Climate averages 1991–2020
Dijon weather
in April.
A mild, 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 mild month in Dijon: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 75 mm of rain on roughly 12 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 35 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Besançon (76 km away). In April its highs average 14.9°C, about as warm as Dijon, with 88 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Dijon ranks joint 24th of 57 for the warmest April highs and 47th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Dijon is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 75 mm to 89 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
Dijon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 73 | 12.5 | 8.99 h |
| February | 7.5°C0.4°C | 0.4°C | 63 | 11.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.5°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 66 | 11.8 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 89 | 13.0 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 74 | 12.3 | 15.916 h |
| July | 25.1°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 71 | 11.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 70 | 10.7 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 75 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.0°C8.5°C | 8.5°C | 89 | 12.3 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.0°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 91 | 12.6 | 9.49 h |
| December | 6.6°C1.4°C | 1.4°C | 84 | 13.6 | 8.69 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
- Besançon in AprilFrance · 76 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 88 mm rain
- Geneva in AprilSwitzerland · 151 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Lausanne in AprilSwitzerland · 152 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Villeurbanne in AprilFrance · 172 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Lyon in AprilFrance · 174 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Nancy in AprilFrance · 176 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 59 mm rain
- Mulhouse in AprilFrance · 180 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 68 mm rain
- Bern in AprilSwitzerland · 189 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 2.7°C · 90 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 Dijon) is explained once on the Dijon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.