Climate averages 1991–2020
Lappeenranta weather
in April.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Lappeenranta: daytime highs average 5.6°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 38 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Vyborg (50 km away). In April its highs average 6.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Lappeenranta, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 13 cities listed in Finland, Lappeenranta ranks 10th of 13 for the warmest April highs and joint 3rd of 13 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 13 cities is 6.3°C; Lappeenranta is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 8.4°C to 14.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 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
Lappeenranta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -4.5°C-8.4°C | -8.4°C | 42 | 10.3 | 6.57 h |
| February | -4.8°C-8.8°C | -8.8°C | 38 | 9.1 | 8.99 h |
| March | -0.8°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 36 | 9.0 | 11.712 h |
| April, selected | 5.6°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 33 | 8.4 | 14.615 h |
| May | 14.0°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 46 | 9.2 | 17.417 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 66 | 11.9 | 19.119 h |
| July | 21.5°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 73 | 11.9 | 18.318 h |
| August | 19.6°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 75 | 12.4 | 15.816 h |
| September | 13.9°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 56 | 10.7 | 13.013 h |
| October | 6.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 57 | 11.2 | 10.110 h |
| November | 1.3°C-1.6°C | -1.6°C | 54 | 11.2 | 7.47 h |
| December | -2.0°C-5.5°C | -5.5°C | 52 | 11.3 | 5.76 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
- Vyborg in AprilRussia · 50 kmHigh 6.7°C · Low -0.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kouvola in AprilFinland · 83 kmHigh 7.3°C · Low -0.9°C · 35 mm rain
- Lahti in AprilFinland · 136 kmHigh 7.4°C · Low -0.6°C · 35 mm rain
- Peterhof in AprilRussia · 161 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 39 mm rain
- Saint Petersburg in AprilRussia · 170 kmHigh 7.1°C · Low -0.1°C · 39 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in AprilFinland · 185 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Joensuu in AprilFinland · 190 kmHigh 3.9°C · Low -2.0°C · 32 mm rain
- Vantaa in AprilFinland · 191 kmHigh 8.1°C · Low 0.0°C · 37 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 Lappeenranta) is explained once on the Lappeenranta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.