Paris Weather in April
Paris in April
The short of it: Paris in April averages a high of 11 °C (52 °F) and a low of 1 °C (34 °F), with 81 mm (3.2 in) of rain and about 13 h 21 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 11° · low 1° · rain 81 mm · daylight 13 h 21 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Paris an average April high of 11°, a low of 1° and some 81 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 7° from March to about 11°, with nights near 1°. Wet spells are common — about 81 mm, the 3rd wettest month. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 21 min in mid-April, 93 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates April 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and September.
Against its neighbours, Paris runs about middling and wetter than most in April. Brant, 8 km to the SSE, sees much the same highs.
April in Paris, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 3rd wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 7° warmer, 27 mm more rain
- Versus May
- 8° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Nov–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 21 min
- Average wind
- 15 km/h