Dorsten Weather in April
Dorsten in April
The short of it: Dorsten in April averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 6 °C (42 °F), with 44 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 48 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and April. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 6° · rain 44 mm · daylight 13 h 48 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: May & April
Thirty years of records give Dorsten an average April high of 16°, a low of 6° and some 44 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from March to about 16°, with nights near 6°. It is the driest month of the year, only 44 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 48 min in mid-April, 126 minutes more than a month before.
For the traveller: pack layers, a wool coat and stout boots. The Almanac rates April 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are May and April.
Against its neighbours, Dorsten runs about middling and drier than most in April. Marl, 9 km to the E, sees much the same highs.
April in Dorsten, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 14 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- Dec–Jan
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 48 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MarlNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 9 km E | 16° | 6° | 47 mm |
| GladbeckNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 10 km S | 16° | 6° | 46 mm |
| HertenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 14 km ESE | 16° | 6° | 48 mm |
| BottropNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km S | 16° | 6° | 45 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km ESE | 16° | 5° | 48 mm |
| DinslakenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 19 km SW | 16° | 6° | 42 mm |
| GelsenkirchenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 20 km SSE | 16° | 6° | 48 mm |
| OberhausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km SSW | 16° | 6° | 45 mm |