Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelowna weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Kelowna: daytime highs average 13.2°C and nights cool to about 3.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamloops (105 km away). In April its highs average 13.6°C, about as warm as Kelowna, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Kelowna ranks 2nd of 86 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Kelowna is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.7°C to 19.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 51 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
Kelowna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.2°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 59 | 13.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | 3.9°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 42 | 10.1 | 10.110 h |
| March | 8.0°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 55 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 13.2°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 9.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 19.9°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 51 | 9.9 | 15.415 h |
| June | 23.1°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 51 | 9.2 | 16.316 h |
| July | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 30 | 5.3 | 15.916 h |
| August | 27.8°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 25 | 5.2 | 14.514 h |
| September | 22.2°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 43 | 7.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 69 | 12.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | 5.7°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 87 | 15.5 | 9.19 h |
| December | 1.3°C-3.1°C | -3.1°C | 66 | 13.5 | 8.28 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
- Kamloops in AprilCanada · 105 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Chilliwack in AprilCanada · 195 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.1°C · 172 mm rain
- Abbotsford in AprilCanada · 220 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in AprilCanada · 237 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 224 mm rain
- Langley in AprilCanada · 245 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 3.9°C · 129 mm rain
- Coquitlam in AprilCanada · 247 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 198 mm rain
- Bellingham in AprilUnited States · 251 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.7°C · 122 mm rain
- Surrey in AprilCanada · 256 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 3.8°C · 129 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 Kelowna) is explained once on the Kelowna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.