De Aar weather in April

In April, De Aar sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 11°C, with 31 mm of rain across 5 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 22°C by the end. 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 42 min at the start of April to 10 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is De Aar's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see De Aar's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 11°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 31 mm; 5 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 18 min; 6:46 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover: 34%; 12th clearest
Wind: 13 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 4.83 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.1; out of 10

De Aar is town in the Northern Cape, South Africa.

Density: 378/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1903

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 26°C in the first days to 22°C by the end.

A typical April day in De Aar reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 11°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 18°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs about 5°C cooler than March and about 4°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)	26	26	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9

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

How April really feels in De Aar

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.

De Aar weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 7th-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	31° / 17°	56	7.2	13.8	5.0
Feb	31° / 17°	47	7.7	13.1	5.2
Mar	28° / 15°	48	7	12.2	6.7
Apr	24° / 11°	31	5	11.3	8.1
May	20° / 7°	19	3.1	10.5	7.8
Jun	17° / 3°	14	2.5	10.1	6.7
Jul	17° / 2°	10	2.1	10.2	6.8
Aug	19° / 4°	11	2.3	10.9	7.8
Sep	23° / 8°	14	2.1	11.8	8.6
Oct	26° / 11°	24	3.7	12.8	8.2
Nov	28° / 13°	33	4.6	13.6	7.2
Dec	31° / 16°	37	5.2	13.9	5.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in April, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 21%. 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 (%)	79	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	81
Cloudier (%)	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
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	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	81	19

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

De Aar gets around 31 mm of rain over 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 17% 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	21	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	13

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

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 96% 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 (%)	88	88	90	91	91	92	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99
Comfortable (%)	11	11	10	9	9	8	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Humid (%)	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	0	0	0	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	11	1
2	88	11	1
3	90	10	0
4	91	9	0
5	91	9	0
6	92	8	0
7	93	7	0
8	94	6	0
9	94	6	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	96	4	0
13	96	4	0
14	96	4	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	99	1	0
28	99	1	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0

Wind in April

Winds average 13 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 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)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
Feels	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze	light breeze

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

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of April to 10 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 48 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 5:47 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)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.1	11.1	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9	10.9	10.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:39	6:39	6:40	6:41	6:41	6:42	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:53	6:54	6:54	6:55	6:56
Sunset (PM)	6:20	6:19	6:18	6:16	6:15	6:14	6:13	6:11	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:07	6:05	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:55	5:54	5:53	5:52	5:51	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	6:37	6:20
2	11.7	6:38	6:19
3	11.7	6:38	6:18
4	11.6	6:39	6:16
5	11.6	6:39	6:15
6	11.6	6:40	6:14
7	11.5	6:41	6:13
8	11.5	6:41	6:11
9	11.5	6:42	6:10
10	11.4	6:43	6:09
11	11.4	6:43	6:08
12	11.4	6:44	6:07
13	11.3	6:45	6:05
14	11.3	6:45	6:04
15	11.3	6:46	6:03
16	11.3	6:46	6:02
17	11.2	6:47	6:01
18	11.2	6:48	6:00
19	11.2	6:48	5:58
20	11.1	6:49	5:57
21	11.1	6:50	5:56
22	11.1	6:50	5:55
23	11.0	6:51	5:54
24	11.0	6:52	5:53
25	11.0	6:52	5:52
26	11.0	6:53	5:51
27	10.9	6:54	5:50
28	10.9	6:54	5:49
29	10.9	6:55	5:48
30	10.9	6:56	5:47

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.35 kWh/m² to a high of 8.54 kWh/m² in December across the year — April's 4.83 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	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3
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	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.2	Bright
6	5.2	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.1	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.6	Bright
22	4.6	Bright
23	4.6	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit De Aar?

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

8.1

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

6.5

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for De Aar in April

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

In April, De Aar sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 11°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in De Aar in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in De Aar peaks around January 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 4 (moderate).

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	11	7	5	4	4	6	8	12	13	14
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	High	High	Moderate	Moderate	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	7	High
May	5	High
Jun	4	Moderate
Jul	4	Moderate
Aug	6	High
Sep	8	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	14	Extreme

Location & terrain

Where is De Aar?

De Aar sits at 30.6°S, 24.0°E, 1,247 m above sea level, in South Africa. The nearest listed city is Middelburg, 133 km away.

Topography around De Aar

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around De Aar has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 132 m around an average of 1,251 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 348 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 918 m.

The land around De Aar is covered by grassland (50%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, grassland (83%) within 16 km, and grassland (89%) within 80 km.

3 km

132 m

grassland 50%

16 km

348 m

grassland 83%

80 km

918 m

grassland 89%

shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain

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

April weather nearby: Middelburg 133 km · Graaff Reinet 185 km · Burgersdorp 225 km · Kimberley 225 km · Cradock 227 km · Beaufort West 233 km · Aliwal North 258 km · Bloemfontein 272 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 De Aar (-30.6497°, 24.0123°, elevation 1,247 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	26	13
2	26	13
3	26	13
4	25	13
5	25	13
6	25	13
7	25	12
8	25	12
9	25	12
10	25	12
11	24	12
12	24	11
13	24	11
14	24	11
15	24	11
16	24	11
17	23	11
18	23	10
19	23	10
20	23	10
21	23	10
22	23	10
23	23	9
24	22	9
25	22	9
26	22	9
27	22	9
28	22	9
29	22	9
30	22	9

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
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	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	81	19

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	11	1
2	88	11	1
3	90	10	0
4	91	9	0
5	91	9	0
6	92	8	0
7	93	7	0
8	94	6	0
9	94	6	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	96	4	0
13	96	4	0
14	96	4	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	99	1	0
28	99	1	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
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	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	81	19

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	11	1
2	88	11	1
3	90	10	0
4	91	9	0
5	91	9	0
6	92	8	0
7	93	7	0
8	94	6	0
9	94	6	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	96	4	0
13	96	4	0
14	96	4	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	99	1	0
28	99	1	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	79	21
2	79	21
3	79	21
4	79	21
5	79	21
6	78	22
7	78	22
8	78	22
9	78	22
10	78	22
11	78	22
12	78	22
13	78	22
14	78	22
15	78	22
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	79	21
25	80	20
26	80	20
27	80	20
28	80	20
29	80	20
30	81	19

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	88	11	1
2	88	11	1
3	90	10	0
4	91	9	0
5	91	9	0
6	92	8	0
7	93	7	0
8	94	6	0
9	94	6	0
10	95	5	0
11	95	5	0
12	96	4	0
13	96	4	0
14	96	4	0
15	97	3	0
16	97	3	0
17	97	3	0
18	97	3	0
19	98	2	0
20	98	2	0
21	98	2	0
22	98	2	0
23	98	2	0
24	98	2	0
25	99	1	0
26	99	1	0
27	99	1	0
28	99	1	0
29	99	1	0
30	99	1	0