Climate averages 1991–2020
Milton weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Milton: daytime highs average 11.4°C and nights cool to about 2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 84 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Burlington (15 km away). In April its highs average 10.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Milton, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Milton ranks joint 20th of 86 for the warmest April highs and joint 29th of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Milton is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.0°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 84 mm to 83 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
Milton 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-8.5°C | -8.5°C | 63 | 10.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | -0.3°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 53 | 8.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 4.7°C-4.1°C | -4.1°C | 61 | 9.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 11.4°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 84 | 11.5 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 83 | 11.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 88 | 11.8 | 15.415 h |
| July | 26.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 81 | 10.8 | 15.115 h |
| August | 25.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 72 | 9.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.4°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 73 | 9.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 14.2°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 76 | 10.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 7.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 70 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 1.8°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 62 | 10.1 | 9.09 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
- Burlington in AprilCanada · 15 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 2.3°C · 89 mm rain
- Oakville in AprilCanada · 18 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 2.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Mississauga in AprilCanada · 19 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 1.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Brampton in AprilCanada · 21 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 1.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Etobicoke in AprilCanada · 29 kmHigh 10.4°C · Low 1.8°C · 77 mm rain
- Hamilton in AprilCanada · 30 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 2.7°C · 94 mm rain
- Guelph in AprilCanada · 30 kmHigh 11.1°C · Low 0.9°C · 87 mm rain
- Stoney Creek in AprilCanada · 35 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 2.3°C · 94 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 Milton) is explained once on the Milton year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.