Climate averages 1991–2020
Fredrikstad 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 Fredrikstad: daytime highs average 9.7°C and nights cool to about 2.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Drammen (71 km away). In April its highs average 9.8°C, about as warm as Fredrikstad, with 56 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Norway, Fredrikstad ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 8 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 8 cities is 9.1°C; Fredrikstad is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 14.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly precipitation
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
Fredrikstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.0°C-2.8°C | -2.8°C | 65 | 10.7 | 7.07 h |
| February | 1.4°C-3.0°C | -3.0°C | 51 | 8.6 | 9.29 h |
| March | 4.7°C-0.8°C | -0.8°C | 45 | 8.1 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 9.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 47 | 8.5 | 14.414 h |
| May | 14.7°C7.6°C | 7.6°C | 61 | 10.3 | 16.917 h |
| June | 18.3°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 78 | 11.2 | 18.418 h |
| July | 20.5°C14.4°C | 14.4°C | 77 | 11.5 | 17.818 h |
| August | 19.7°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 86 | 12.4 | 15.516 h |
| September | 15.6°C10.6°C | 10.6°C | 81 | 10.5 | 12.913 h |
| October | 10.0°C6.0°C | 6.0°C | 87 | 11.6 | 10.310 h |
| November | 5.3°C2.2°C | 2.2°C | 81 | 11.9 | 7.88 h |
| December | 2.2°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 70 | 11.4 | 6.36 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet 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
- Drammen in AprilNorway · 71 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 0.9°C · 56 mm rain
- Oslo in AprilNorway · 78 kmHigh 9.8°C · Low 1.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Lillestrøm in AprilNorway · 82 kmHigh 9.4°C · Low 0.7°C · 53 mm rain
- Gothenburg in AprilSweden · 179 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Borås in AprilSweden · 203 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Kristiansand in AprilNorway · 207 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 3.4°C · 69 mm rain
- Örebro in AprilSweden · 243 kmHigh 10.3°C · Low 1.7°C · 39 mm rain
- Jönköping in AprilSweden · 246 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 42 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 Fredrikstad) is explained once on the Fredrikstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.