Climate averages 1991–2020
Orléans, France weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Orléans, France: 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 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 3rd 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 Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (97 km away). In April its highs average 14.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Orléans, France, with 52 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Orléans, France ranks joint 32nd of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 10th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Orléans, France is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 18.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 69 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
Orléans, France climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 57 | 11.8 | 8.99 h |
| February | 8.3°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 50 | 10.1 | 10.210 h |
| March | 11.9°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 52 | 10.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.0°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 51 | 10.3 | 13.614 h |
| May | 18.5°C9.8°C | 9.8°C | 69 | 11.3 | 15.115 h |
| June | 22.0°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 51 | 8.9 | 16.016 h |
| July | 24.3°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 54 | 8.7 | 15.616 h |
| August | 24.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 51 | 8.5 | 14.314 h |
| September | 21.0°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 50 | 8.2 | 12.613 h |
| October | 16.3°C9.4°C | 9.4°C | 65 | 11.1 | 10.911 h |
| November | 10.8°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 64 | 11.6 | 9.39 h |
| December | 7.5°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 69 | 12.8 | 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
- Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines in AprilFrance · 97 kmHigh 14.3°C · Low 5.2°C · 52 mm rain
- Versailles in AprilFrance · 102 kmHigh 14.4°C · Low 5.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Tours in AprilFrance · 106 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Boulogne-Billancourt in AprilFrance · 107 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.3°C · 50 mm rain
- Créteil in AprilFrance · 107 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Paris 15 Vaugirard in AprilFrance · 108 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in AprilFrance · 109 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Paris in AprilFrance · 111 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 50 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 Orléans) is explained once on the Orléans, France year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.