Climate averages 1991–2020
Poitiers 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 Poitiers: daytime highs average 15.3°C and nights cool to about 6.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 62 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 32 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tours (94 km away). In April its highs average 15.5°C, about as warm as Poitiers, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Poitiers ranks 20th 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; Poitiers is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 19.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 62 mm to 72 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
Poitiers climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 8.0°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 64 | 11.3 | 9.09 h |
| February | 9.1°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 51 | 9.7 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.6°C4.3°C | 4.3°C | 55 | 10.7 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.3°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 62 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.0°C10.0°C | 10.0°C | 72 | 11.7 | 15.015 h |
| June | 22.6°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 59 | 9.5 | 15.816 h |
| July | 24.9°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 44 | 7.8 | 15.415 h |
| August | 25.2°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 49 | 7.6 | 14.214 h |
| September | 21.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 50 | 7.9 | 12.613 h |
| October | 17.1°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 72 | 11.4 | 10.911 h |
| November | 11.6°C5.8°C | 5.8°C | 71 | 12.1 | 9.59 h |
| December | 8.5°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 71 | 11.3 | 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
- Tours in AprilFrance · 94 kmHigh 15.5°C · Low 6.6°C · 55 mm rain
- Limoges in AprilFrance · 109 kmHigh 14.5°C · Low 6.0°C · 96 mm rain
- Angers in AprilFrance · 120 kmHigh 15.2°C · Low 6.6°C · 54 mm rain
- La Rochelle in AprilFrance · 124 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
- Nantes in AprilFrance · 160 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 7.1°C · 57 mm rain
- Orléans, France in AprilFrance · 188 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 6.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Bordeaux in AprilFrance · 206 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.8°C · 69 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 Poitiers) is explained once on the Poitiers year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.