Climate averages 1991–2020
Limoges weather
in April.
A cool, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Limoges: daytime highs average 14.5°C and nights cool to about 6.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Poitiers (109 km away). In April its highs average 15.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Limoges, with 62 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Limoges ranks joint 42nd of 57 for the warmest April highs and 55th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Limoges is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 18.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 97 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
Limoges climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 93 | 13.4 | 9.19 h |
| February | 8.2°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 74 | 10.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 11.8°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 80 | 12.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.5°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 96 | 13.5 | 13.514 h |
| May | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 97 | 14.0 | 14.915 h |
| June | 21.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 83 | 11.2 | 15.716 h |
| July | 23.9°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 65 | 10.2 | 15.315 h |
| August | 24.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 73 | 9.7 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.5°C12.0°C | 12.0°C | 78 | 9.6 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.1°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 95 | 12.8 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.6°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 103 | 13.7 | 9.510 h |
| December | 7.7°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 101 | 13.5 | 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
- Poitiers in AprilFrance · 109 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Clermont-Ferrand in AprilFrance · 143 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Tours in AprilFrance · 178 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Bordeaux in AprilFrance · 181 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 69 mm rain
- La Rochelle in AprilFrance · 189 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Angers in AprilFrance · 228 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Orléans, France in AprilFrance · 235 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Saint-Étienne in AprilFrance · 248 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 4.8°C · 86 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 Limoges) is explained once on the Limoges year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.