Climate averages 1991–2020
Helsingborg weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Helsingborg: daytime highs average 11.2°C and nights cool to about 3.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Copenhagen (42 km away). In April its highs average 10.8°C, about as warm as Helsingborg, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Helsingborg ranks 2nd of 21 for the warmest April highs and 18th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Helsingborg is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.4°C to 15.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 60 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
Helsingborg climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.5°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 54 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | 3.0°C-1.4°C | -1.4°C | 45 | 10.3 | 9.510 h |
| March | 6.0°C-0.1°C | -0.1°C | 45 | 10.0 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.2°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 44 | 10.0 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.7°C7.5°C | 7.5°C | 60 | 11.2 | 16.316 h |
| June | 18.6°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 81 | 12.2 | 17.518 h |
| July | 21.0°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 81 | 12.6 | 17.017 h |
| August | 20.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 87 | 13.3 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.7°C10.8°C | 10.8°C | 62 | 10.4 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.5°C6.8°C | 6.8°C | 65 | 12.5 | 10.510 h |
| November | 6.7°C3.2°C | 3.2°C | 53 | 11.6 | 8.38 h |
| December | 3.6°C0.1°C | 0.1°C | 57 | 11.8 | 7.17 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
- Copenhagen in AprilDenmark · 42 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Lund in AprilSweden · 49 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Malmö in AprilSweden · 53 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Halmstad in AprilSweden · 71 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Århus in AprilDenmark · 154 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Växjö in AprilSweden · 159 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Odense in AprilDenmark · 162 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Borås in AprilSweden · 187 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 53 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 Helsingborg) is explained once on the Helsingborg year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.