Climate averages 1991–2020
Le Havre weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Le Havre: daytime highs average 13.3°C and nights cool to about 7.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 59 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 42 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Caen (48 km away). In April its highs average 14.3°C, 1.0°C warmer than Le Havre, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Le Havre ranks 55th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 30th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Le Havre is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.9°C to 16.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 59 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
Le Havre climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.9°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 8.79 h |
| February | 8.4°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 13.2 | 10.110 h |
| March | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 66 | 12.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 13.3°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 59 | 11.3 | 13.714 h |
| May | 16.1°C10.1°C | 10.1°C | 59 | 10.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 18.9°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 60 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 20.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 61 | 11.0 | 15.816 h |
| August | 21.2°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 73 | 11.8 | 14.414 h |
| September | 19.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 78 | 11.7 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.6°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 104 | 14.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 11.3°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 111 | 16.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | 8.5°C4.8°C | 4.8°C | 121 | 16.6 | 8.28 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
- Caen in AprilFrance · 48 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Rouen in AprilFrance · 72 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 6.0°C · 62 mm rain
- Eastbourne in AprilUnited Kingdom · 142 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 7.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Brighton in AprilUnited Kingdom · 149 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.2°C · 48 mm rain
- Hove in AprilUnited Kingdom · 150 kmHigh 12.0°C · Low 6.3°C · 48 mm rain
- Worthing in AprilUnited Kingdom · 151 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 49 mm rain
- Cergy-Pontoise in AprilFrance · 152 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Hastings, United Kingdom in AprilUnited Kingdom · 155 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 6.4°C · 45 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 Le Havre) is explained once on the Le Havre year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.