Climate averages 1991–2020
Nantes 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 Nantes: daytime highs average 15.1°C and nights cool to about 7.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 57 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 34 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Angers (81 km away). In April its highs average 15.2°C, about as warm as Nantes, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Nantes ranks joint 24th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 25th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Nantes is 0.3°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 57 mm to 61 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
Nantes climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.9°C3.8°C | 3.8°C | 71 | 11.2 | 9.09 h |
| February | 9.7°C3.4°C | 3.4°C | 56 | 9.7 | 10.210 h |
| March | 12.5°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 53 | 10.3 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.1°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 57 | 10.4 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.4°C10.3°C | 10.3°C | 61 | 10.6 | 15.115 h |
| June | 21.7°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 46 | 8.4 | 15.916 h |
| July | 23.7°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 39 | 7.3 | 15.516 h |
| August | 23.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 47 | 7.3 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.3°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 49 | 7.4 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.9°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 73 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 12.3°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 70 | 11.3 | 9.49 h |
| December | 9.3°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 79 | 11.4 | 8.69 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
- Angers in AprilFrance · 81 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 54 mm rain
- Rennes in AprilFrance · 100 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 6.3°C · 58 mm rain
- La Rochelle in AprilFrance · 121 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 8.4°C · 57 mm rain
- Le Mans in AprilFrance · 158 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 54 mm rain
- Poitiers in AprilFrance · 160 kmHigh 15.3°C · Low 6.4°C · 62 mm rain
- Tours in AprilFrance · 171 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Saint Helier in AprilJersey · 223 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 8.6°C · 57 mm rain
- Caen in AprilFrance · 236 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 6.2°C · 56 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 Nantes) is explained once on the Nantes year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.