Climate averages 1991–2020
Grenoble weather
in April.
A mild, 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 Grenoble: daytime highs average 16.3°C and nights cool to about 6.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 28 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Villeurbanne (92 km away). In April its highs average 16.1°C, about as warm as Grenoble, with 81 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Grenoble ranks joint 15th of 57 for the warmest April highs and 56th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Grenoble is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 20.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 147 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
Grenoble climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 119 | 13.1 | 9.29 h |
| February | 8.5°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 102 | 11.3 | 10.410 h |
| March | 12.8°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 109 | 12.9 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 16.3°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 120 | 14.3 | 13.513 h |
| May | 20.0°C10.4°C | 10.4°C | 147 | 16.8 | 14.815 h |
| June | 23.9°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 127 | 15.3 | 15.616 h |
| July | 26.4°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 113 | 12.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 26.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 107 | 12.0 | 14.114 h |
| September | 21.8°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 111 | 11.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 118 | 12.7 | 11.011 h |
| November | 11.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 141 | 13.5 | 9.610 h |
| December | 7.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 133 | 13.4 | 8.89 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
- Villeurbanne in AprilFrance · 92 kmHigh 16.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Lyon in AprilFrance · 93 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 6.3°C · 81 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in AprilFrance · 107 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 86 mm rain
- Geneva in AprilSwitzerland · 119 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.4°C · 109 mm rain
- Avignon in AprilFrance · 154 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Turin in AprilItaly · 155 kmHigh 15.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 101 mm rain
- Lausanne in AprilSwitzerland · 165 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Nîmes in AprilFrance · 184 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 Grenoble) is explained once on the Grenoble year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.