Climate averages 1991–2020
Saskatoon 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 Saskatoon: daytime highs average 9.5°C and nights cool to about -1.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 31 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 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Regina (235 km away). In April its highs average 9.7°C, about as warm as Saskatoon, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Saskatoon ranks joint 64th of 86 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Saskatoon is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.3°C to 16.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 46 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
Saskatoon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -10.2°C-19.2°C | -19.2°C | 15 | 4.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | -7.7°C-16.8°C | -16.8°C | 11 | 3.4 | 9.910 h |
| March | -0.4°C-10.1°C | -10.1°C | 18 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 9.5°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 31 | 6.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 46 | 7.8 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.9°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 87 | 11.9 | 16.717 h |
| July | 23.9°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 70 | 10.8 | 16.216 h |
| August | 23.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 50 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.1°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 38 | 5.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.1°C0.6°C | 0.6°C | 27 | 5.8 | 10.711 h |
| November | -0.8°C-8.1°C | -8.1°C | 19 | 4.7 | 8.99 h |
| December | -8.0°C-15.8°C | -15.8°C | 12 | 4.0 | 7.88 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
- Regina in AprilCanada · 235 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Sherwood Park in AprilCanada · 472 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low -2.2°C · 34 mm rain
- Edmonton in AprilCanada · 483 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -1.7°C · 32 mm rain
- Red Deer in AprilCanada · 486 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low -2.0°C · 33 mm rain
- Lethbridge in AprilCanada · 509 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 0.2°C · 40 mm rain
- Airdrie in AprilCanada · 516 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low -2.0°C · 39 mm rain
- Calgary in AprilCanada · 526 kmHigh 10.1°C · Low -2.2°C · 38 mm rain
- Winnipeg in AprilCanada · 711 kmHigh 9.1°C · Low -2.1°C · 36 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 Saskatoon) is explained once on the Saskatoon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.