Climate averages 1991–2020
Umeå weather
in April.
A cold, fairly dry month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cold month in Umeå: daytime highs average 4.7°C and nights cool to about -1.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Luleå (215 km away). In April its highs average 2.8°C, 1.9°C cooler than Umeå, with 30 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Umeå ranks 20th of 21 for the warmest April highs and joint 9th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Umeå is 4.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.9°C to 10.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 42 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
Umeå climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | -2.7°C-7.3°C | -7.3°C | 49 | 10.2 | 5.66 h |
| February | -3.5°C-8.2°C | -8.2°C | 37 | 7.9 | 8.59 h |
| March | -0.2°C-5.3°C | -5.3°C | 35 | 8.1 | 11.712 h |
| April, selected | 4.7°C-1.2°C | -1.2°C | 35 | 7.7 | 15.015 h |
| May | 10.5°C4.2°C | 4.2°C | 42 | 8.7 | 18.318 h |
| June | 15.3°C9.2°C | 9.2°C | 58 | 9.8 | 20.621 h |
| July | 18.8°C13.1°C | 13.1°C | 74 | 12.3 | 19.520 h |
| August | 17.7°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 10.9 | 16.416 h |
| September | 13.0°C8.3°C | 8.3°C | 62 | 10.0 | 13.113 h |
| October | 6.3°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 72 | 11.2 | 9.910 h |
| November | 1.8°C-1.5°C | -1.5°C | 69 | 12.2 | 6.77 h |
| December | -0.8°C-4.9°C | -4.9°C | 62 | 12.0 | 4.65 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
- Luleå in AprilSweden · 215 kmHigh 2.8°C · Low -3.0°C · 30 mm rain
- Pori in AprilFinland · 272 kmHigh 7.0°C · Low 0.6°C · 33 mm rain
- Oulu in AprilFinland · 282 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -2.6°C · 30 mm rain
- Tampere in AprilFinland · 315 kmHigh 6.3°C · Low -0.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Jyväskylä in AprilFinland · 327 kmHigh 6.0°C · Low -1.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kuopio in AprilFinland · 384 kmHigh 4.1°C · Low -1.7°C · 35 mm rain
- Gävle in AprilSweden · 386 kmHigh 9.3°C · Low 0.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Turku in AprilFinland · 390 kmHigh 8.2°C · Low 0.1°C · 33 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 Umeå) is explained once on the Umeå year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.