Climate averages 1991–2020

Bamberg weather
in April.

A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 14.7°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 4.7°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 49 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bamberg · average highYear overview

April is a cool month in Bamberg: daytime highs average 14.7°C and nights cool to about 4.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 44 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Erlangen (35 km away). In April its highs average 14.5°C, about as warm as Bamberg, with 48 mm of rain.

Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bamberg ranks joint 16th of 120 for the warmest April highs and joint 48th of 120 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 120 cities is 14.0°C; Bamberg is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 4.1°C to 18.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 68 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -5051015202530 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bamberg climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bamberg, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 3.5°C-1.6°C-1.6°C7113.48.69 h
February 5.2°C-1.5°C-1.5°C5610.510.110 h
March 9.6°C1.2°C1.2°C6412.511.812 h
April, selected 14.7°C4.7°C4.7°C4910.713.714 h
May 18.8°C9.3°C9.3°C6812.415.415 h
June 21.9°C12.7°C12.7°C7112.116.316 h
July 24.0°C14.8°C14.8°C7812.715.916 h
August 23.9°C14.6°C14.6°C6911.514.514 h
September 19.2°C10.7°C10.7°C6310.112.713 h
October 13.8°C6.8°C6.8°C6411.410.811 h
November 7.8°C2.7°C2.7°C6711.69.19 h
December 4.1°C-0.2°C-0.2°C8014.08.28 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

Distance from Bamberg

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bamberg) is explained once on the Bamberg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.