Climate averages 1991–2020
Lund 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 Lund: daytime highs average 11.0°C and nights cool to about 2.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 42 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 08 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Malmö (16 km away). In April its highs average 10.9°C, about as warm as Lund, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Lund ranks 3rd of 21 for the warmest April highs and joint 16th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Lund is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 4.5°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 42 mm to 53 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
Lund climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2.3°C-1.7°C | -1.7°C | 53 | 11.8 | 7.78 h |
| February | 2.9°C-1.9°C | -1.9°C | 45 | 10.0 | 9.610 h |
| March | 5.9°C-0.6°C | -0.6°C | 44 | 10.4 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.0°C2.8°C | 2.8°C | 42 | 9.5 | 14.114 h |
| May | 15.6°C7.1°C | 7.1°C | 53 | 10.9 | 16.216 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 76 | 12.2 | 17.417 h |
| July | 21.1°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 74 | 12.5 | 16.917 h |
| August | 20.7°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 80 | 13.1 | 15.115 h |
| September | 16.6°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 58 | 10.0 | 12.813 h |
| October | 11.4°C6.5°C | 6.5°C | 60 | 11.3 | 10.511 h |
| November | 6.6°C2.9°C | 2.9°C | 50 | 11.0 | 8.48 h |
| December | 3.5°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 55 | 11.6 | 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
- Malmö in AprilSweden · 16 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Copenhagen in AprilDenmark · 39 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AprilSweden · 49 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Halmstad in AprilSweden · 110 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Växjö in AprilSweden · 164 kmHigh 10.5°C · Low 1.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Odense in AprilDenmark · 180 kmHigh 11.5°C · Low 3.9°C · 42 mm rain
- Rostock in AprilGermany · 192 kmHigh 12.3°C · Low 4.3°C · 43 mm rain
- Århus in AprilDenmark · 192 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.7°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 Lund) is explained once on the Lund year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.