Climate averages 1991–2020
Leeuwarden 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 Leeuwarden: daytime highs average 11.9°C and nights cool to about 5.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 9 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 Groningen (50 km away). In April its highs average 12.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Leeuwarden, with 48 mm of rain.
Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Leeuwarden ranks 43rd of 44 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 44 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 44 cities is 13.4°C; Leeuwarden is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 3.4°C to 15.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 57 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
Leeuwarden climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.2°C1.8°C | 1.8°C | 65 | 12.9 | 8.18 h |
| February | 5.7°C1.6°C | 1.6°C | 50 | 10.5 | 9.810 h |
| March | 8.3°C3.1°C | 3.1°C | 48 | 10.8 | 11.812 h |
| April, selected | 11.9°C5.7°C | 5.7°C | 41 | 9.2 | 13.914 h |
| May | 15.3°C9.3°C | 9.3°C | 57 | 10.8 | 15.816 h |
| June | 17.9°C12.2°C | 12.2°C | 65 | 11.7 | 16.917 h |
| July | 20.2°C14.6°C | 14.6°C | 78 | 13.2 | 16.416 h |
| August | 20.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 84 | 13.9 | 14.815 h |
| September | 17.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 75 | 12.8 | 12.713 h |
| October | 13.4°C9.1°C | 9.1°C | 75 | 13.8 | 10.611 h |
| November | 9.0°C5.5°C | 5.5°C | 66 | 13.8 | 8.79 h |
| December | 6.1°C2.7°C | 2.7°C | 71 | 13.4 | 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
- Groningen in AprilThe Netherlands · 50 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.0°C · 48 mm rain
- Zwolle in AprilThe Netherlands · 79 kmHigh 13.6°C · Low 5.0°C · 50 mm rain
- Lelystad in AprilThe Netherlands · 80 kmHigh 13.1°C · Low 5.8°C · 52 mm rain
- Alkmaar in AprilThe Netherlands · 95 kmHigh 11.4°C · Low 6.6°C · 37 mm rain
- Purmerend in AprilThe Netherlands · 96 kmHigh 12.7°C · Low 5.9°C · 45 mm rain
- Almere Stad in AprilThe Netherlands · 101 kmHigh 13.5°C · Low 5.6°C · 51 mm rain
- Zaanstad in AprilThe Netherlands · 107 kmHigh 12.2°C · Low 6.3°C · 44 mm rain
- Zaandam in AprilThe Netherlands · 108 kmHigh 12.5°C · Low 6.2°C · 44 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 Leeuwarden) is explained once on the Leeuwarden year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.