Climate averages 1991–2020
Halmstad weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th 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 Halmstad: daytime highs average 11.3°C and nights cool to about 3.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Helsingborg (71 km away). In April its highs average 11.2°C, about as warm as Halmstad, with 44 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Halmstad ranks 1st of 21 for the warmest April highs and 19th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Halmstad is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.7°C to 16.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 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
Halmstad climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.1°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 68 | 12.3 | 7.58 h |
| February | 2.6°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 54 | 10.5 | 9.59 h |
| March | 5.7°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 48 | 10.3 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.3°C3.0°C | 3.0°C | 48 | 10.2 | 14.214 h |
| May | 16.0°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 63 | 12.3 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 81 | 13.1 | 17.718 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 90 | 13.7 | 17.117 h |
| August | 20.4°C13.6°C | 13.6°C | 102 | 15.3 | 15.215 h |
| September | 16.4°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.1°C6.4°C | 6.4°C | 84 | 14.1 | 10.410 h |
| November | 6.3°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 67 | 12.0 | 8.28 h |
| December | 3.2°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 73 | 13.1 | 6.97 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
- Helsingborg in AprilSweden · 71 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Lund in AprilSweden · 110 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Copenhagen in AprilDenmark · 112 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Borås in AprilSweden · 116 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Malmö in AprilSweden · 119 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Växjö in AprilSweden · 121 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Gothenburg in AprilSweden · 127 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 2.9°C · 53 mm rain
- Jönköping in AprilSweden · 146 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 Halmstad) is explained once on the Halmstad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.