Göttingen Weather in April
Göttingen in April
The short of it: Göttingen in April averages a high of 15 °C (59 °F) and a low of 4 °C (40 °F), with 36 mm (1.4 in) of rain and about 13 h 47 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 15° · low 4° · rain 36 mm · daylight 13 h 47 min
✦✦✦✦ Recommended for a visit · best months: June & August
Thirty years of records give Göttingen an average April high of 15°, a low of 4° and some 36 mm of rain. Highs rise 5° against March, to near 15°; nights run about 4°. It is the driest month of the year, only 36 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 4 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are June and August.
Against its neighbours, Göttingen runs warmer than most and drier than most in April. Northeim, 20 km to the NNE, sees much the same highs.
April in Göttingen, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 12th wettest of 12
- Versus March
- 5° warmer, 13 mm less rain
- Versus May
- 4° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- Dec–Feb
- Daylight, mid-month
- 13 h 47 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
April averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NortheimLower Saxony | 20 km NNE | 15° | 4° | 36 mm |
| WitzenhausenHesse | 22 km SSW | 14° | 4° | 42 mm |
| Heilbad HeiligenstadtThuringia | 22 km SE | 14° | 4° | 42 mm |
| DuderstadtLower Saxony | 23 km E | 15° | 4° | 38 mm |
| Hannoversch MündenLower Saxony | 24 km SW | 14° | 4° | 41 mm |
| UslarLower Saxony | 25 km WNW | 14° | 4° | 40 mm |
| EinbeckLower Saxony | 32 km N | 15° | 4° | 41 mm |
| VellmarHesse | 37 km WSW | 15° | 4° | 38 mm |