Climate averages 1991–2020
Varese weather
in April.
A mild, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a mild month in Varese: daytime highs average 15.4°C and nights cool to about 5.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 30 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Como (20 km away). In April its highs average 16.7°C, 1.3°C warmer than Varese, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 79 cities listed in Italy, Varese ranks 79th of 79 for the warmest April highs and 78th of 79 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 79 cities is 17.4°C; Varese is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.2°C to 19.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 145 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
Varese climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 6.1°C-1.1°C | -1.1°C | 67 | 7.2 | 9.19 h |
| February | 7.8°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 66 | 6.9 | 10.310 h |
| March | 12.1°C2.0°C | 2.0°C | 87 | 8.2 | 11.912 h |
| April, selected | 15.4°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 129 | 11.6 | 13.514 h |
| May | 19.6°C9.9°C | 9.9°C | 145 | 12.9 | 14.915 h |
| June | 23.6°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 135 | 11.5 | 15.716 h |
| July | 26.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 99 | 9.8 | 15.315 h |
| August | 25.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 131 | 11.1 | 14.114 h |
| September | 20.7°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 163 | 10.1 | 12.613 h |
| October | 15.6°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 181 | 11.0 | 11.011 h |
| November | 10.3°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 187 | 10.5 | 9.510 h |
| December | 6.4°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 80 | 7.4 | 8.79 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
- Como in AprilItaly · 20 kmHigh 16.7°C · Low 6.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Busto Arsizio in AprilItaly · 23 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.6°C · 113 mm rain
- Cinisello Balsamo in AprilItaly · 42 kmHigh 17.0°C · Low 6.9°C · 95 mm rain
- Monza in AprilItaly · 44 kmHigh 16.8°C · Low 6.5°C · 95 mm rain
- Novara in AprilItaly · 44 kmHigh 17.7°C · Low 7.1°C · 138 mm rain
- Milan in AprilItaly · 49 kmHigh 17.3°C · Low 7.1°C · 95 mm rain
- Bergamo in AprilItaly · 67 kmHigh 16.3°C · Low 5.7°C · 116 mm rain
- Alessandria in AprilItaly · 103 kmHigh 17.2°C · Low 7.0°C · 79 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 Varese) is explained once on the Varese year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.