Climate averages 1991–2020
Brugge weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Brugge: daytime highs average 13.0°C and nights cool to about 6.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 48 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gent (39 km away). In April its highs average 14.2°C, 1.2°C warmer than Brugge, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Brugge ranks 18th of 18 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 14.2°C; Brugge is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 56 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Brugge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 60 | 12.5 | 8.48 h |
| February | 7.1°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 51 | 10.7 | 10.010 h |
| March | 9.7°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 50 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 13.0°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 44 | 10.4 | 13.814 h |
| May | 16.2°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 56 | 10.8 | 15.516 h |
| June | 18.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 58 | 10.3 | 16.516 h |
| July | 21.0°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 65 | 11.4 | 16.116 h |
| August | 21.2°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 71 | 11.6 | 14.615 h |
| September | 18.5°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 62 | 10.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 14.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 69 | 12.6 | 10.711 h |
| November | 10.2°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 70 | 13.4 | 9.09 h |
| December | 7.0°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 73 | 13.9 | 8.08 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Gent in AprilBelgium · 39 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Kortrijk in AprilBelgium · 42 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Roubaix in AprilFrance · 57 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Dunkirk in AprilFrance · 62 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Aalst in AprilBelgium · 64 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 mm rain
- Lille in AprilFrance · 65 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Antwerp in AprilBelgium · 82 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Deurne in AprilBelgium · 86 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 47 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Brugge) is explained once on the Brugge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.