Climate averages 1991–2020
Deventer 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 Deventer: daytime highs average 13.8°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 13 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Apeldoorn (14 km away). In April its highs average 13.9°C, about as warm as Deventer, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Deventer ranks 18th of 44 for the warmest April highs and joint 27th of 44 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 44 cities is 13.4°C; Deventer is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.7°C to 17.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 61 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
Deventer climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 65 | 12.8 | 8.38 h |
| February | 6.2°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 54 | 10.9 | 9.910 h |
| March | 9.5°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 56 | 11.6 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 13.8°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 49 | 10.9 | 13.914 h |
| May | 17.5°C8.8°C | 8.8°C | 61 | 11.7 | 15.716 h |
| June | 20.2°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 67 | 11.8 | 16.717 h |
| July | 22.2°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 81 | 13.8 | 16.316 h |
| August | 21.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 77 | 13.3 | 14.715 h |
| September | 18.5°C11.4°C | 11.4°C | 63 | 11.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.9°C8.0°C | 8.0°C | 62 | 11.3 | 10.711 h |
| November | 9.0°C4.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 | 12.3 | 8.89 h |
| December | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 69 | 12.7 | 7.88 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
- Apeldoorn in AprilThe Netherlands · 14 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 51 mm rain
- Zwolle in AprilThe Netherlands · 29 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Arnhem in AprilThe Netherlands · 35 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.3°C · 47 mm rain
- Almelo in AprilThe Netherlands · 36 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Hengelo in AprilThe Netherlands · 43 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Enschede in AprilThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 5.0°C · 49 mm rain
- Nijmegen in AprilThe Netherlands · 51 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 5.5°C · 47 mm rain
- Amersfoort in AprilThe Netherlands · 54 kmHigh 13.7°C · Low 5.2°C · 50 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 Deventer) is explained once on the Deventer year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.