21	36	1
3	44	21	34	1
4	46	21	33	1
5	48	21	31	1
6	50	21	28	1
7	53	21	26	0
8	55	21	24	0
9	57	21	22	0
10	59	21	20	0
11	61	21	18	0
12	64	21	15	0
13	66	21	13	0
14	68	21	11	0
15	70	20	10	0
16	72	20	8	0
17	74	19	7	0
18	76	18	6	0
19	78	17	5	0
20	79	16	5	0
21	81	15	4	0
22	82	14	4	0
23	84	13	3	0
24	86	11	3	0
25	87	10	3	0
26	88	9	3	0
27	89	8	3	0
28	90	7	3	0
29	91	6	3	0
30	93	5	2	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	62	38
2	64	36
3	65	35
4	67	33
5	68	32
6	70	30
7	72	28
8	74	26
9	76	24
10	77	23
11	79	21
12	81	19
13	82	18
14	84	16
15	85	15
16	86	14
17	87	13
18	88	12
19	89	11
20	89	11
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	91	9
24	91	9
25	91	9
26	92	8
27	93	7
28	93	7
29	93	7
30	93	7

	Rain chance (%)
1	40
2	39
3	37
4	36
5	34
6	33
7	31
8	29
9	27
10	25
11	23
12	21
13	20
14	18
15	17
16	15
17	14
18	13
19	12
20	11
21	10
22	10
23	9
24	9
25	8
26	8
27	7
28	6
29	6
30	5

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	40	21	38	1
2	42	21	36	1
3	44	21	34	1
4	46	21	33	1
5	48	21	31	1
6	50	21	28	1
7	53	21	26	0
8	55	21	24	0
9	57	21	22	0
10	59	21	20	0
11	61	21	18	0
12	64	21	15	0
13	66	21	13	0
14	68	21	11	0
15	70	20	10	0
16	72	20	8	0
17	74	19	7	0
18	76	18	6	0
19	78	17	5	0
20	79	16	5	0
21	81	15	4	0
22	82	14	4	0
23	84	13	3	0
24	86	11	3	0
25	87	10	3	0
26	88	9	3	0
27	89	8	3	0
28	90	7	3	0
29	91	6	3	0
30	93	5	2	0