Gap Weather in April
Gap in April
The short of it: Gap in April averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 4 °C (38 °F), with 61 mm (2.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 25 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are July and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 4° · rain 61 mm · daylight 13 h 25 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: July & June
Thirty years of records give Gap an average April high of 16°, a low of 4° and some 61 mm of rain. Much like March: highs about 16°, nights near 4°. A wool coat will serve you well. Wet spells are common — about 61 mm, the 9th wettest month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 25 min in mid-April, 98 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 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are July and June.
Against its neighbours, Gap runs about middling and drier than most in April. Veynes, 20 km to the W, is 1° cooler by day.
April in Gap, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 7th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 9th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 3° warmer, 2.0 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 25 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VeynesProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 20 km W | 15° | 4° | 66 mm |
| EmbrunProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 33 km E | 15° | 3° | 68 mm |
| Laragne-MontéglinProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 34 km SW | 17° | 5° | 63 mm |
| SisteronProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 42 km SSW | 18° | 6° | 60 mm |
| La MureAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 44 km NNW | 15° | 4° | 73 mm |
| BarcelonnetteProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 49 km ESE | 12° | 2° | 79 mm |
| Digne-les-BainsProvence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur | 53 km SSE | 17° | 5° | 66 mm |
| Le Bourg-d'OisansAuvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 55 km N | 14° | 3° | 68 mm |