Climate averages 1991–2020
Prince George weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Prince George: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about -0.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 38 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Grande Prairie (290 km away). In April its highs average 8.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Prince George, with 25 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Prince George ranks joint 44th of 86 for the warmest April highs and joint 9th of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Prince George is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 6.3°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 38 mm to 40 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
Prince George climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -3.9°C-11.0°C | -11.0°C | 54 | 12.1 | 8.08 h |
| February | -0.4°C-9.0°C | -9.0°C | 31 | 8.4 | 9.710 h |
| March | 4.4°C-5.4°C | -5.4°C | 35 | 9.3 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 10.5°C-0.4°C | -0.4°C | 38 | 9.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 40 | 9.0 | 15.916 h |
| June | 20.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 53 | 10.0 | 17.017 h |
| July | 22.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 41 | 8.3 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.0°C7.3°C | 7.3°C | 54 | 9.8 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.2°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 76 | 13.7 | 10.611 h |
| November | 1.8°C-4.0°C | -4.0°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.69 h |
| December | -3.1°C-9.5°C | -9.5°C | 46 | 10.4 | 7.58 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
- Grande Prairie in AprilCanada · 290 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low -2.2°C · 25 mm rain
- Kamloops in AprilCanada · 397 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 3.1°C · 30 mm rain
- Kelowna in AprilCanada · 501 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.9°C · 43 mm rain
- North Vancouver in AprilCanada · 512 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 4.8°C · 175 mm rain
- Coquitlam in AprilCanada · 515 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.9°C · 198 mm rain
- Burnaby in AprilCanada · 517 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.4°C · 175 mm rain
- Vancouver in AprilCanada · 520 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Maple Ridge in AprilCanada · 522 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 3.2°C · 224 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 Prince George) is explained once on the Prince George year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.