Dortmund Weather in April
Dortmund in April
The short of it: Dortmund in April averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 48 mm (1.9 in) of rain and about 13 h 47 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are May and June. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 5° · rain 48 mm · daylight 13 h 47 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: May & June
Thirty years of records give Dortmund an average April high of 16°, a low of 5° and some 48 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from March to about 16°, with nights near 5°. It is the driest month of the year, only 48 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 47 min in mid-April, 125 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 June.
Against its neighbours, Dortmund runs warmer than most and drier than most in April. Witten, 11 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
April in Dortmund, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 7.0 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 12 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WittenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 11 km SW | 15° | 5° | 54 mm |
| Castrop-RauxelNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km WNW | 16° | 5° | 49 mm |
| LünenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 12 km NNE | 16° | 5° | 45 mm |
| UnnaNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 16 km E | 15° | 5° | 45 mm |
| HerneNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km W | 16° | 6° | 51 mm |
| HagenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 17 km S | 15° | 5° | 57 mm |
| BochumNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 18 km WSW | 16° | 5° | 53 mm |
| RecklinghausenNorth Rhine-Westphalia | 22 km WNW | 16° | 5° | 48 mm |