Climate averages 1991–2020
Mechelen 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 Mechelen: daytime highs average 14.6°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 11 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 Schaerbeek (19 km away). In April its highs average 14.4°C, about as warm as Mechelen, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 18 cities listed in Belgium, Mechelen ranks 1st of 18 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 18 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 18 cities is 14.2°C; Mechelen is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 59 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
Mechelen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.2°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 61 | 11.6 | 8.58 h |
| February | 7.3°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 55 | 11.0 | 10.010 h |
| March | 10.7°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 53 | 11.3 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 14.6°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 45 | 10.8 | 13.814 h |
| May | 18.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 59 | 11.7 | 15.516 h |
| June | 20.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.3 | 16.516 h |
| July | 22.8°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 71 | 12.3 | 16.116 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 72 | 12.0 | 14.615 h |
| September | 19.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 52 | 10.2 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.0°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 57 | 11.0 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 60 | 11.7 | 9.09 h |
| December | 6.6°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 70 | 12.9 | 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
- Schaerbeek in AprilBelgium · 19 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Brussels in AprilBelgium · 21 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Deurne in AprilBelgium · 22 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Antwerp in AprilBelgium · 22 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.6°C · 47 mm rain
- Leuven in AprilBelgium · 23 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.3°C · 46 mm rain
- Ixelles in AprilBelgium · 23 kmHigh 14.1°C · Low 5.1°C · 48 mm rain
- Anderlecht in AprilBelgium · 24 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Aalst in AprilBelgium · 33 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 48 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 Mechelen) is explained once on the Mechelen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.