Climate averages 1991–2020
Clermont-Ferrand weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Clermont-Ferrand: daytime highs average 14.3°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saint-Étienne (108 km away). In April its highs average 14.3°C, about as warm as Clermont-Ferrand, with 86 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Clermont-Ferrand ranks joint 47th of 57 for the warmest April highs and 52nd of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Clermont-Ferrand is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 18.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 99 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
Clermont-Ferrand climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.7°C0.3°C | 0.3°C | 62 | 12.5 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.7°C0.0°C | 0.0°C | 51 | 11.3 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.3°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.3°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 83 | 13.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 99 | 14.8 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 84 | 12.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 24.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 88 | 11.5 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 88 | 11.5 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.1°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 83 | 10.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 76 | 11.4 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 76 | 13.0 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.2°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 62 | 12.3 | 8.79 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-Étienne in AprilFrance · 108 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Lyon in AprilFrance · 137 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in AprilFrance · 139 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Limoges in AprilFrance · 143 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Grenoble in AprilFrance · 216 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Dijon in AprilFrance · 225 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.6°C · 75 mm rain
- Poitiers in AprilFrance · 229 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Nîmes in AprilFrance · 238 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 64 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 Clermont-Ferrand) is explained once on the Clermont-Ferrand year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.