Climate averages 1991–2020
Saguenay weather
in April.
A cold, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Saguenay: daytime highs average 6.0°C and nights cool to about -3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Québec (179 km away). In April its highs average 8.1°C, 2.1°C warmer than Saguenay, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saguenay ranks 83rd of 86 for the warmest April highs and joint 31st of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Saguenay is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 9.2°C to 15.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 92 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
Saguenay climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.1°C-19.1°C | -19.1°C | 66 | 11.8 | 8.89 h |
| February | -7.9°C-17.1°C | -17.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | -1.4°C-10.9°C | -10.9°C | 70 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 6.0°C-3.5°C | -3.5°C | 85 | 12.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.2°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 92 | 12.7 | 15.215 h |
| June | 20.7°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 100 | 12.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 22.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 131 | 15.4 | 15.716 h |
| August | 21.6°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 119 | 14.2 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.2°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 127 | 13.8 | 12.613 h |
| October | 9.5°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 119 | 14.6 | 10.911 h |
| November | 2.1°C-4.6°C | -4.6°C | 95 | 14.2 | 9.39 h |
| December | -5.6°C-13.8°C | -13.8°C | 80 | 13.4 | 8.48 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
- Québec in AprilCanada · 179 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low -1.6°C · 104 mm rain
- Trois-Rivières in AprilCanada · 256 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 98 mm rain
- Sherbrooke in AprilCanada · 341 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -0.1°C · 99 mm rain
- Repentigny in AprilCanada · 348 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Terrebonne in AprilCanada · 360 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 0.6°C · 103 mm rain
- Saint-Louis-de-Terrebonne in AprilCanada · 365 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low 0.2°C · 103 mm rain
- Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve in AprilCanada · 368 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 0.7°C · 103 mm rain
- Longueuil in AprilCanada · 371 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 0.7°C · 103 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 Saguenay) is explained once on the Saguenay year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.