Climate averages 1991–2020
Angers weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Angers: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 6.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (81 km away). In April its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as Angers, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Angers ranks joint 21st of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 18th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Angers is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 62 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
Angers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 62 | 11.2 | 8.99 h |
| February | 9.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 50 | 9.5 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.4°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 49 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.2°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 54 | 10.5 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.7°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 62 | 10.8 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 44 | 8.5 | 15.916 h |
| July | 24.2°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 40 | 7.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 46 | 7.1 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.3°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.8°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 68 | 10.7 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.8°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 62 | 11.4 | 9.49 h |
| December | 8.7°C3.6°C | 3.6°C | 70 | 11.4 | 8.59 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
- Nantes in AprilFrance · 81 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Le Mans in AprilFrance · 82 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Tours in AprilFrance · 95 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Rennes in AprilFrance · 110 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Poitiers in AprilFrance · 120 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 mm rain
- La Rochelle in AprilFrance · 152 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Orléans, France in AprilFrance · 190 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Caen in AprilFrance · 191 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 56 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 Angers) is explained once on the Angers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.