Climate averages 1991–2020
La Rochelle weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in La Rochelle: daytime highs average 15.2°C and nights cool to about 8.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 31 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nantes (121 km away). In April its highs average 15.1°C, about as warm as La Rochelle, with 57 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, La Rochelle ranks joint 21st of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 25th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; La Rochelle is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 18.7°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 57 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
La Rochelle climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.3°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 77 | 11.9 | 9.19 h |
| February | 10.0°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.8°C6.3°C | 6.3°C | 54 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.2°C8.4°C | 8.4°C | 57 | 9.8 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.7°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 57 | 10.2 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 8.4 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.7°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 36 | 7.1 | 15.415 h |
| August | 24.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 42 | 7.2 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.6°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 55 | 8.0 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.5°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 87 | 12.3 | 11.011 h |
| November | 12.8°C7.7°C | 7.7°C | 92 | 12.8 | 9.59 h |
| December | 9.9°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 87 | 12.8 | 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
- Nantes in AprilFrance · 121 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Poitiers in AprilFrance · 124 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Angers in AprilFrance · 152 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Bordeaux in AprilFrance · 154 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Limoges in AprilFrance · 189 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Tours in AprilFrance · 197 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Rennes in AprilFrance · 220 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Le Mans in AprilFrance · 229 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 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 La Rochelle) is explained once on the La Rochelle year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.