Climate averages 1991–2020
Brest, France weather
in April.
A cool, 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 cool month in Brest, France: daytime highs average 12.5°C and nights cool to about 8.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 66 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 38 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint Helier (196 km away). In April its highs average 11.3°C, 1.2°C cooler than Brest, France, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Brest, France ranks 57th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 40th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Brest, France is 2.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 15.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 66 mm to 59 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
Brest, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.7°C6.7°C | 6.7°C | 99 | 15.3 | 8.89 h |
| February | 9.6°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 80 | 13.4 | 10.210 h |
| March | 10.9°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 64 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 12.5°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 66 | 11.9 | 13.614 h |
| May | 15.0°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 59 | 10.5 | 15.215 h |
| June | 17.3°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 47 | 9.7 | 16.016 h |
| July | 18.9°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 45 | 10.1 | 15.716 h |
| August | 19.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 53 | 10.0 | 14.314 h |
| September | 17.8°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 52 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 92 | 14.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 12.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 96 | 14.9 | 9.39 h |
| December | 10.4°C7.4°C | 7.4°C | 105 | 15.3 | 8.48 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
- Saint Helier in AprilJersey · 196 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Rennes in AprilFrance · 210 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Plymouth in AprilUnited Kingdom · 222 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 6.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Nantes in AprilFrance · 255 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Exeter in AprilUnited Kingdom · 269 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 64 mm rain
- Angers in AprilFrance · 310 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Caen in AprilFrance · 315 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Poole in AprilUnited Kingdom · 315 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 6.7°C · 53 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 Brest) is explained once on the Brest, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.