Climate averages 1991–2020
Edmonton weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Edmonton: daytime highs average 9.4°C and nights cool to about -1.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 32 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Sherwood Park (11 km away). In April its highs average 8.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Edmonton, with 34 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Edmonton ranks joint 69th of 86 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Edmonton is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.8°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 32 mm to 53 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Edmonton climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -7.9°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 18 | 5.6 | 8.18 h |
| February | -4.9°C-14.4°C | -14.4°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.810 h |
| March | 0.5°C-9.2°C | -9.2°C | 16 | 5.0 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 9.4°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 32 | 6.5 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.2°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 53 | 8.3 | 15.916 h |
| June | 19.8°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 86 | 13.3 | 16.917 h |
| July | 22.4°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 88 | 13.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 58 | 9.7 | 14.815 h |
| September | 16.7°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 38 | 7.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 8.9°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 23 | 5.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | -0.7°C-8.3°C | -8.3°C | 21 | 5.6 | 8.79 h |
| December | -6.7°C-15.0°C | -15.0°C | 14 | 4.6 | 7.68 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Sherwood Park in AprilCanada · 11 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Red Deer in AprilCanada · 144 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -2.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Airdrie in AprilCanada · 253 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Calgary in AprilCanada · 281 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low -2.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Grande Prairie in AprilCanada · 389 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -2.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Lethbridge in AprilCanada · 430 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Saskatoon in AprilCanada · 483 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -1.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Kamloops in AprilCanada · 567 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 30 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 Edmonton) is explained once on the Edmonton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.