Climate averages 1991–2020
Bremerhaven weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Bremerhaven: daytime highs average 12.4°C and nights cool to about 5.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Wilhelmshaven (31 km away). In April its highs average 12.8°C, about as warm as Bremerhaven, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 120 cities listed in Germany, Bremerhaven ranks 115th of 120 for the warmest April highs and joint 71st of 120 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 120 cities is 14.0°C; Bremerhaven is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 63 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
Bremerhaven climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 67 | 13.7 | 8.18 h |
| February | 4.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 52 | 10.6 | 9.810 h |
| March | 7.9°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 54 | 11.5 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 12.4°C5.6°C | 5.6°C | 52 | 11.0 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.0°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 63 | 11.5 | 15.916 h |
| June | 18.7°C12.6°C | 12.6°C | 79 | 12.9 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C15.0°C | 15.0°C | 92 | 14.3 | 16.516 h |
| August | 20.9°C15.1°C | 15.1°C | 84 | 13.8 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.6°C12.4°C | 12.4°C | 66 | 10.9 | 12.813 h |
| October | 13.0°C8.6°C | 8.6°C | 65 | 12.6 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.1°C4.7°C | 4.7°C | 57 | 12.1 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.0°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 66 | 13.1 | 7.68 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
- Wilhelmshaven in AprilGermany · 31 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Oldenburg in AprilGermany · 52 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Bremen in AprilGermany · 55 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 4.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Delmenhorst in AprilGermany · 56 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Hamburg in AprilGermany · 94 kmHigh 13.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Norderstedt in AprilGermany · 95 kmHigh 12.9°C · Low 4.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Neumünster in AprilGermany · 109 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 4.2°C · 45 mm rain
- Lüneburg in AprilGermany · 127 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 4.5°C · 45 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 Bremerhaven) is explained once on the Bremerhaven year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.