Climate averages 1991–2020
Montpellier 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 Montpellier: daytime highs average 17.1°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 24 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nîmes (46 km away). In April its highs average 18.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Montpellier, with 64 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Montpellier ranks joint 7th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 32nd of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Montpellier is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.8°C to 20.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 48 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
Montpellier climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 10.5°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 71 | 8.2 | 9.39 h |
| February | 11.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 42 | 5.8 | 10.510 h |
| March | 14.6°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 46 | 6.0 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.1°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 60 | 7.2 | 13.413 h |
| May | 20.9°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 48 | 6.2 | 14.715 h |
| June | 25.4°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 25 | 3.8 | 15.415 h |
| July | 28.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 14 | 2.2 | 15.115 h |
| August | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 14.014 h |
| September | 23.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 96 | 6.3 | 12.613 h |
| October | 19.0°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 114 | 10.8 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.2°C8.2°C | 8.2°C | 108 | 10.5 | 9.710 h |
| December | 11.1°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 63 | 9.1 | 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
- Nîmes in AprilFrance · 46 kmHigh 18.5°C · Low 8.4°C · 64 mm rain
- Béziers in AprilFrance · 61 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Avignon in AprilFrance · 84 kmHigh 18.8°C · Low 8.2°C · 66 mm rain
- Marseille 15 in AprilFrance · 122 kmHigh 17.6°C · Low 8.3°C · 58 mm rain
- Marseille in AprilFrance · 126 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 10.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Aix-en-Provence in AprilFrance · 127 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.5°C · 68 mm rain
- Perpignan in AprilFrance · 129 kmHigh 17.9°C · Low 8.9°C · 62 mm rain
- Toulon in AprilFrance · 174 kmHigh 16.9°C · Low 10.1°C · 58 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 Montpellier) is explained once on the Montpellier year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.