Climate averages 1991–2020
Caen weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Caen: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Le Havre (48 km away). In April its highs average 13.3°C, 1.0°C cooler than Caen, with 59 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Caen ranks joint 47th of 57 for the warmest April highs and 24th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Caen is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.1°C to 17.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 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
Caen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.1°C3.3°C | 3.3°C | 59 | 11.5 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.9°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 51 | 11.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.6°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 54 | 11.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 56 | 11.7 | 13.714 h |
| May | 17.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 58 | 11.4 | 15.315 h |
| June | 20.4°C12.3°C | 12.3°C | 62 | 10.5 | 16.216 h |
| July | 22.5°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 55 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| August | 22.6°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 60 | 10.1 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.8°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 53 | 9.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.9°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 65 | 12.3 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 66 | 12.8 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 74 | 13.3 | 8.38 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
- Le Havre in AprilFrance · 48 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 7.0°C · 59 mm rain
- Rouen in AprilFrance · 110 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Saint Helier in AprilJersey · 127 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Le Mans in AprilFrance · 138 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Rennes in AprilFrance · 154 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in AprilFrance · 178 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in AprilFrance · 180 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Worthing in AprilUnited Kingdom · 181 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 49 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 Caen) is explained once on the Caen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.