Climate averages 1991–2020
Bordeaux weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Bordeaux: daytime highs average 17.3°C and nights cool to about 7.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 69 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 27 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is La Rochelle (154 km away). In April its highs average 15.2°C, 2.1°C cooler than Bordeaux, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Bordeaux ranks 6th of 57 for the warmest April highs and 46th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Bordeaux is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 21.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 69 mm to 75 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
Bordeaux climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.1°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 71 | 10.8 | 9.29 h |
| February | 11.3°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 50 | 9.2 | 10.410 h |
| March | 14.8°C5.4°C | 5.4°C | 53 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.3°C7.8°C | 7.8°C | 69 | 11.9 | 13.513 h |
| May | 21.0°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 75 | 11.5 | 14.815 h |
| June | 24.4°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 64 | 9.5 | 15.516 h |
| July | 26.6°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 48 | 7.9 | 15.215 h |
| August | 27.1°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 57 | 8.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 23.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 58 | 8.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.4°C11.1°C | 11.1°C | 67 | 10.5 | 11.011 h |
| November | 13.7°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 79 | 11.6 | 9.610 h |
| December | 10.7°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 73 | 11.4 | 8.99 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
- La Rochelle in AprilFrance · 154 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Pau in AprilFrance · 171 kmHigh 15.4°C · Low 6.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Limoges in AprilFrance · 181 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in AprilSpain · 203 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Poitiers in AprilFrance · 206 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Toulouse in AprilFrance · 212 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Pamplona in AprilSpain · 241 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Bilbao in AprilSpain · 257 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.5°C · 97 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 Bordeaux) is explained once on the Bordeaux year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.