Climate averages 1991–2020
Marseille 15 weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Marseille 15: daytime highs average 17.6°C and nights cool to about 8.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 23 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marseille (9 km away). In April its highs average 17.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Marseille 15, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Marseille 15 ranks 5th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 27th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Marseille 15 is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 21.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 58 mm to 42 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
Marseille 15 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.4°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 59 | 7.3 | 9.49 h |
| February | 11.3°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 41 | 5.6 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 37 | 5.6 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.6°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 58 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.7°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 42 | 5.7 | 14.715 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 21 | 3.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 9.8 | 1.8 | 15.115 h |
| August | 29.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 14 | 2.4 | 14.014 h |
| September | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 64 | 5.6 | 12.513 h |
| October | 19.5°C11.9°C | 11.9°C | 82 | 8.2 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C7.2°C | 7.2°C | 92 | 9.9 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.0°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 58 | 7.8 | 9.09 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
- Marseille in AprilFrance · 9 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in AprilFrance · 19 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Toulon in AprilFrance · 54 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 58 mm rain
- Avignon in AprilFrance · 78 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Nîmes in AprilFrance · 95 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Montpellier in AprilFrance · 122 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Cannes in AprilFrance · 135 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 8.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Antibes in AprilFrance · 145 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 8.8°C · 67 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 Marseille 15) is explained once on the Marseille 15 year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.