Climate averages 1991–2020

Lelystad 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.

Average high 13.1°C Daytime mean, April
Average low 5.8°C Night-time mean, April
Rainfall 52 mm 11 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 14 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Lelystad · average highYear overview

April is a cool month in Lelystad: daytime highs average 13.1°C and nights cool to about 5.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 52 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 54 min on an average April day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Almere Stad (23 km away). In April its highs average 13.5°C, about as warm as Lelystad, with 51 mm of rain.

Among the 44 cities listed in the Netherlands, Lelystad ranks joint 30th of 44 for the warmest April highs and joint 42nd of 44 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 44 cities is 13.4°C; Lelystad is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From April to May, average highs rise by 3.5°C to 16.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 67 mm.

The annual picture

April in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. -50510152025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 1000

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Lelystad climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Lelystad, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 5.5°C1.6°C1.6°C7113.18.38 h
February 6.2°C1.5°C1.5°C5811.49.810 h
March 9.1°C3.2°C3.2°C5811.711.812 h
April, selected 13.1°C5.8°C5.8°C5210.713.914 h
May 16.6°C9.5°C9.5°C6711.515.716 h
June 19.2°C12.4°C12.4°C7312.716.717 h
July 21.3°C14.7°C14.7°C8914.516.316 h
August 21.2°C14.8°C14.8°C9013.914.715 h
September 18.1°C12.3°C12.3°C7612.312.713 h
October 13.9°C8.9°C8.9°C7613.210.711 h
November 9.3°C5.3°C5.3°C6813.88.89 h
December 6.1°C2.5°C2.5°C7813.97.88 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

Distance from Lelystad

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lelystad) is explained once on the Lelystad year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.