Climate averages 1991–2020
Pau weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Pau: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 6.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th 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 Pamplona (118 km away). In April its highs average 14.9°C, about as warm as Pau, with 80 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Pau ranks 19th of 57 for the warmest April highs and 57th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Pau is level with that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 159 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
Pau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 9.5°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 112 | 13.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 10.3°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 98 | 12.4 | 10.510 h |
| March | 13.5°C4.1°C | 4.1°C | 107 | 13.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.4°C6.1°C | 6.1°C | 145 | 16.4 | 13.413 h |
| May | 18.8°C9.7°C | 9.7°C | 159 | 16.3 | 14.715 h |
| June | 22.1°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 128 | 14.0 | 15.315 h |
| July | 24.1°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 105 | 12.1 | 15.115 h |
| August | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 104 | 12.5 | 14.014 h |
| September | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 98 | 11.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 18.1°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 123 | 13.7 | 11.111 h |
| November | 12.7°C5.1°C | 5.1°C | 138 | 14.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 10.1°C2.6°C | 2.6°C | 108 | 13.2 | 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
- Pamplona in AprilSpain · 118 kmHigh 14.9°C · Low 5.8°C · 80 mm rain
- Donostia / San Sebastián in AprilSpain · 131 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 9.2°C · 127 mm rain
- Toulouse in AprilFrance · 149 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 7.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Bordeaux in AprilFrance · 171 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 69 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in AprilAndorra · 177 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Zaragoza in AprilSpain · 189 kmHigh 20.0°C · Low 8.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Logroño in AprilSpain · 195 kmHigh 15.7°C · Low 6.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Gasteiz / Vitoria in AprilSpain · 195 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 5.2°C · 80 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 Pau) is explained once on the Pau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.