Essen Weather in April
Essen in April
The short of it: Essen in April averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 13 h 52 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and September. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 15° · low 4° · rain 43 mm · daylight 13 h 52 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & September
Thirty years of records give Essen an average April high of 15°, a low of 4° and some 43 mm of rain. Spring takes hold here: highs climb 5° from March to about 15°, with nights near 4°. It is the driest month of the year, only 43 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 52 min in mid-April, 131 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 June and September.
Against its neighbours, Essen runs warmer than most and about as wet in April. Cloppenburg, 16 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
April in Essen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 16 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 52 min
- Average wind
- 13 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CloppenburgLower Saxony | 16 km NNE | 15° | 4° | 42 mm |
| LohneLower Saxony | 21 km ESE | 15° | 5° | 42 mm |
| VechtaLower Saxony | 24 km E | 15° | 5° | 40 mm |
| BramscheLower Saxony | 35 km S | 15° | 4° | 44 mm |
| WallenhorstLower Saxony | 42 km S | 15° | 5° | 45 mm |
| MeppenLower Saxony | 44 km W | 15° | 4° | 40 mm |
| LingenLower Saxony | 47 km WSW | 15° | 5° | 38 mm |
| HarenLower Saxony | 47 km W | 15° | 4° | 39 mm |