Climate averages 1991–2020
Aix-en-Provence weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Aix-en-Provence: daytime highs average 17.7°C and nights cool to about 7.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 68 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille 15 (19 km away). In April its highs average 17.6°C, about as warm as Aix-en-Provence, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Aix-en-Provence ranks 4th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 44th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Aix-en-Provence is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 21.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 68 mm to 58 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
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
Aix-en-Provence climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 54 | 7.1 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.1°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 44 | 6.1 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.8°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 44 | 6.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 68 | 9.0 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.9°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 58 | 7.6 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.7°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 35 | 5.1 | 15.415 h |
| July | 29.7°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 19 | 3.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 23 | 3.8 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.4°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 72 | 6.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.0°C | 11.0°C | 88 | 8.6 | 11.111 h |
| November | 13.9°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 100 | 9.6 | 9.710 h |
| December | 10.6°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 60 | 7.2 | 9.09 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain 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
- Marseille 15 in AprilFrance · 19 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Marseille in AprilFrance · 26 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Toulon in AprilFrance · 59 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Avignon in AprilFrance · 70 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Nîmes in AprilFrance · 94 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Cannes in AprilFrance · 126 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Montpellier in AprilFrance · 127 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Antibes in AprilFrance · 135 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 67 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 Aix-en-Provence) is explained once on the Aix-en-Provence year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.