Climate averages 1991–2020
Groningen 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 Groningen: daytime highs average 12.7°C and nights cool to about 5.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 48 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 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Leeuwarden (50 km away). In April its highs average 11.9°C, 0.8°C cooler than Groningen, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Groningen ranks joint 34th of 44 for the warmest April highs and joint 20th of 44 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 44 cities is 13.4°C; Groningen is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 16.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 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
Groningen climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4.9°C0.8°C | 0.8°C | 63 | 12.6 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C0.7°C | 0.7°C | 49 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.7°C2.3°C | 2.3°C | 49 | 10.9 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 12.7°C5.0°C | 5.0°C | 48 | 10.7 | 13.914 h |
| May | 16.2°C8.7°C | 8.7°C | 60 | 11.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 18.8°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 74 | 12.2 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.9°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 87 | 14.3 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.9°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 83 | 14.0 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.8°C11.7°C | 11.7°C | 68 | 12.1 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C8.1°C | 8.1°C | 63 | 12.5 | 10.611 h |
| November | 8.7°C4.5°C | 4.5°C | 57 | 12.2 | 8.79 h |
| December | 5.6°C1.7°C | 1.7°C | 63 | 12.4 | 7.68 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
- Leeuwarden in AprilThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 11.9°C · Low 5.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Zwolle in AprilThe Netherlands · 85 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Almelo in AprilThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 13.9°C · Low 4.7°C · 49 mm rain
- Hengelo in AprilThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 14.0°C · Low 4.9°C · 49 mm rain
- Lelystad in AprilThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Wilhelmshaven in AprilGermany · 108 kmHigh 12.8°C · Low 4.9°C · 50 mm rain
- Oldenburg in AprilGermany · 110 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 52 mm rain
- Deventer in AprilThe Netherlands · 111 kmHigh 13.8°C · Low 5.0°C · 49 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 Groningen) is explained once on the Groningen year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.