Gießen Weather in April
Gießen in April
The short of it: Gießen in April averages a high of 16 °C (61 °F) and a low of 5 °C (41 °F), with 39 mm (1.5 in) of rain and about 13 h 44 min of daylight. Rated 4 of 5 for a visit; the best months are June and August. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 16° · low 5° · rain 39 mm · daylight 13 h 44 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Gießen an average April high of 16°, a low of 5° and some 39 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 39 mm of rain.
The sun is up for about 13 h 44 min in mid-April, 121 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 August.
Against its neighbours, Gießen runs warmer than most and drier than most in April. Wetzlar, 12 km to the WSW, sees much the same highs.
April in Gießen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 5.0 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 44 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WetzlarHesse | 12 km WSW | 16° | 5° | 41 mm |
| ButzbachHesse | 17 km S | 16° | 5° | 41 mm |
| Bad NauheimHesse | 25 km S | 16° | 5° | 40 mm |
| Marburg an der LahnHesse | 26 km NNE | 15° | 4° | 41 mm |
| FriedbergHesse | 28 km SSE | 16° | 5° | 38 mm |
| DillenburgHesse | 32 km WNW | 15° | 4° | 50 mm |
| FriedrichsdorfHesse | 38 km S | 16° | 5° | 40 mm |
| Bad Homburg vor der HöheHesse | 40 km S | 16° | 5° | 42 mm |