Climate averages 1991–2020
Växjö weather
in April.
A cool, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a cool month in Växjö: daytime highs average 10.5°C and nights cool to about 1.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 40 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 14 h 13 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jönköping (108 km away). In April its highs average 9.5°C, 1.0°C cooler than Växjö, with 42 mm of rain.
Among the 21 cities listed in Sweden, Växjö ranks 8th of 21 for the warmest April highs and 15th of 21 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 21 cities is 9.5°C; Växjö is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 5.0°C to 15.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 40 mm to 58 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
Växjö climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0.5°C-3.3°C | -3.3°C | 51 | 11.2 | 7.57 h |
| February | 1.2°C-3.8°C | -3.8°C | 42 | 9.7 | 9.49 h |
| March | 4.5°C-2.0°C | -2.0°C | 39 | 9.5 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 10.5°C1.9°C | 1.9°C | 40 | 8.9 | 14.214 h |
| May | 15.6°C6.6°C | 6.6°C | 58 | 11.8 | 16.416 h |
| June | 18.7°C10.5°C | 10.5°C | 76 | 12.8 | 17.718 h |
| July | 20.8°C13.0°C | 13.0°C | 88 | 13.4 | 17.217 h |
| August | 19.9°C12.8°C | 12.8°C | 76 | 13.0 | 15.215 h |
| September | 15.5°C9.5°C | 9.5°C | 59 | 10.6 | 12.813 h |
| October | 9.7°C5.2°C | 5.2°C | 61 | 11.2 | 10.410 h |
| November | 4.8°C1.5°C | 1.5°C | 54 | 11.4 | 8.28 h |
| December | 1.6°C-1.8°C | -1.8°C | 55 | 11.9 | 6.97 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
- Jönköping in AprilSweden · 108 kmHigh 9.5°C · Low 2.4°C · 42 mm rain
- Halmstad in AprilSweden · 121 kmHigh 11.3°C · Low 3.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Borås in AprilSweden · 146 kmHigh 10.7°C · Low 2.3°C · 53 mm rain
- Helsingborg in AprilSweden · 159 kmHigh 11.2°C · Low 3.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Lund in AprilSweden · 164 kmHigh 11.0°C · Low 2.8°C · 42 mm rain
- Linköping in AprilSweden · 177 kmHigh 10.6°C · Low 1.7°C · 37 mm rain
- Malmö in AprilSweden · 180 kmHigh 10.9°C · Low 3.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Copenhagen in AprilDenmark · 192 kmHigh 10.8°C · Low 3.7°C · 41 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 Växjö) is explained once on the Växjö year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.