Climate averages 1991–2020
Winnipeg weather
in April.
A cool, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Winnipeg: daytime highs average 9.1°C and nights cool to about -2.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th 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 Fargo (335 km away). In April its highs average 11.5°C, 2.4°C warmer than Winnipeg, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 86 cities listed in Canada, Winnipeg ranks 72nd of 86 for the warmest April highs and 8th of 86 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 86 cities is 10.3°C; Winnipeg is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 7.4°C to 16.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 36 mm to 80 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
Winnipeg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -12.0°C-21.0°C | -21.0°C | 16 | 4.9 | 8.69 h |
| February | -9.0°C-18.7°C | -18.7°C | 14 | 3.7 | 10.110 h |
| March | -0.9°C-10.7°C | -10.7°C | 25 | 6.2 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 9.1°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 36 | 6.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 16.5°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 80 | 10.8 | 15.415 h |
| June | 22.0°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 98 | 12.4 | 16.316 h |
| July | 24.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 88 | 11.5 | 15.916 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 76 | 9.8 | 14.514 h |
| September | 18.5°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 68 | 9.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 9.5°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 47 | 8.1 | 10.811 h |
| November | -0.4°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 28 | 6.0 | 9.19 h |
| December | -8.7°C-16.4°C | -16.4°C | 22 | 5.7 | 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
- Fargo in AprilUnited States · 335 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 0.4°C · 52 mm rain
- Bismarck in AprilUnited States · 435 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low -0.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Duluth in AprilUnited States · 507 kmHigh 6.5°C · Low -0.2°C · 84 mm rain
- Regina in AprilCanada · 536 kmHigh 9.7°C · Low -1.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Thunder Bay in AprilCanada · 598 kmHigh 5.1°C · Low -2.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Brooklyn Park in AprilUnited States · 604 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 2.2°C · 81 mm rain
- Plymouth, United States in AprilUnited States · 609 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 2.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Minneapolis in AprilUnited States · 618 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 81 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 Winnipeg) is explained once on the Winnipeg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.