Climate averages 1991–2020
Perpignan weather
in April.
A mild, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Perpignan: daytime highs average 17.9°C and nights cool to about 8.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 21 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Béziers (76 km away). In April its highs average 16.5°C, 1.5°C cooler than Perpignan, with 65 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Perpignan ranks 3rd of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 35th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Perpignan is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.6°C to 21.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 62 mm to 50 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
Perpignan climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11.1°C3.7°C | 3.7°C | 58 | 6.8 | 9.49 h |
| February | 12.1°C3.9°C | 3.9°C | 43 | 5.2 | 10.511 h |
| March | 15.4°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 50 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 17.9°C8.9°C | 8.9°C | 62 | 8.3 | 13.413 h |
| May | 21.5°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 6.9 | 14.615 h |
| June | 26.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 26 | 4.7 | 15.315 h |
| July | 29.0°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 19 | 3.6 | 15.015 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 30 | 4.7 | 13.914 h |
| September | 24.8°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 55 | 5.9 | 12.513 h |
| October | 20.1°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 87 | 7.9 | 11.111 h |
| November | 14.8°C7.9°C | 7.9°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.810 h |
| December | 11.6°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 56 | 6.2 | 9.19 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
- Béziers in AprilFrance · 76 kmHigh 16.5°C · Low 8.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Girona in AprilSpain · 80 kmHigh 18.4°C · Low 8.3°C · 91 mm rain
- Andorra la Vella in AprilAndorra · 114 kmHigh 13.0°C · Low 3.3°C · 92 mm rain
- Montpellier in AprilFrance · 129 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.9°C · 60 mm rain
- Mataró in AprilSpain · 134 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 10.2°C · 55 mm rain
- Manresa in AprilSpain · 139 kmHigh 18.7°C · Low 7.2°C · 74 mm rain
- Sabadell in AprilSpain · 144 kmHigh 17.1°C · Low 8.2°C · 61 mm rain
- Terrassa in AprilSpain · 145 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.5°C · 61 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 Perpignan) is explained once on the Perpignan year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.