Aachen Weather in April
Aachen in April
The short of it: Aachen in April averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 50 mm (2.0 in) of rain and about 13 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 6° · rain 50 mm · daylight 13 h 45 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & August
Thirty years of records give Aachen an average April high of 15°, a low of 6° and some 50 mm of rain. Highs rise 4° against March, to near 15°; nights run about 6°. It is the driest month of the year, only 50 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 45 min in mid-April, 122 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates April 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and August.
Against its neighbours, Aachen runs cooler than most and wetter than most in April. Kerkrade, 10 km to the N, sees much the same highs.
April in Aachen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 4° warmer, 18 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KerkradeLimburg | 10 km N | 15° | 5° | 45 mm |
| StolbergNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km E | 15° | 5° | 48 mm |
| HerzogenrathNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km N | 15° | 6° | 44 mm |
| AlsdorfNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km NNE | 15° | 5° | 43 mm |
| HeerlenLimburg | 14 km NNW | 15° | 6° | 43 mm |
| EschweilerNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ENE | 15° | 6° | 44 mm |
| VerviersWallonia | 26 km SW | 15° | 5° | 56 mm |
| MaastrichtLimburg | 29 km WNW | 16° | 6° | 41 mm |