Climate averages 1991–2020
Reims weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Reims: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 5.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 54 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 41 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Marne La Vallée (112 km away). In April its highs average 14.7°C, about as warm as Reims, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 57 cities listed in France, Reims ranks joint 39th of 57 for the warmest April highs and joint 18th of 57 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 57 cities is 15.4°C; Reims is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 18.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 54 mm to 67 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
Reims climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.3°C1.2°C | 1.2°C | 60 | 12.0 | 8.79 h |
| February | 7.5°C1.0°C | 1.0°C | 55 | 10.6 | 10.110 h |
| March | 11.1°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 55 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 14.7°C5.3°C | 5.3°C | 54 | 11.0 | 13.714 h |
| May | 18.2°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 67 | 11.9 | 15.315 h |
| June | 21.4°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 59 | 10.7 | 16.216 h |
| July | 23.7°C14.7°C | 14.7°C | 57 | 9.9 | 15.816 h |
| August | 23.9°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 64 | 10.0 | 14.414 h |
| September | 20.1°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 53 | 8.9 | 12.713 h |
| October | 15.4°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 63 | 10.9 | 10.811 h |
| November | 10.0°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 63 | 12.2 | 9.29 h |
| December | 6.7°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 78 | 13.2 | 8.38 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
- Marne La Vallée in AprilFrance · 112 kmHigh 14.7°C · Low 5.8°C · 53 mm rain
- Aulnay-sous-Bois in AprilFrance · 117 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.9°C · 51 mm rain
- Créteil in AprilFrance · 125 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 6.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Paris 20 Ménilmontant in AprilFrance · 127 kmHigh 14.8°C · Low 5.5°C · 51 mm rain
- Paris in AprilFrance · 131 kmHigh 15.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 50 mm rain
- Charleroi in AprilBelgium · 131 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.1°C · 53 mm rain
- Paris 13 Gobelins in AprilFrance · 131 kmHigh 15.0°C · Low 5.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Mons in AprilBelgium · 132 kmHigh 14.2°C · Low 5.4°C · 49 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 Reims) is explained once on the Reims year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.