Climate averages 1991–2020
Le Mans weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Le Mans: daytime highs average 15.0°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 37 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (77 km away). In April its highs average 15.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Le Mans, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Le Mans ranks joint 32nd of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 18th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Le Mans is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 18.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 63 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 Mans climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.6°C2.5°C | 2.5°C | 63 | 10.9 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.8°C2.1°C | 2.1°C | 52 | 9.8 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.0°C4.0°C | 4.0°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 54 | 10.6 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.4°C9.6°C | 9.6°C | 63 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.8°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 48 | 8.8 | 16.016 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 44 | 7.9 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.1°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 47 | 7.9 | 14.314 h |
| September | 20.8°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 51 | 8.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 69 | 11.0 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.1°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.39 h |
| December | 8.0°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 72 | 11.5 | 8.58 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
- Tours in AprilFrance · 77 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Angers in AprilFrance · 82 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Orléans, France in AprilFrance · 127 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Caen in AprilFrance · 138 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Rennes in AprilFrance · 140 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Nantes in AprilFrance · 158 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Poitiers in AprilFrance · 158 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in AprilFrance · 159 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 52 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 Mans) is explained once on the Le Mans year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.