Erlangen Weather in April
Erlangen in April
The short of it: Erlangen in April averages a high of 16 °C (60 °F) and a low of 3 °C (38 °F), with 40 mm (1.6 in) of rain and about 13 h 40 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are August and May. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 3° · rain 40 mm · daylight 13 h 40 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: August & May
Thirty years of records give Erlangen an average April high of 16°, a low of 3° and some 40 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 6° from March to about 16°, with nights near 3°. It is the driest month of the year, only 40 mm of rain. The snow cover usually melts away this month.
The sun is up for about 13 h 40 min in mid-April, 117 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 August and May.
Against its neighbours, Erlangen runs about middling and wetter than most in April. Herzogenaurach, 9 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
April in Erlangen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 6° warmer, 20 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 5° colder
- Day–night spread
- 13°
- Snow season
- Dec–Mar
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HerzogenaurachBavaria | 9 km WSW | 15° | 3° | 39 mm |
| FürthBavaria | 13 km S | 16° | 3° | 37 mm |
| ForchheimBavaria | 15 km NNE | 16° | 3° | 36 mm |
| NurembergBavaria | 16 km SSE | 16° | 3° | 36 mm |
| ZirndorfBavaria | 17 km SSW | 16° | 3° | 38 mm |
| CadolzburgBavaria | 19 km SW | 15° | 3° | 38 mm |
| LangenzennBavaria | 19 km SW | 15° | 3° | 38 mm |
| Höchstadt an der AischBavaria | 19 km NW | 15° | 3° | 36 mm |