Climate averages 1991–2020
Gdańsk weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Gdańsk: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 3.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the joint 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gdynia (20 km away). In April its highs average 11.6°C, about as warm as Gdańsk, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in Poland, Gdańsk ranks joint 55th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 21st of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 13.4°C; Gdańsk is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.8°C to 16.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 59 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
Gdańsk climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1.6°C-2.2°C | -2.2°C | 35 | 10.0 | 8.08 h |
| February | 2.5°C-2.1°C | -2.1°C | 29 | 8.5 | 9.710 h |
| March | 6.2°C-0.2°C | -0.2°C | 36 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.9°C3.5°C | 3.5°C | 40 | 9.6 | 14.014 h |
| May | 16.7°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 59 | 11.3 | 16.016 h |
| June | 20.1°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 67 | 12.4 | 17.117 h |
| July | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 12.9 | 16.617 h |
| August | 22.3°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 69 | 12.0 | 14.915 h |
| September | 17.8°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 51 | 9.3 | 12.813 h |
| October | 12.2°C7.0°C | 7.0°C | 46 | 10.1 | 10.611 h |
| November | 6.7°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 37 | 9.2 | 8.69 h |
| December | 3.0°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 40 | 9.7 | 7.47 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
- Gdynia in AprilPoland · 20 kmHigh 11.6°C · Low 3.5°C · 42 mm rain
- Elbląg in AprilPoland · 54 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 3.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Grudziądz in AprilPoland · 97 kmHigh 13.2°C · Low 3.6°C · 38 mm rain
- Słupsk in AprilPoland · 106 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 3.6°C · 36 mm rain
- Kaliningrad in AprilRussia · 126 kmHigh 12.4°C · Low 3.2°C · 43 mm rain
- Olsztyn in AprilPoland · 136 kmHigh 12.1°C · Low 2.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Fordon in AprilPoland · 138 kmHigh 13.4°C · Low 4.0°C · 36 mm rain
- Bydgoszcz in AprilPoland · 143 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 3.8°C · 35 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 Gdańsk) is explained once on the Gdańsk year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.