Balfour weather in April

In April, Balfour sees average daytime highs of 23°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 40 mm of rain across 6.9 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% 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 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Balfour's 6th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Balfour's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 23°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 40 mm; 6.9 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:25 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover: 38%; 6th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 12th windiest
Solar energy: 4.82 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.6; out of 10

Balfour is place in Mpumalanga, South Africa.

Founded: 1898

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

Highs ease over the month, from about 24°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical April day in Balfour reaches about 23°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 26°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)	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9

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

Balfour 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	26° / 16°	133	15.5	13.5	6.0
Feb	26° / 16°	98	12.3	12.9	6.3
Mar	25° / 14°	87	11.1	12.2	7.0
Apr	23° / 11°	40	6.9	11.4	7.6
May	21° / 7°	16	2.8	10.7	8.2
Jun	18° / 4°	8	1.6	10.4	8.0
Jul	18° / 3°	4	1	10.5	8.0
Aug	21° / 6°	13	2.5	11.1	8.5
Sep	25° / 10°	23	4	11.8	8.4
Oct	26° / 13°	83	10.4	12.6	7.0
Nov	26° / 14°	108	13	13.3	6.3
Dec	26° / 15°	148	17.2	13.6	5.7

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 58% 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 24%. 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 (%)	70	70	70	70	71	71	72	72	72	72	73	74	74	75	75	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	80	80	80	80	81	82	82
Cloudier (%)	30	30	30	30	29	29	28	28	28	28	27	26	26	25	25	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	20	20	20	20	19	18	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Balfour gets around 40 mm of rain over 6.9 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 23% and peaks near 29% 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 (%)	29	28	27	27	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	18	17	16

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

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 92% 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 (%)	73	75	77	80	82	84	85	88	89	91	92	93	94	94	95	96	96	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100
Comfortable (%)	25	23	21	19	17	15	14	12	11	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0
Humid (%)	2	2	2	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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	25	2
2	75	23	2
3	77	21	2
4	80	19	1
5	82	17	1
6	84	15	1
7	85	14	1
8	88	12	0
9	89	11	0
10	91	9	0
11	92	8	0
12	93	7	0
13	94	6	0
14	94	6	0
15	95	5	0
16	96	4	0
17	96	4	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	99	1	0
28	99	1	0
29	99	1	0
30	100	0	0

Wind in April

Winds average 10 km/h in April, the calmest month.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 10 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)	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	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	10	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 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 5:34 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	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:28	6:28	6:29	6:29	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47	5:46	5:45	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.8	6:17	6:03
2	11.7	6:18	6:02
3	11.7	6:18	6:01
4	11.7	6:19	6:00
5	11.7	6:19	5:59
6	11.6	6:20	5:58
7	11.6	6:20	5:57
8	11.6	6:21	5:55
9	11.6	6:21	5:54
10	11.5	6:22	5:53
11	11.5	6:22	5:52
12	11.5	6:23	5:51
13	11.4	6:23	5:50
14	11.4	6:24	5:49
15	11.4	6:24	5:48
16	11.4	6:25	5:47
17	11.3	6:25	5:46
18	11.3	6:26	5:45
19	11.3	6:26	5:44
20	11.3	6:27	5:43
21	11.2	6:27	5:42
22	11.2	6:28	5:41
23	11.2	6:28	5:40
24	11.2	6:29	5:39
25	11.1	6:29	5:38
26	11.1	6:30	5:37
27	11.1	6:31	5:36
28	11.1	6:31	5:36
29	11.1	6:32	5:35
30	11.0	6:32	5:34

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.86 kWh/m² to a high of 6.92 kWh/m² in December across the year — April's 4.82 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	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5
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	5.1	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	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.6	Bright
25	4.6	Bright
26	4.6	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Balfour

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is April a good time to visit Balfour?

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

7.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.7

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

April is one of the better times to visit Balfour for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Balfour in April

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

In April, Balfour sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

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UV index in Balfour in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Balfour peaks around January 13 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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	8	6	5	5	7	9	10	12	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	8	Very high
May	6	High
Jun	5	High
Jul	5	High
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	9	Very high
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Air quality in Balfour in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Balfour is worst in July — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (January, 18 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	18	23	33	44	56	65	69	59	50	33	25	21
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	23	Moderate
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	44	Poor
May	56	Unhealthy
Jun	65	Unhealthy
Jul	69	Unhealthy
Aug	59	Unhealthy
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	33	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	21	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Balfour?

Balfour sits at 26.7°S, 28.6°E, 1,622 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Nigel, 28 km away.

Topography around Balfour

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Balfour has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 136 m around an average of 1,631 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 326 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 511 m.

The land around Balfour is covered by grassland (45%) and cropland (41%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) and cropland (42%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and cropland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km

136 m

grassland 45%

16 km

326 m

grassland 55%

80 km

511 m

grassland 51%

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

April weather nearby: Nigel 28 km · Heidelberg 29 km · Villiers 41 km · Lebohang 46 km · Leslie 46 km · eMbalenhle 50 km · Springs 50 km · Brakpan 52 km

South Africa travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / M / N; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 41% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $6,598; 2025
Happiness: 5.0 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 68%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 43.7; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 22.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Upper middle; World Bank
English: Very high; EF EPI 602
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 Balfour (-26.6633°, 28.5902°, elevation 1,622 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. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. 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	24	13
2	24	13
3	24	12
4	24	12
5	23	12
6	23	12
7	23	12
8	23	12
9	23	12
10	23	11
11	23	11
12	23	11
13	23	11
14	23	11
15	23	11
16	23	11
17	23	11
18	23	11
19	22	10
20	22	10
21	22	10
22	22	10
23	22	10
24	22	10
25	22	10
26	22	10
27	22	9
28	22	9
29	22	9
30	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	25	2
2	75	23	2
3	77	21	2
4	80	19	1
5	82	17	1
6	84	15	1
7	85	14	1
8	88	12	0
9	89	11	0
10	91	9	0
11	92	8	0
12	93	7	0
13	94	6	0
14	94	6	0
15	95	5	0
16	96	4	0
17	96	4	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	99	1	0
28	99	1	0
29	99	1	0
30	100	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	25	2
2	75	23	2
3	77	21	2
4	80	19	1
5	82	17	1
6	84	15	1
7	85	14	1
8	88	12	0
9	89	11	0
10	91	9	0
11	92	8	0
12	93	7	0
13	94	6	0
14	94	6	0
15	95	5	0
16	96	4	0
17	96	4	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	99	1	0
28	99	1	0
29	99	1	0
30	100	0	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	70	30
2	70	30
3	70	30
4	70	30
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	72	28
8	72	28
9	72	28
10	72	28
11	73	27
12	74	26
13	74	26
14	75	25
15	75	25
16	77	23
17	77	23
18	77	23
19	78	22
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	78	22
23	79	21
24	80	20
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	81	19
29	82	18
30	82	18

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	73	25	2
2	75	23	2
3	77	21	2
4	80	19	1
5	82	17	1
6	84	15	1
7	85	14	1
8	88	12	0
9	89	11	0
10	91	9	0
11	92	8	0
12	93	7	0
13	94	6	0
14	94	6	0
15	95	5	0
16	96	4	0
17	96	4	0
18	97	3	0
19	97	3	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	99	1	0
24	99	1	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	99	1	0
28	99	1	0
29	99	1	0
30	100	0	0