Climate averages 1991–2020
Amiens weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Amiens: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 55 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 4th 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 Cergy-Pontoise (97 km away). In April its highs average 14.8°C, about as warm as Amiens, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Amiens ranks joint 47th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 21st of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Amiens is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.2°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 55 mm to 67 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
Amiens climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.9°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 60 | 11.5 | 8.69 h |
| February | 7.9°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 53 | 10.8 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 54 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 14.3°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 55 | 11.2 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.5°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 67 | 12.3 | 15.415 h |
| June | 20.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 61 | 10.5 | 16.316 h |
| July | 22.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 61 | 10.9 | 15.916 h |
| August | 22.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 66 | 11.3 | 14.514 h |
| September | 19.6°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 47 | 9.3 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.4°C9.0°C | 9.0°C | 66 | 11.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.4°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 11.8 | 9.19 h |
| December | 7.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 76 | 12.7 | 8.28 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
- Cergy-Pontoise in AprilFrance · 97 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Lille in AprilFrance · 98 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Rouen in AprilFrance · 100 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Argenteuil in AprilFrance · 106 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Aulnay-sous-Bois in AprilFrance · 108 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Roubaix in AprilFrance · 108 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Paris 20 Ménilmontant in AprilFrance · 115 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Paris in AprilFrance · 116 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 50 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 Amiens) is explained once on the Amiens year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.